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Non-Federal Current and Future Spectrum Requirements Briefing 04/22/2020
GUIDE to NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Regulation and Management of Federal Government Radio Frequency Spectrum
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the federal agency legally authorized to regulate and manage the Federal Government agency use of the radio frequency spectrum. This landing page provides guidance on using the NTIA spectrum management documents. The documents are presented in an e-Book format consisting of:
- Manual of Regulations for Federal Radiofrequency Spectrum Management, (the Manual) that presents the NTIA legal authority, policies, and regulations; and
- A series of handbooks that present procedures on NTIA spectrum management actions
NTIA Letter to FCC Chairman Re Ligado Applications
NTIA today filed materials with the FCC to supplement its letter to the Commission of December 6, 2019, wherein it indicated that NTIA, on behalf of the executive branch, was unable to recommend approval of applications from Ligado Networks to modify licenses in L-Band spectrum in order to provide certain terrestrial wireless services.
January 2021 Edition - January 2023 Revision
Entire Manual
Manual by Chapter
1.1 AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS DIRECTED BY THE SECRETARY - 1-1
1.2 NTIA AND ITS FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION - 1-4
Organization Charts - 1-4
1.3 INTERDEPARTMENT RADIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE - 1-5
Status - 1-5
Bylaws - 1-5
1.4 REIMBURSEMENT REGARDING AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECTRUM USE - 1-14
- 1.1 AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS DIRECTED BY THE SECRETARY - 1-1
- 1.2 NTIA AND ITS FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION - 1-4
- Organization Charts - 1-4
- 1.3 INTERDEPARTMENT RADIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE - 1-5
- Status - 1-5
- Bylaws - 1-5
- 1.4 REIMBURSEMENT REGARDING AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECTRUM USE - 1-14
Organization Charts: 1-4
Status: 1-5
Bylaws: 1-5
Notice of 04/22/2020 CSMAC Open Meeting
This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on spectrum management policy matters.
NTIA Appendix to the National Plan on Unlicensed and Licensed by Rule Operations in Furtherance of the Ray Baum's Act
This Appendix was prepared by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and was sent to Congress and shared with the Federal Communication Commission in response to Section 618(d) of the MOBILE NOW Act.
FCC Filing: In the Matter of Use of the 5.850-5.925 GHz Band
NTIA submitted the Attached filing at the request of the U.S. Department of Transportation .
Notice of 04/15/2020 Multistakeholder Process on Promoting Software Component Transparency Meeting
NTIA will convene a virtual meeting of a multistakeholder process on promoting software component transparency on April 15, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The meeting will be held virtually, with online slide share and dial-in information to be posted at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/ SoftwareTransparency.
Emission Spectrum Measurements of a 3.5 GHz LTE Hotspot
In response to proposals to introduce new Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio systems into the 3550–3650 MHz (called 3.5 GHz) portion of radio spectrum in the United States, a joint team of National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and U.S. Navy electronics engineers performed emission spectrum measurements on a 3.5 GHz (LTE Band 42) wireless access point (WAP), or hotspot. The hotspot was packaged for indoor use but similar systems could be deployed outdoors. The authors measured the hotspot emission spectrum with 110 dB of dynamic range across 1.5 GHz of spectrum (from 2.7 to 4.2 GHz). Other data outputs include: spectra measured with the device tuned to its lowest, highest, and middle available operational frequencies; comparative peak-to-average spectra; and spectra measured when the hotspot was operated with 10, 15, and 50 resource blocks. The emission spectrum is plotted against proposed in band, out-of-band (OOB) and spurious emission limits; the spectrum meets those limits by at least 10 dB at all points. The results presented here may be used in electromagnetic compatibility analyses for future 3.5 GHz spectrum sharing between LTE-based transmitters and incumbent systems such as radar receivers.
Keywords: radar; electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); band sharing; spectrum sharing; out-of-band (OOB) emissions; spectrum measurement; Long Term Evolution (LTE); 3.5 GHz band; LTE band 42; emission limits; resource blocks; spurious emissions; wireless access point (WAP); wireless local area network (WLAN)