Civic engagement and social cohesion : measuring dimensions of social capital to inform policy / National Research Council of the National Academies ; Kenneth Prewitt, Christopher D. Mackie, and Hermann Habermann, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.), issuing body.

Contributor:

Mackie, Christopher D., editor.

Prewitt, Kenneth, editor.

Habermann, Hermann, editor.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Measuring Social and Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion in Surveys, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social capital (Sociology).

Social participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2014]

Summary:

The radio frequency spectrum is a limited resource for which there is an ever-increasing demand from an expansive range of applications - all the way from commercial, such as mobile phones, to scientific, such as hurricane monitoring from space. Since radio waves do not stop at national borders, international regulation is necessary to ensure effective use of the radio spectrum for all parties. Use of the radio spectrum is regulated internationally by the Radio Regulations (RR), an international treaty. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has as its mission the facilitation of the efficient and interference-free use of the radio spectrum. Every 2 to 5 years, the ITU convenes a World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) to review and revise the international RR. Changes to the RR are formulated through proposals to the conference according to Agenda Items, which are agreed on at the previous WRC. At the request of the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this report provides guidance to U.S. spectrum managers and policymakers as they prepare for the 2023 WRC to protect the scientific exploration of Earth and the universe using the radio spectrum. This report identifies the 2023 agenda items of relevance to U.S. radio astronomers and Earth remote sensing researchers, along with proposed agenda items for the 2027 WRC.

Contents:

Intro

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 VIEWS OF THE U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE ON SELECTED WRC-23 AND WRC-27 AGENDA ITEMS

Agenda Item 1.2: Allocations for International Mobile Telecommunications

Agenda Item 1.4: High-Altitude Platform Stations as IMT Base Stations

Agenda Item 1.5: Spectrum Use in the Frequency Band 470-694 MHz in Region 1

Agenda Item 1.8: Use of Fixed Satellite Service Networks by Control and Non-Payload Communications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Agenda Item 1.9: Review Appendix 27 of the Radio Regulations to Accommodate Digital Technologies

Agenda Item 1.10: Allocations to the Aeronautical Mobile Service

Agenda Item 1.11: Modernizing the Global Maritime Distress System

Agenda Item 1.12: EESS Radar Sounders at 45 MHz

Agenda Item 1.13: Allocations to the Space Research Service

Agenda Item 1.14: Allocations to the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service in 231.5-252 GHz

Agenda Item 1.15: GSO Earth Stations in Motion in the FSS 12.75-13.25 GHz

Agenda Item 1.16: Non-GSO Earth Stations in Motion

Agenda Item 1.17: Inter-Satellite Links at 11.7-12.7 GHz, 18.1-18.6 GHz, 18.8-20.2 GHz, and 27.5-30 GHz

Agenda Item 1.19: FSS 17.3-17.7 GHz in Region 2

Agenda Item 9.1a: Review of Space Weather Sensors

Agenda Item 9.1b: Review of the Amateur Service and Amateur-Satellite Service in the Frequency Band 1240-1300 MHz

Agenda Item 9.1c: International Mobile Telecommunications Using Fixed Service Allocations

Agenda Item 9.1d: Protection of EESS from Non-GSO FSS

WRC-27 Agenda Item 2.1: The Radiolocation Service at 231.5-275 GHz and 275-700 GHz

WRC-27 Agenda Items 2.2 and 2.3: Ka-Band and V-Band

WRC-27 Agenda Items 2.4, 2.5, and 2.7: 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz

WRC-27 Agenda Item 2.6: Space Weather.

WRC-27 Agenda Items 2.8 and 2.9: L Band and S Band

APPENDIXES

A Statement of Task

B Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Notes:

"Panel on Measuring Social and Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion in Surveys, Kenneth Prewitt, Christopher D. Mackie, and Hermann Habermann, editors, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education."

Includes bibliographical references.

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OCLC:

894508315