Radio Spectrum Management & the Radio Regulatory Environment

Management of the radio spectrum is increasingly important as pressure grows on this valuable resource. Recent years have seen an explosion of wireless services, bringing challenges of spectral efficiency and interference management. At the same time, there have been worldwide moves towards deregulation. This course deals with both the underlying technical issues and the details of international regulatory considerations to manage the radio spectrum in the 21st century.

Key topics covered

• Spectrum as a resource, space, time bandwidth: International and national regulation organisations and control methods, assignments, spectrum leasing, spectrum auctioning
• Definitions of spectrum utilisation and utilisation efficiency: Spectrum consuming properties of radio systems and conservation techniques
• Protection ratio, frequency-dependent rejection and the F-D curve
• Relevant propagation mechanisms, antenna standards
• The co-ordination task, spectrum management tools, a priori planning methods, computer based tools, models and databases
• EMC considerations
• The ITU and Radio Regulations: CEPT, ETSI, OFCOM in the UK
• Co-ordination for the fixed satellite service
• Land mobile and broadcast planning. New challenges to utilisation strategies

Course scope

This course approaches the radio spectrum as a finite resource and reviews the requirements, constraints, regulations, tools, techniques and administration necessary to ensure efficient spectrum utilisation. The course will include computer-based case studies in appropriate areas.

Who should attend

Radio Systems Designers, Radio Spectrum Managers, Radio Systems Consultants and Performance Analysts.

• Mode of delivery: This is a lecture based course with computer-based case studies. The course is supported by a set of specifically prepared book quality course notes.

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