Spectrum quality indicators for the land mobile system
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Delfour, M.C.; Towaij, S.
- Source
- [1991 Proceedings] 41st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Vehicular Technology Conference, 1991. Gateway to the Future Technology in Motion., 41st IEEE. :710-715 1991
- Subject
- Transportation
Frequency
Antenna measurements
UHF measurements
Power system modeling
Interference
Area measurement
Urban areas
Base stations
Enterprise resource planning
Mobile antennas
- Language
- ISSN
- 1090-3038
The authors discuss the development of a measure for assessing how efficiently the electromagnetic spectrum allocated to the radio service is being managed in Canada. For this work, the land mobile system in the VHF and lower UHF bands for a few large Canadian urban areas has been chosen. To evaluate the assignment methods, a near- or quasi-optimal assignment model has been developed. It takes into account the users' distribution and channel occupancy demands. This method matches the performance in each urban area, and all the noninterference conditions presently used by Canadian spectrum management systems are verified. The study confirms that a good assignment strategy must take into account the users' distribution and be able to cope with dynamic changes in the demand.ETX