frequency assignment

noun — 2 senses

frequency assignment

noun
1

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications An authorization, given by an administration, for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions.

2

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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.

Related terms
FCC, open spectrum

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