Telecommunications Systems Planning

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. describe the telecommunications standard and regulatory issues; 2. explain network planning and dimensioning to minimize data loss and delay; 3. explain spectrum management and regulatory body involvements; 4. discuss radio planning, spectrum policy and allocation procedures at various levels; and 5. discuss the role integrated data and environment in networks for optimum performance.

Telecommunications standards, monitoring and regulation: International Telecommunications Union (history, structure and functions). Global telecommunications standards collaboration: international and regional. Nigerian Communications Act. Nigerian Communications Commission. Spectrum Management: basics of spectrum management: RF spectrum, classifications and features, spectrum utilization, need for spectrum management, spectrum management goals. Spectrum management functions. Spectrum policy, planning and assignment: frequency assignment and allocation procedures, national, regional and international spectrum management regulatory frameworks. Spectrum management applications (e.g. aeronautics, radio astronomy, radar, broadcasting, satellite networks, etc.). Spectrum management responsibilities: spectrum management improvement techniques, ITU's radio regulation and recommendations, ITU-R activities and study groups, CEPT, ETSI, NTIA, Ofcom, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), spectrum management in selected developing countries.