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Fiscal Year 2008 Progress Report
This progress report describes the activities related to the Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed Pilot Program undertaken during Fiscal Year 2008.
Spectrum Management
for the 21st Century
The President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative
Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed Notice of Solicitation of Participation
On June 8, 2006, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) published a Notice of Inquiry in the Federal Register seeking public comment on the implementation of the Presidential Spectrum Policy Initiative Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed (Test-Bed). This Notice of Solicitation of
Participation seeks expressions of interest from parties that may be willing to participate in the Test-Bed.
The President's Spectrum Policy Initiative - Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Telecommunications and Information Administration Docket No. 060602142-6142-01 The President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative – Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce ACTION: Notice of Inquiry |
Ninth Quarterly Status Report to Congress Regarding BTOP
Pursuant to Section 6001(d)(4) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or Act) (Public Law No. 111-5), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) provides this quarterly report on the status of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).
FEDERAL LAND MOBILE OPERATIONS IN THE 162-174 MHz BAND IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA Phase 1: STUDY OF AGENCY OPERATIONS
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is responsible for managing federal agency use of the radio spectrum. The NTIA establishes policies concerning frequency assignment, allocation and use, and provides the various federal departments and agencies with guidance to ensure that their conduct of telecommunications activities is consistent with these policies. The NTIA also serves under the Executive Branch as the President's principal adviser on telecommunication policies pertaining to the nation's economic and technological advancements and to the regulation of the telecommunications industry.
NTIA Comments on the Establishment of an Interference Temperature Metric to Quantify and Manage Interference and to Expand Available Unlicensed Operation in Certain Frequency Bands
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20554
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In the Matter of
Establishment of an Interference Temperature |
Communications Receiver Performance Degradation Handbook
The purpose of this handbook is to provide the radio frequency (RF) analyst with the capability to calculate the effects of noise and interference on RF communications receivers. A receiver is modeled as a sequence of modules. Each module has a transfer function that relates the module outputs to the module inputs. By consecutively analyzing each module in the sequence, the analyst can then relate the receiver outputs (performance) to the receiver inputs (signal characteristics).
NTIA Comments on Review of Part 87 of the Commission's Rules Concerning the Aviation Radio Service
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20554
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In the Matter of
Review of Part 87 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning the Aviation Radio Service |
Assessment of Federal and Non-Federal Land Mobile Radio Frequency Assignment Methodologies
This report describes how the current frequency assignment process influences spectrum efficiency in the federal land mobile radio frequency bands. In light of the increasing demands for land mobile radio communications, federal spectrum managers must use frequency assignment methods that accurately represent interference to and from systems in the environment to ensure that spectrum is used efficiently. The results of this report will be used to support the implementation of an interference-based frequency assignment process that will improve spectrum efficiency. Standardizing the interference analysis methodologies used in identifying interference-free frequencies in the land mobile radio bands will also improve the overall effectiveness of the federal agencies in performing their missions.
Potential Interference From Broadband Over Power Line (BPL] Systems To Federal Government Radiocommunication Systems at 1.7 - 80 MHz Phase 2 Study
On October 14, 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Report and Order that defined new Part 15 rules for Access Broadband over Power Line (BPL) systems. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) contributed to the Commission’s work by providing analysis to support recommendations for refinements in the rules and measurement guidelines in comments and staff correspondence filed in response to the Commission’s earlier BPL Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The NTIA Phase 2 study of Access BPL systems expands on its earlier Phase 1 study by providing additional modeling results and analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of the FCC’s rules and measurement guidelines in minimizing the potential for harmful interference to federal radiocommunication systems under worst-case conditions.