What is it about?
Radio regulations typically make use of metrics that were defined more than a century ago. This paper proposes a new set of metrics that allows designers more freedom and encourages more efficient use of scarce radio spectrum.
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Why is it important?
The conventional metrics typically consider transmitter power and its by-products. Although this leaves radio equipment designers much freedom it does not encourage efficient use of spectrum resources. This is especially true of license exempt ("unlicensed") spectrum such as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Ideally, regulatory criteria should be technology neutral while encouraging efficient spectrum use. This paper proposes metrics that recognize the impact of smart radio technology and support such forward looking radio regulations.
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I have worked in the field of license exempt radio equipment and standards since 1990 and I have always marvelled at the inventiveness of the engineers working in this field. However, commercial considerations do not always foster efficient use of the scarce license exempt spectrum. This paper is another step in a long quest for metrics to express the main parameters of spectrum usage: spectrum load (=resource utilization) and spectrum sharing efficiency (=performance in the presence of other spectrum users). Designers and spectrum managers should find these metrics useful.
Mr Jan Kruys
Spectrumconsult
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This page is a summary of: Technology agnostic regulatory criteria for licence-exempt spectrum, Digital Policy Regulation and Governance, January 2018, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/dprg-05-2017-0022.
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