frequency assignment

English

Noun

frequency assignment (plural frequency assignments)

1. (telecommunications) An authorization, given by an administration, for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions.
2. (telecommunications) The process of authorizing a specific frequency, group of frequencies, or frequency radio band to be used at a certain location under specified conditions, such as bandwidth, power, azimuth, duty cycle, or modulation.

See also

• FCC
• open spectrum

References

• Federal Standard 1037C and MIL-STD-188 - radio frequency channel assignment, see administration (def. #1).