Commerce Technical Advisory Board

Abstract: Telecommunications, and hence the demands on the frequency spectrum will continue to grow indefinitely until limited by saturation of all or portions of that spectrum. Only effective planning, based on more knowledge than is now available, will ensure that the nation makes optimum use of this resource. The recognition of the potential threat to the continued growth of the nation led the Chairman of the Commerce Technical Advisory Board, Dr. J. Herbert Hollomon, to establish ad hoc the Telecommunication Science Panel. The study was initiated with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, with the cooperation of and also for the benefit of the Director of Telecommunications Management (Executive Office of the President), the Federal Communications Commission, and the Department of Defense. The Panel sought to study the status and trends in the technology and use of the electromagnetic spectrum and to examine various methods of increasing the telecommunication capabilities of the nation through more effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Panel members, who provided a variety of backgrounds, are leaders in the field; several had devoted many years to the development of methods for more effective spectrum utilization.

Keywords: spectrum; electromagnetic

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