Publications

The President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative

The U. S. Department of Commerce has released the final report on the technical and economic issues related to IPv6 adoption in the United States, including the appropriate role of government, international interoperability, security in transition, and costs and benefits of IPv6 deployment. The report was developed by the IPv6 Task Force, led by NTIA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The report Interference Potential of Ultrawideband Signals, Part 3: Measurements of Ultrawideband Interference to C-Band Satellite Digital Television Receivers provides results from tests that measured digital television (DTV) susceptibility to ultrawideband (UWB) interference. The authors are with the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Spectrum Management for the 21st Century: Plan to Implement Recommendations of the President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative
 

NTIA transmitted to Congress a report required by the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA) on the various policy options to compensate Federal entities for relocation costs incurred when the entities' spectrum is allocated by the Federal Communications Commission for unlicensed, public safety, shared, or non-commercial use.

In consultation with NTIA, the Director of OMB has determined that the costs and timelines for relocation of Federal communications systems from the 1710 MHz to 1755 MHz spectrum band as indicated in Table 1 of this report are appropriate. This report is submitted pursuant to the Congressional notification provision of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA).

This report encourages the federal, state and local public safety community to consider utilizing commercial technologies in satisfying broadband interoperable communications among first responders.

NTIA chose the District of Columbia’s pilot program, “Wireless Accelerated Responder Network” (WARN), which was implemented by the District's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). NTIA selected the WARN pilot program because it met NTIA’s evaluation criteria; specifically, it demonstrated the use of a public safety network on which federal, state, local and private users share the available bandwidth.

Potential Interference From Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) Systems To Federal Government Radiocommunication Systems at 1.7 - 80 MHz Phase 2 Study, Volume II Technical Appendices

The analyses in the Phase 2 BPL Report expands on the scope of NTIA's Phase 1 analyses and applies the FCC Part 15 rules and measurement guidelines for Access BPL systems. The results of these analyses confirm that the Commission's Access BPL rules, measurement guidelines, and special protection provisions will limit the interference risks for federal radiocommunication systems.

Potential Interference From Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) Systems To Federal Government Radiocommunication Systems at 1.7 - 80 MHz, Phase 2 Study

The analyses in the Phase 2 BPL Report expands on the scope of NTIA's Phase 1 analyses and applies the FCC Part 15 rules and measurement guidelines for Access BPL systems. The results of these analyses confirm that the Commission's Access BPL rules, measurement guidelines, and special protection provisions will limit the interference risks for federal radiocommunication systems.