Wireless Spectrum Management: Policies, Practices, and Conditioning Factors (Telecom Engineering) [Hardcover]

Amit Maitra (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0071409874 | ISBN-13: 978-0071409872 | Publication Date: July 27, 2004 | Edition: 1

RF spectrum is the most valuable commodity in the wireless market – the wireless equivalent of real estate. Without the necessary spectrum – and the skills to manage it – companies cannot hope to compete in the brave new world of wireless services. Government agencies and private companies developing, using, or selling communications systems and services must be certain their systems are compatible with national and international frequency assignments.

This is a practical planning guide for any operation offering or planning to offer wireless, clearly explaining the technical, regulatory, and legal aspects of spectrum use. It not only provides rigorous engineering analysis of the properties and availability of key radio bands, but also interprets complex FCC and ITU regulations

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The radio frequency spectrum spans nearly 300 billion frequencies. Wireless Spectrum Management is an extraordinary book about spectrum allocation, a process adopted both internationally and domestically by the users of wireless services.

In this wide-ranging work, the author covers virtually all spectrum-dependent communications-electronic systems, including:
* Satellite communications
* Radar surveillance
* Point-to-point microwave
* Satellite communications
* Air-to-air and land- or sea-based ballistic missile systems
* VHF and UHF air-traffic-control systems
* Telemetry
* Weapon systems
* Ultra wideband (UWB), with discussion of technical factors affecting the properties and availability of key radio bands

This unique resource provides and interprets hard-to-find information on the properties and availability of key radio bands to encourage the rational use and conservation of spectrum/orbit resources. It focuses on engineering analysis throughout, detailing frequency management and frequency allocation approaches, tools, and methods that improve spectrum engineering, monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms.

For anyone who needs to master the prevailing concepts of spectrum management, understand the assignment processes adopted by various administrations’ regulatory structures, and grasp the amount of flexibility allowed spectrum users, the breadth of secondary markets, and their rules regarding interference, this book will prove an invaluable reference and working tool.

About the Author

Amit K. Maitra, founder and president of SATLINK Communications, provides services and solutions to the space/defense/intelligence communities. He holds two master’s degrees (MPA and MA) in policy making, analysis, and administration from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Calcutta, India, with a bachelor's degree in systems engineering and architecture. He was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and is currently completing the Executive Doctor of Management (EDM) program at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 373 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (July 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071409874
• ISBN-13: 978-0071409872
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,915,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview, but is Europe and specific sofware focused, March 15, 2008

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This review is from: Wireless Spectrum Management: Policies, Practices, and Conditioning Factors (Telecom Engineering) (Hardcover)

There is worthwhile information here: the relationship between the International Telecommunications Union, and national telecommunications agencies; chapters with standard frequency allocations; and some good basic theory. However, the Europe-only focus, and specifically using some commercial management software (and assuming the reader has access to it) limits much of its usefulness.