Thoughts on Military Spectrum Relocation Strategy

Abstract

A move has begun by the government to relocate incumbent military radio frequency bands to accommodate the expanding broadband wireless industry. This move potentially poses tremendous challenges to the Department of Defense (DoD) in cost, disruption in service and degradation to the existing military communication infrastructures [1],[2]. New thoughts on a usage characteristics centric spectrum management concept and usage are discussed in this paper. Broadband wireless vis-a-vis military tactical radios usage has unique and different coverage requirements. Thus, by considering their respective complementary coverage and usage needs, together with the military's ability to apply Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) and the emerging spectrum fragmentation approaches, an optimum future spectrum allocation strategic plan can be formulated. A study of the possibility and suitability of relocating military usage of frequencies to lower than 2 GHz is warranted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1108538

Entities

People

  • Jonathon Cheah
  • Rich North

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • 4G Wireless Networks
  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Governments
  • Military Communications
  • Military Operations
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Phones
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Frequency
  • Tactical Radios
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control