Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Radiofrequency Spectrum Management

By Nunno, Richard M.

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Radiofrequency Spectrum Management
Author:	Nunno, Richard M.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago M. Nunn, B. R. (n.d.). Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Radiofrequency Spectrum Management. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Summary: The radio spectrum, a limited and valuable resource, is used for all forms of wireless communications including cellular telephony, paging, personal communications service, radio and television broadcast, telephone radio relay, aeronautical and maritime radio navigation, and satellite command and control. The federal government manages the spectrum to maximize efficiency in its use and to prevent interference among spectrum users. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) manages all spectrum used by the federal government and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) manages all non-federal spectrum.

Table of Contents
Contents Spectrum Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Uses of the Radio Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Commercial Voice and Data Transmission Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commercial Broadcast Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Management of the Radio Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using Auctions to Manage the Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LMDS Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Planned Future Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Additional IVDS licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 220 MHz Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 General Wireless Communications Services (GWCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Technology Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Spectrum Flexibility, Overlay Licenses, and Other New Provisions . . . . . . 12 The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Spectrum Issues for Congressional Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Allocation of Spectrum for Federal vs. Commercial Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Spectrum Needs of Intelligent Transportation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Digital Television Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Interoperability Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Public Safety Spectrum Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Committee Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Problems With Auction Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 C-Block Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 800 MHZ SMR Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Incidents of Collusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FCC Recommendations to Congress and Adoption of New Auction Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Auctions for Broadcast Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Other Spectrum-Related Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 List of Figures Figure 1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2 Frequency vs. Wavelength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 List of Tables Table 1: Licenses Auctioned to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9