December 2007 | NTIA Technical Report TR-08-451
Assessment of Alternative Future Federal Land Mobile Radio Systems
Kim Cai; Bernard Joiner; Robert J. Matheson; Edward F. Drocella Jr.; Gary M. Patrick; David S. Anderson
Abstract: This report evaluates the efficiency of federal spectrum use, performing a study that compares the spectrum resources used by several alternative land mobile radio (LMR) system architectures employing trunked radio technology to the spectrum resources used by the current conventional LMR systems. This study considered the 162–174 MHz federal LMR band in the Washington, D.C. area. The Washington, D.C. area was selected because it represents a spectrally congested environment and the 162–174 MHz band because it represents the most heavily used federal land mobile frequency band.
Keywords: spectrum efficiency; trunked radio systems; land mobile radio (LMR)
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Ed Drocella, Chief,
Spectrum Engineering and Analysis Division
Office of Spectrum Management
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(202) 482-1652
edrocella@ntia.gov
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