Spectrum Management and Utilization

This addresses issues arising from the fact that the electromagnetic spectrum is a finite resource which has to be properly managed. Topics include spectrum as a resource space, time and bandwidth, international regulation organizations and control methods definitions of spectrum utilization and spectrum utilization efficiency. Spectrum consuming properties of radio systems protection ratio; frequency dependent rejection and the F-D curve; spectrum management tools, models and databases; spectrally efficient techniques, efficient use of the spectrum.