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Informationen zum Autor Dr Haim Mazar (Madjar) Haim Mazar has more than 40 years of experience in regulatory activities, wireless communications, broadcasting and spectrum management. He received a BSc is in electrical engineering from the Technion, Haifa, Israel in 1971; an MBA from Bar-Ilan University in 1988; and a PhD from Middlesex University, London, UK in 2008, focusing on regulatory frameworks for wireless communications. Klappentext This book presents the fundamentals of wireless communications and services, explaining in detail what RF spectrum management is, why it is important, which are the authorities regulating the use of spectrum, and how is it managed and enforced at the international, regional and national levels. The book offers insights to the engineering, regulatory, economic, legal, management policy-making aspects involved. Real-world case studies are presented to depict the various approaches in different countries, and valuable lessons are drawn. The topics are addressed by engineers, advocates and economists employed by national and international spectrum regulators. The book is a tool that will allow the international regional and national regulators to better manage the RF spectrum, and will help operators and suppliers of wireless communications to better understand their regulators. Zusammenfassung This book presents the fundamentals of wireless communications and services, explaining in detail what RF spectrum management is, why it is important, which are the authorities regulating the use of spectrum, and how is it managed and enforced at the international, regional and national levels. The book offers insights to the engineering, regulatory, economic, legal, management policy-making aspects involved. Real-world case studies are presented to depict the various approaches in different countries, and valuable lessons are drawn. The topics are addressed by engineers, advocates and economists employed by national and international spectrum regulators. The book is a tool that will allow the international regional and national regulators to better manage the RF spectrum, and will help operators and suppliers of wireless communications to better understand their regulators. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author xiii Foreword xiv Preface xv Acknowledgments xviii Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi 1 The Radio Frequency Spectrum and Wireless Communications 1 1.1 Historical Overview 1 1.2 A General Communication Channel 2 1.3 Radio Frequency Bands 2 1.4 Scarcity of the RF Spectrum 3 References 4 2 The Main Regulated Radio Services 5 2.1 General 5 2.2 Terrestrial Broadcasting Delivery: Sound (Radio) and Video (Television) 6 2.2.1 Definitions and Introduction 6 2.2.2 Broadcasting Video and Audio Delivery 8 2.2.3 Terrestrial Sound (Audio) 10 2.2.4 Terrestrial Video (Television) 14 2.3 Land Mobile and the Cellular Service 25 2.3.1 Definitions and Introduction 25 2.3.2 Cellular Reference Network Unit 26 2.3.3 Regulation and Standardization of the Cellular Service 28 2.3.4 IMT Terrestrial Radio (Including LTE) 33 2.4 Fixed Point¿to¿Point and Point¿to¿Multipoint 38 2.4.1 Overview of Fixed Services: Fixed Networks and Mobile Backhauling 38 2.4.2 Deployment and Performance 39 2.4.3 Line¿of¿Sight (LoS) and Non¿Line¿of¿Sight (NLoS) Links 43 2.4.4 Fixed Wireless Systems (FWS) and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Systems 44 2.4.5 Available RF Spectrum and Frequency Planning 45 2.5 Satellite Communications 47 2.5.1 Definitions of Satellite Communications 47 2.5.2 Satellite Orbits and Services 47 2.5.3 Satellite Equipment 62 2.5.4 Monitoring and Regulating Satellite Communications 65 References 69 3 Short Ra...
