- Introduction and Course Overview
- Spectrum Management Fundamentals
- Spectrum: An International Perspective
- Major National Spectrum Management Directives/Laws
- Organizational Structure and Processes
- Functional Responsibilities and Requirements for Spectrum Management
- Spectrum Management Planning, Regulation and Policy Making
- Development of a National Allocation Table
- Frequency Assignment and Licensing
- Relationship between Spectrum Fees and the Spectrum Management Process
- Radio Standards Specification and Equipment Authorization
- Monitoring and Spectrum Enforcement
- International and National Cooperation
- Development of a Spectrum Management Organizational Structure
- Decentralization versus Centralized Management
- Matrix Structure Management
- Summary of Principles
- Spectrum Management Systems Overview
- Types of Spectrum Monitoring Stations
- Integration with Document Management System
- Spectrum Management Fundamentals: A Summary and Discussion
- Spectrum Planning
- Significance of Planning, Costs and Benefits
- Planning Processes
- Establishing Spectrum Planning Objectives
- Elements to Consider
- Spectrum Availability
- Planning Options
- Process Implementation
- Consultative Approach
- Inquiry into Future Spectrum/Service Requirements
- Interaction among/with Representative Groups
- Analytical Approach
- Scenario Approach
- Usage Trends
- Spectrum Management System Planning and Review
- Planning Implementation
- Short Term
- Long Term
- Strategic Planning
- Improving the Spectrum Management Planning System
- Spectrum Planning: A Summary and Discussion
- Frequency Assignment and Licensing
- Assigning Frequencies to Radio Stations
- Regulatory Aspects of the Frequency Assignment Process
- Technical Aspects of the Frequency Assignment Process
- Frequency Plans
- Process Automation
- Licensing
- Requirements of Licensing
- Licensing Radio Stations
- Deregulation of Licensing
- Licensing Practices
- On-Line Licensing and Security Issues
- Spectrum Licensing: A Summary and Discussion
- Assigning Frequencies to Radio Stations
- Spectrum Monitoring, Inspection and Investigation
- Spectrum Monitoring as an Element of the Spectrum Management Process
- Monitoring to Assist Frequency Assignment
- Monitoring to Assess Spectrum Occupancy
- Monitoring for Compliance with National Rules and Regulations
- Monitoring Facilities Depending on a Frequency Band and Purpose
- Automation of Monitoring
- Integration of Monitoring Sub-System with Automated Spectrum Management System
- Spectrum Inspection and Investigation as Elements of the Spectrum Management Process
- Inspections and Investigations for Compliance with National Rules and Regulations
- Verification of Technical and Operational Parameters
- Detection and Identification of Unauthorized Transmissions
- Inspections and Investigations to Identify the Source of, and to Resolve, Interference
- Equipment for Inspections and Investigations
- Spectrum Monitoring and Investigation: Session Review and Discussion
- Spectrum Monitoring as an Element of the Spectrum Management Process
- Spectrum Economics
- Traditional Mechanisms of Financing Spectrum Management
- National Budget Financing
- Spectrum License and Usage Fees
- Other Charges
- Alternative Methods of Supporting Spectrum Management Activities
- Spectrum Licensing Approaches
- First Come-First Served
- Beauty Contests
- Competitive Bidding
- Lotteries
- Spectrum Pricing
- Spectrum Fees
- Auctions as Part of Bidding Approaches
- Spectrum Rights
- Managing a Transition in Spectrum Funding
- Cost of Spectrum Redeployment (as a Method of Spectrum Management)
- An Application of Spectrum Pricing
- Cost of Spectrum Redeployment
- Interests Driving the Decision to Redeploy Spectrum
- The Cost of Redeployment
- Calculation of the Redeployment Cost using the Residual Book Value
- Calculation of the Redeployment Cost Using Residual Economic Value
- The Redeployment Fund and Redeployment Procedures
- Spectrum Economics: Session Review and Discussion
- Traditional Mechanisms of Financing Spectrum Management
- Measures of Spectrum Utilization and Utilization Efficiency
- Different Methods for Calculating Spectrum Utilization
- Assessment of Economic Utilization of Spectrum
- Applications
- Spectrum Utilization of Satellite Systems
- Measure of Spectrum Utilization Efficiency
- Example of Spectrum Utilization Efficiency Calculations
- Spectrum Quality Index (SQI)
- Ratio of Spectrum Utilization Efficiencies, or Relative Spectrum Efficiency
- Spectrum Utilization: Session Review and Discussion
- Course Recap and Conclusion