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Spectrum Management

Course	UNIK4230
Title	Spectrum Management
Lecture date	2015/05/07 13:15 - 16:00
presented	by Per Hjalmar Lehne
Objective	To give an overview of how radio spectrum is managed globally, regionally and nationally.
Learning outcomes	The have an understanding on how spectrum is managed today, why we need spectrum management and how spectrum management is changing.
Pensum (read before)
References (further info)	References: Tjelta T., Struzak R. Spectrum management overview, The Radio Science Bulletin, No 400, March 2012. Media: Tjelta_Struzak_RSB400_2012.pdf ITU-R Radio Regulations 2010, Frequency allocation table: Media: ITU-R-RR-2010-Articles.pdf Norwegian Frequency Allocations (chart): Media: Norway-FAT.pdf Stine, J.A, Portigal, D.A. An Introduction to Spectrum Management. MITRE Technical Report 101, 2004 (US): Media: MITRE101.pdf Norwegian Communications Authority: http://www.nkom.no/ ITU-R: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/Pages/default.aspx
Keywords	Spectrum, ITU, Cognitive radio

Test yourself, answer these questions

Why do we need spectrum management?
Who is responsible for the global coordination of spectrum usage?
What is the difference between spectrum allocations, allotments and assignments?
On what levels are the above defined?
What do we mean by 'spectrum commons'?
What is spectrum pooling?
What do we mean by spectrum refarming?
How is usually spectrum for mobile use assigned?

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