Leaping from the barricades (PCN)

Author

Lipman, Andrew D.

Author_Institution

Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, USA

Volume

30

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Following extensive discussion between the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and private industry on competing personal communication system (PCS) technologies and regulatory policies, the FCC took a concrete step to address, in a notice of proposed rulemaking released in February 1992, the most critical issue to PCS development: spectrum allocation. The FCC targeted 220 MHz of spectrum, located between 1.85 and 2.20 GHz, to be reserved for a variety of emerging technologies. Specifically, the FCC proposes to dedicate the 1850-1990, 2110-2150, and 2160-2200 MHz bands to emerging technologies. The proposal also establishes an unprecedented migration plan to encourage the fixed microwave users currently assigned to these bands to relocate to other fixed microwave bands above 3 GHz or to alternative media such as fiber optics or satellites. The events leading to these proposals and the tasks they create for the FCC are outlined.<>

Keywords

frequency allocation; government policies; mobile radio systems; personal communication networks; 1.85 to 2.20 GHz; 220 MHz; FCC; PCS; US Federal Communications Commission; USA; emerging technologies; fixed microwave users; migration plan; mobile radio systems; notice of proposed rulemaking; personal communication system; regulatory policies; spectrum allocation; Cement industry; Communication industry; Communications technology; Concrete; FCC; Microwave bands; Optical fibers; Personal communication networks; Proposals; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.141579

Filename

141579