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Federal Standards Telecom Glossary 2000 FED-STD-1037C 1996: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms FED-STD-1052: HF Radio Modems FED-STD-1045A: Telecommunications: HF Radio Automatic Link Establishment


NTIA Handbooks NTIA Handbook 09-441c: Batch Video Quality Metric (BVQM) User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 09-434b: In-Service Video Quality Metric (IVQM) User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 08-441b: Batch Video Quality Metric (BVQM) User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 06-441a: Batch Video Quality Metric (BVQM) User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 06-434a: In-Service Video Quality Metric (IVQM) User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 06-434: In-Service Video Quality Metric (IVQM) User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 05-424: In–Service Video Quality Metric (IVQM) User’s Manual — This publication was updated in HB-06-434a NTIA Handbook 02-01: Video Quality Measurement User’s Manual NTIA Handbook 89-2: Spectrum Management Technical Handbook NTIA Reports NTIA Report 10-462: Low Rate Speech Coding and Random Bit Errors: A Subjective Speech Quality Matching Experiment NTIA Report 09-459: Relationships Between Intelligibility, Speaker Identification, and the Detection of Dramatized Urgency NTIA Report 09-458: Statistical Considerations for Noise and Interference Measurements NTIA Report 09-457: Techniques for Evaluating Objective Video Quality Models Using Overlapping Subjective Data Sets NTIA Report 08-455: Measurements to Characterize Land Mobile Channel Occupancy for Federal Bands 162–174 MHz and 406–420 MHz in the Denver, CO Area NTIA Report 08-454: Assessment of the Effects of Wind Turbines on Air Traffic Control Radars NTIA Report 08-453: Intelligibility of Selected Radio Systems in the Presence of Fireground Noise: Test Plan and Results NTIA Report 08-433b: Reduced Reference Video Calibration Algorithms NTIA Report 07-449: Propagation Loss Prediction Considerations for Close-In Distances and Low-Antenna Height Applications NTIA Report 07-448: Measurements to Characterize Land Mobile Channel Occupancy for Federal Bands 162–174 MHz and 406–420 MHz in the Washington, D.C., Area NTIA Report 06-444: Effects of RF Interference on Radar Receivers NTIA Report 06-437: Interference Potential of Ultrawideband Signals Part 3: Measurement of Ultrawideband Interference to C-Band Satellite Digital Television Receivers NTIA Report 06-436: Phased Array Antenna Pattern Variation with Frequency and Implications for Radar Spectrum Measurements NTIA Report 06-433a: Reduced Reference Video Calibration Algorithms NTIA Report 06-433: Reduced Reference Video Calibration Algorithms NTIA Report 05-432: Interference Protection Criteria Phase 1 - Compilation from Existing Sources NTIA Report 05-429: Interference Potential of Ultrawideband Signals Part 2: Measurement of Gated-Noise Interference to C-Band Satellite Digital Television Receivers NTIA Report 05-427: Word Radiocommunication Conference Recommendations for Improvement in the United States Preparatory Process NTIA Report 05-420: Measurement Procedures for the Radar Spectrum Engineering Criteria (RSEC) NTIA Report 05-419: Interference Potential of Ultrawideband Signals Part 1: Procedures to Characterize Ultrawideband Emissions and Measure Interference Susceptibility of C-Band Satellite Digital Television Receivers NTIA Report 04-413: Potential Interference from Broadband over Power Line (BPL) Systems to Federal Government Radiocommunications at 1.7-80 MHz - Phase 1 Study NTIA Report 04-410: Gain Characterization of the RF Measurement Path NTIA Report 04-407: Relative Propagation Impairments Between 430 MHz and 5750 MHz for Mobile Communication Systems in Urban Environments NTIA Report 03-404: Receiver Spectrum Standards Phase 1 – Summary of Research into Existing Standards NTIA Report 03-403: Measurements of Channel Transfer Functions and Capacity Calculations for a 16x16 BLAST Array over a Ground Plane NTIA Report 03-402: Measurements to Determine Potential Interference to Public Safety Radio Receivers from Ultrawideband Transmission Systems NTIA Report 02-395: Estimation of System Gain and Bias Using Noisy Observations with Known Noise Power Ratio NTIA Report 02-394: Wireless Link Statistical Bit Error Model NTIA Report 02-393: Measurements of Pulsed Co-Channel Interference in a 4-GHz Digital Earth Station Receiver NTIA Report 02-392: Video Quality Measurement Techniques NTIA Report 02-391: Analysis of the RF Threat to Telecommunications Switching Stations and Cellular Base Station NTIA Report 02-390: Man–Made Noise Power Measurements at VHF and UHF Frequencies NTIA Report 01-389: Addendum to NTIA Report 01-384: Measurements to Determine Potential Interference to GPS Receivers from Ultrawideband Transmission Systems NTIA Report 01-388: Implementation and Testing of a Software Defined Radio Cellular Base Station Receiver NIST Technical Note 1519 and NTIA Report 01-387: Predicted and Measured Field Strengths in the Boulder, CO Area from Two Proposed Terrestrial Digital Television Tower Sites NTIA Report 01-386: Voice Quality Assessment of Vocoders in Tandem Configuration NTIA Report 01-385: On-line Development of an Interactive Web Glossary NTIA Report 01-384: Measurements to Determine Potential Interference to GPS Receivers from Ultrawideband Transmission Systems NTIA Report 01-383: The Temporal and Spectral Characteristics of Ultrawideband Signals NTIA Report 01-382: Vulnerability of Wireline and Cellular Telecommunications Networks to High Power Radio Frequency Fields NTIA Report 00-381: Flexible Interoperable Transceiver (FIT) Program Test Range II: Radio Propagation Measurements at 440, 1360 and 1920 MHz, Ft. Hood, Texas NTIA Report 00-380: Flexible Interoperable Transceiver (FIT) Program Test Range I: Radio Propagation Measurements at 440, 1360 and 1920 MHz Edwards Air Force Base, CA NTIA Report 00-379: A Frequency- and Time-Domain Investigation into the Geometric Optics Approximation for Wireless Indoor Applications NTIA Report 00-378: Spectrum Usage for the Fixed Services NTIA Report 00-376: Electromagnetic Compatibility Between Marine Automatic Identification and Public Correspondence Systems in the Maritime Mobile VHF Band NTIA Report 00-375: Nonlinear Operation of a MMIC RF Power Amplifier and its Effects on Battery Current, Interference, and Link Margin NTIA Report 00-374: Lower Mississippi River Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS) RF Coverage Test Results NTIA Report 00-373: Measured Occupancy of 5850-5925 MHz and Adjacent 5-GHz Spectrum in the United States NTIA Report 00-372: Indoor Polarization and Directivity Measurements at 5.8 GHz NTIA Report 00-371: Radio Link Performance Prediction via Software Simulation NTIA Report 99-370: An Evaluation of the Proposed Railroad VHF Band Channel Plan NTIA Report 99-369: Advanced Antenna Test Bed Characterization for Wideband Wireless Communication Systems NTIA Report 99-368: Medium Frequency Propagation Prediction Techniques and Antenna Modeling for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Broadcast Applications NTIA Report 99-367: Broadband Spectrum Survey at San Francisco, California NTIA Report 99-366: Spectrum Measurements for an RF-Driven Lighting Device NTIA Report 99-365: A Search Engine for Federal Standard 1037C NTIA Report 99-364: Lower Mississippi River VTS Frequency Survey NTIA Report 99-363: Evaluation of Marine VHF Radios: Compliance to IEC Receiver Standards NTIA Report 99-362: Evaluation of Marine VHF Radios: Performance in the Savannah, Ga. and New Orleans, La. Port Areas NTIA Report 99-360: Performance Assessment of Internet E-mail over Degraded High-Frequency Radio Channels NTIA Report 99-359: Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing of a Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) System that Conforms to the Japanese Standard NTIA Report 99-358: Delivered Audio Quality Measurements on Project 25 Land Mobile Radios NTIA Report 98-357: Land Mobile Radio Channel Usage Measurements at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games NTIA Report 98-356: Personal Communications Services Technology Field Trials NTIA Report 98-355: Man-Made Noise in the 136 to 138-MHz VHF Meteorological Satellite Band NTIA Report 98-354: National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Experiments Using the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite NTIA Report 98-353: A Simplified Model for Predicting the Power Delay Profile Characteristics of an Indoor Radio Propagation Channel NTIA Report 98-352: Electromagnetic Compatibility Test of a Dedicated Short-range Communication System NTIA Report 98-351: Indoor Direction Diversity at 5.8 GHz NTIA Report 98-350: A Federal Standard on Electronic Media NTIA Report 98-349: A Technological Rationale to Use Higher Wireless Frequencies NTIA Report 98-348: Software Implementation of a Wideband HF Channel Transfer Function NTIA Report 98-347: Objective Estimation of Perceived Speech Quality Using Measuring Normalizing Blocks NTIA Report 98-346: DGPS Signal Strength Measurements at a GWEN Site NTIA Report 98-345: Analysis of Spectrum Utilization and Message Length Statistics for the Railroad Land Mobile Radio Service NTIA Report 98-344: Analysis and Calculations of the Ground Plane Inductance Associated with a Printed Circuit Board NTIA Report 97-343: Assessment of Compatibility Between 25 and 12.5 kHz Channelized Marine VHF Radios NTIA Report 97-341: Link Analysis for the LRPT Digital Weather Satellite System NTIA Report 97-340: A Digital Simulation Model for Local Multipoint and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services NTIA Report 97-338: Interference Simulation for Personal Communications Services Testing, Evaluation, and Modeling NTIA Report 97-337: Field Strength Measurements of DGPS and FAA Beacons in the 285- to 325-kHz Band NTIA Report 97-336: Broadband Spectrum Survey at Los Angeles, California NTIA Report 97-335: FM Subcarrier Corridor Assessment for the Intelligent Transportation System NTIA Report 97-334: Broadband Spectrum Survey at San Diego, California NTIA Report 96-333: Testing and Evaluation of the Subcarrier Traffic Information Channel NTIA Report 96-331: Radio Propagation Considerations for Local Multipoint Distribution Systems NTIA Report 96-330: The Natural and Man-made Noise Environment in Personal Communications Services Bands NTIA Report 96-329: Exploring B-ISDN Performance Interactions: Selected Experiments and Results NTIA Report 96-328: RF and IF Digitization in Radio Receivers: Theory, Concepts, and Examples NTIA Report 96-327: Testing Automatic Link Establishment High Frequency Radios Using Compact Disc Technology Part I: Clean Tones NTIA Report 96-326: A Study of the Electromagnetic Properties of Concrete Block Walls for Short Path Propagation Modeling NTIA Report 95-325: Building Penetration Measurements from Low-height Base Stations at 912, 1920, and 5990 MHz NTIA Report 95-324: Impulse Response Measurements over Space-Earth Paths Using the GPS Coarse/Acquisition Codes NTIA Report 95-323: Measurements to Characterize Aggregate Signal Emissions in the 2400-2500 MHz Frequency Range NTIA Report 95-322: Engineering Manual for the Jammer Effectiveness Model NTIA Report 95-321: Broadband Spectrum Survey at Denver, Colorado NTIA Report 95-320: Data Communication Performance Testing of ACTS NTIA Report 95-319: Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: NTIA Implementation of American National Standard x3.141, Volume 1. Overview NTIA Report 95-319: Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: NTIA Implementation of American National Standard X3.141 Volume 2. Experiment Design NTIA Report 95-319: Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: NTIA Implementation of American National Standard X3.141 Volume 3. Data Extraction NTIA Report 95-319: Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: NTIA Implementation of American National Standard X3.141 Volume 4. Data Reduction NTIA Report 95-319: Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: NTIA Implementation of American National Standard X3.141 Volume 5. Data Analysis NTIA Report 95-319: Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: NTIA Implementation of American National Standard X3.141 Volume 6. Data Display NTIA Report 95-318: Dependence on Foreign Sources as it Impacts the U.S. Telecommunications Infrastructure NTIA Report 95-317: Jammer Effectiveness Model NTIA Report 94-316: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing: An Application to High Definition Television NTIA Report 94-315: Initial Study of the Local Multipoint Distribution System Radio Channel NTIA Report 94-313: Analysis of Electromagnetic Compatibility Between Radar Stations and 4 GHz Fixed-Satellite Earth Stations NTIA Report 94-312: An Evaluation of the North American Advanced Train Control System NTIA Report 94-311: A Survey of Relative Spectrum Efficiency of Mobile Voice Communication Systems NTIA Report 94-310: High-Frequency Radio Channel Error Model NTIA Report 94-309: Impulse Response Measurements in the 1850-1990 MHz Band in Large Outdoor Cells NTIA Report 94-307: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region Strategic Telecommunication Plan 1994-2003 NTIA Report 94-306: Building Penetration Loss Measurements at 900 MHz, 11.4 GHz, and 28.8 GHz NTIA Report 94-305: An assessment of the U.S. telecommunications industry dependence on foreign sources as it impacts the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure (Volumes I and II) NTIA Report 94-304: An Investigation of Federal Standard 1045 High–Frequency ALE Radio Performance in the Southern Trans–Auroral Zone NTIA Report 94-303-2: Radio Spectrum Measurements of Individual Microwave Ovens – Volume 2 NTIA Report 94-303-1: Radio Spectrum Measurements of Individual Microwave Ovens – Volume 1 NTIA Report 93-302: Foundations, Applications, and Assessment of Wavelets NTIA Report 93-301: Measurements of Wind Profiler EMC Characteristics NTIA Report 93-300: Land Mobile Spectrum Efficiency: A Plan for Federal Government Agencies to Use More Spectrum–Efficient Technology NTIA Report 93-299:Comparison of Wideband Propagation in the 902-928 and 1850-1990 MHz Bands in Various Macrocellular Environments NTIA Report 93-297: A Critique of the Reliability and Service Probability Calculations for the Ionospheric Communication Analysis and Prediction Program - IONCAP NTIA Report 93-296: Present Status and Future Trends in Telecommunications NTIA Report 93-295: Network Management: A Review of Emerging Concepts, Standards, and Products NTIA Report 93-293: Wideband HF Noise/Interference Modeling Part II: Higher-Order Statistics NTIA Report 93-292: Wideband Propagation Measurements for Wireless Indoor Communication NTIA Report 93-291: Simulated Effects of Sounding on Automatic Link Establishment HF Radio Network Performance NTIA Report 92-289: Linking Protection in Federal Standard 1045 HF Radios Using the Data Encryption Standard NTIA Report 92-287: Wideband Propagation Measurements at 30.3 GHz through a Pecan Orchard in Texas NTIA Report 92-284: A New Approach to HF Channel Modeling and Simulation Part III: Transfer Function NTIA Report 92-283: An Analysis of Reception Variability Due to Terrain Multipath on Microwave Common Carrier Links NTIA Report 91-282: Tabulations of Propagation Data Over Irregular Terrain in the 75- to 8400-MHz Frequency Range Part V: Virginia NTIA Report 91-281: Simulation of Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks for Service Restoral and Performance Efficiency NTIA Report 91-280: Assessment of Bands for Wind Profiler Accommodation (216-225, 400.15-406, and 420-450 MHz Bands) NTIA Report 91-279: Spectrum Usage Measurements in Potential PCS Frequency Bands NTIA Report 91-278: Characterization of the HDTV Channel in the San Francisco Area NTIA Report 91-277: Wideband HF Noise/Interference Modeling Part I: First-Order Statistics NTIA Report 91-276: The RAIDER Program: Radio Algorithms for Integration and Design of Engineering Requirements NTIA Report 91-275: A Model of Millimeter–Wave Propagation for Personal Communication Networks in Urban Settings NTIA Report 91-274: Frequency Assignment Summary for 1.435 GHz – 2.5 GHz Band NTIA Report 91-273: Mean Synchronization Times for ATM Cells: Derivations and Computational Background NTIA Report 91-272: The Atmospheric 60-GHz Oxygen Spectrum: Modeling and Laboratory Measurements NTIA Report 90-271: Characterization of the HDTV Channel in the Denver Area NTIA Report 90-270: Telecommunications Networks: Services, Architectures, and Implementations NTIA Report 90-269: Design of Experiments to Quantify Communication Satellite System Performance NTIA Report 90-268: Spectrum Required for HF Broadcasting NTIA Report 90-267: An Extended Database of Microwave Common Ccarrier Antenna Gain Patterns NTIA Report 90-266: Transmission Monitor and Control Software Reference Manual NTIA Report 90-265: Long–Term Performance and Propagation Measurements on Single and Tandem Digital Microwave Transmission Links Volume I: Analysis of Measurement Data NTIA Report 90-265: Long–Term Performance and Propagation Measurements on Single and Tandem Digital Microwave Transmission Links Volume II: Appendixes NTIA Report 90-265: Long–Term Performance and Propagation Measurements on Single and Tandem Digital Microwave Transmission Links; Volume III: Twelve–Month Network and Link–Characterization Results NTIA Report 90-264: Features for Automated Quality Assessment of Digital Transmitted Video NTIA Report 90-263: Distribution of the Daily foF2 About the Monthly Median NTIA Report 90-262: Monitoring of Harmful Interference to the HF Broadcasting Service: Summary of Monitoring Programs Held Between 1984 and 1989 NTIA Report 90-261: Technical Considerations Concerning Use of a Geostationary Operational Environmental (GOES) to Support the PEACESAT Network on an Interim Basis NTIA Report 90-260: Ground–Based Weather Radar Compatibility with Digital Radio–Relay Microwave Systems NTIA Report 90-259: Hydrologic and Meteorological Operations in the 162–174 and 406.1–420 MHz Bands NTIA Report 90-257: Congestion–Reduction and Service–Restoration Strategies for Telecommunication Networks NTIA Report 90-256: Design and Performance of a Long, Over–Water Microwave Radio Link NTIA Report 90-255: A New Approach to HF Channel Modeling and Simulation. Part II: Stochastic Model NTIA Report 89-254: Planning for Frequency Continuity in HF Broadcasting NTIA Report 89-253: Stand–Alone Terrestrial and Satellite Networks for Nationwide Interoperation of Broadband Networks NTIA Report 89-252: Image Data Compression Overview: Issues and Partial Solutions NTIA Report 89-251: Vegetation Loss Measurements at 9.6, 28.8, 57.6, and 96.1 GHz Through a Conifer Orchard in Washington State NTIA Report 89-250: Power Spectral Densities for Selected Digital Phase–Continuous MFSK Emissions NTIA Report 89-249: Millimeter–Wave Propagation in the Mesosphere NTIA Report 89-247: Digital European Backbone Performance: A 12–Month Summary for the Frankfurt North Segment NTIA Report 89-246: User–Friendly Software for the Design of Digital Line–of–Sight Radio Links NTIA Report 89-245: Automated Steerable Nulling Antenna Processor (SNAP) Model NTIA Report 89-244: Monitoring of Harmful Interference to the HF Broadcast Service: IV. Results of the July 1988 Coordinated Monitoring Period NTIA Report 89-243: Spectrum–Conservation Techniques for Fixed Microwave Systems NTIA Report 89-242: Handbook of Radio Wave Propagation Loss. Part II (100–20,000 MHz) NTIA Report 89-241: Meteor–Burst System Communications Compatibility NTIA Report 88-240: A New Approach to HF Channel Modeling and Simulation, Part I: Deterministic Model NTIA Report 88-239: Millimeter–Wave Propagation Characteristics and Channel Performance for Urban–Suburban Environments NTIA Report 88-238: User–Oriented Performance Evaluation of Data Communication Services: Measurement Design, Conduct, and Results NTIA Report 88-237: MF Broadcasting System Performance Model NTIA Report 88-236: The Sum Data Base: A New Measure of Spectrum Use NTIA Report 88-235: NTIA Information Services Report NTIA Report 88-234: Suitability of ANSI Standards for Quantifying Communication Satellite System Performance NTIA Report 88-233: Video Program Distribution and Cable Television: Current Policy Issues and Recommendations NTIA Report 88-232: Propagation and Performance Measurements Over the Berlink–Bocksberg Digital Troposcatter Communications Link NTIA Report 88-231: Multitier Specification Applied to Modify the Hardness of an Essential NSEP Fiber Optic Link NTIA Report 88-230: Use of Precalculated Data of Minimum Elliptical Beams of Satellite Antennas NTIA Report 87-229: Millimeter–Wave Pulse Distortion by a Single Absorption Line Simulating the Terrestrial Atmosphere NTIA Report 87-228: Investigations of Test Methodology for the Stress Loading Facility NTIA Report 87-227: NSEP Fiber Optics System Study, Background Report: Nuclear Effects on Fiber Optic Transmission Systems NTIA Report 87-226 Volume I: The Multitier Specification — An Executive Summary NTIA Report 87-226 Volume II: Multitier Specification Background and Technical Support Information NTIA Report 87-225: Some Models for Rain and Cloud Attenuation of Millimeter Waves NTIA Report 87-224: Millimeter–Wave Properties of the Atmosphere: Laboratory Studies and Propagation Modeling NTIA Report 87-223: Performance of Single and Multiple System AM Stereo Decoder Receivers NTIA Report 87-222: NTIA Regulatory Alternatives Report NTIA Report 87-221: Wideband HF Modeling and Simulation NTIA Report 87-220: User’s Guide for the HF Broadcast Antenna Design and Validation Summary Programs NTIA Report 87-219: A General Theory of Radio Propagation Through a Stratified Atmosphere NTIA Report 87-218: U.S. Telecommunications Team Report on Nov. 1986 Visit to China: First Implementation Phase of U.S.-China Protocol on Cooperation in the Field of Telecommunications NTIA Report 87-217: The HF Broadcasting Planning Model: A Comparison of Two Versions NTIA Report 87-216: A Program Description of FIBRAM: A Radiation Attenuation Model for 0ptical Fibers NTIA Report 87-215: Gain Evaluation for an Idealized Curtain Array Antenna NTIA Report 87-214: Fiber Optic Networks and Their Service Survival NTIA Report 87-213: Monitoring of Harmful Interference to the HF Broadcasting Service: III. Results of the June 1986 Coordinated Monitoring Period NTIA Report 87-212: An Updated Noise Model for Use in IONCAP NTIA Report 87-211: Reference Manual for Packet Mode Standards NTIA Report 87-210: Competition in the Local Exchange Market NTIA Report 86-209: Automated Performance Analysis Model for Ground-Wave Communication Systems NTIA Report 86-208: A Method of Univariate Interpolation that has the Accuracy of a Third–Degree Polynomial NTIA Report 86-207: Algorithms Used in ARROWS: Autodesign of Radio Relay Optimum Wideband Systems NTIA Report 86-206: Monitoring of Harmful Interference to the HF Broadcasting Service: I. Results of the Jan. 1986 Coordinated Monitoring Period NTIA Report 86-204: A Computational Model for the Simulation of Millimeter–Wave Propagation Through the Clear Atmosphere NTIA Report 86-203: Ground–wave Analysis Model for MF Broadcast Systems NTIA Report 86-201: Effects of Drop–Size Distribution and Climate on Millimeter–Wave Propagation Through Rain NTIA Report 86-200: Quantifying the Effects of Terrain for VHF and Higher Frequency Application NTIA Report 86-199: Calculation of Power–Flux Density Levels in the 2 GHz Band, Phase Three NTIA Report 86-198: Baseband Performance Degradation Due to Interference in the Fixed–Satellite Service NTIA Report 86-197: A Model of a Shaped–Beam Emission Pattern of a Satellite Antenna for Interference Analysis NTIA Report 86-196: Sidelobe Gain Characteristics for Ku–Band Earth Station Antennas NTIA Report 86-195: An Extended Single–Error–State Model for Bit Error Statistics NTIA Report 86-194: A Tutorial Review of Elements of Weak Signal Detection in Non–Gaussian EMI Environments NTIA Report 86-191: Networks, Signaling, and Switches for Post–Divestiture and the ISDN NTIA Report 86-190: Rain Attenuation Measurements at 28.8, 57.6, and 96.1 GHz on a 1–km Path NTIA Report 85-188: Voiceband Quality–Of–Service Issues in the Post Divestiture Environment NTIA Report 85-187: Monitoring of Harmful Interference to the HF Broadcasting Service: I. Results of the October 1984 and March/April 1985 Coordinated Monitoring Periods NTIA Report 85-185: Military Access Area Characterization NTIA Report 85-184: Millimeter–Wave Urban and Suburban Propagation Measurements Using Narrow and Wide Bandwidth Channel Probes NTIA Report 85-182: ISDN: Numbering, Addressing, and Interworking NTIA Report 85-181: Evaluation Techniques: Fixed Service Systems to Power Line Carriers NTIA Report 85-177: A Study of Interference Fields in a Ducting Environment NTIA Report 85-173: Atmospheric Radio Noise: Worldwide Levels and Other Characteristics NTIA Report 84-170: Standards in Process: Foundations and Profiles of ISDN and OSI Studies NTIA Report 84-168: Necessary Bandwidth and Spectral Properties of Digital Modulation NTIA Report 84-157: Measurement Procedures for the Radar Spectrum Engineering Criteria NTIA Report 84-150: Modeling Rain Polarization Effects to Millimeter Wave Frequencies NTIA Report 84-149: Atmospheric Channel Performance Measurements at 10 to 100 GHz NTIA Report 84-148: Microwave Terrestrial Link Rain Attenuation Prediction Parameter Analysis NTIA Report 84-147: A Computer–based Transmission Monitor and Control System NTIA Report 84-146: NETWORK: A User-Oriented, Interactive, Station-Siting Program for NOAA VHF Weather Radio NTIA Report 84-144: Policy Implications of Information Technology NTIA Report 84-143: Spectrum Resource Assessment in the 162-174 MHz Frequency Band NTIA Report 84-142: Locally Optimum and Suboptimum Detector Performance in a Non-Gaussian Interference Environment NTIA Report 84-141: Planing Guide for the Review of Telecommunications Systems for Frequency Availability and Electromagnetic Compatibility NTIA Report 84-140: Global Maps of foF2 Derived from Observations and Theoretical Values NTIA Report 83-139: The Effect of Bandwidth and Interference Rejection on the Spectrum Efficiency of Land Mobile Radio Systems NTIA Report 83-138: A Primer on Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN): Implications for Future Global Communications NTIA Report 83-137: An Atmospheric Millimeter Wave Propagation Model NTIA Report 83-136: Computation of Linear Communication Antennas NTIA Report 83-134: FM Spectral Modeling and FDM/FM Simulation Programs NTIA Report 83-133: A Method for Counting Errors, Deletions, and Additions When Both Transmitted and Received Data Are Known NTIA Report 83-132: Attenuation of Millimeter Waves on Earth–Space Paths by Rain Clouds NTIA Report 83-131: An Air–to–round HF Propagation Prediction Model for Fast Multicircuit Computation NTIA Report 83-130: The Use of Burst Transmission to Increase Communication Range – A Feasibility Study NTIA Report 83-129: Climatological Coefficients for Rain Attenuation at Millimeter Wavelengths NTIA Report 83-128: A Diagnostic Probe to Investigate Propagation at Millimeter Wavelengths NTIA Report 83-127: Estimating the Performance of Telecommunication Systems Using the Ionospheric Transmission Channel Ionospheric Communications Analysis and Prediction Program User's Manual NTIA Report 83-126: Digital Microwave Transmission Tests at the Pacific Missile Test Center, Pt. Mugu, California NTIA Report 83-125: American National Standard X3.102 User Reference Manual NTIA Report 83-124: Further Investigations of the Multiple Knife–Edge Attenuation Function NTIA Report 83-123: Interoperability of the European Defense Communications System with Tri-Service Tactical Communications NTIA Report 83-121: Alternative Transmission Media for Third-Generation Interface Standards NTIA Report 83-120: Optimum Reception in the Non-Gaussian Electromagnetic Interference Environments: II. Optimum and Suboptimum Threshold Signal Detection in Class A and B Noise NTIA Report 83-119: Estimates of Millimeter Wave Attenuation for 18 United States Cities NTIA Report 83-118:An Introduction to the Technology of Intra– and Interexchange Area Telephone Networks NTIA Report 83-117: Background Study on Efficient Use of the 2700-2900 MHz Band NTIA Report 83-116: Meteor Burst Communications Model NTIA Report 83-115: Spectrum Resource Assessment in the 5650-5925 MHz Band NTIA Report 82-114: HF Ground Wave Propagation over Forested and Built-up Terrain NTIA Report 82-112: User-Oriented Performance Measurements of the ARPANET: The Testing of a Proposed Federal Standard NTIA Report 82-111: Proposed Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Voice Techniques for the Amateur Radio Service NTIA Report 82-110: Investigation of HF Propagation Conditions Associated with the Third High Energy Astrophysical Observatory Launch NTIA Report 82-104: An Experimental Study of Monte Carlo Factoring Techniques NTIA Report 82-103: Integrated Services Digital Networks, Standards, and Related Technology NTIA Report 82-102: Fading Signals in the MF Band NTIA Report 82-101: The CCITT: Organization, U.S. Participation, and Studies Toward the ISDN NTIA Report 82-100: A Guide to the Use of the ITS Irregular Terrain Model in the Area Prediction Mode NTIA Report 82-99: Parametric Approach to Thin-Route Earth-Station Requirements NTIA Report 82-97: Telephone Areas Serviced by Bell and Independent Companies in the United States NTIA Report 82-96: Molecular Absorption Test at 35 GHz NTIA Report 82-95: Digital System Performance Software Utilizing Noise Measurement Data NTIA Report 82-94: A Simplified Model of the High Latitude Ionosphere for Telecommunications Applications NTIA Report 82-93: The Use of Theoretical Models to Improve Global Maps of foF2 NTIA Report 82-92: Output Tube Emission Characteristics of Operational Radars NTIA Report 82-90: Development of Techniques to Assess Interference to the MF Broadcasting Services NTIA Report 81-88: A Method for Determining the Minimum Elliptical Beam of a Satellite Antenna NTIA Report 81-87: Signals and Interference in FM Reception: I. Deterministic Models-The "Instantaneous" Approach, with Undistorted Inputs NTIA Report 81-86: The Attenuation of Electromagnetic Waves by Multiple Knife-Edge Diffraction NTIA Report 81-84: Selective Fading on a Long 8 GHz Line-of-Sight Path in Europe NTIA Report 81-81: The Discrete Logarithm Public Cryptographic System NTIA Report 81-79: A Critique of Some Public-Key Cryptosystems NTIA Report 81-77: Proposed Techniques for Adding FM Broadcast Stations in a Major Market, Part II NTIA Report 81-76: Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis for a Satellite Power System Receivlnq Site in the Mojave Desert NTIA Report 81-75: Effects of the Satellite Power System on Low Earth Orbit and Geosynchronous Satellites NTIA Report 81-74: Recommendations for Digital Radio Common Tactical/Long–Haul Standards NTIA Report 81-73: Guidelines to Telecommunications Interconnection Requirements for Message Input to the USPS E-COM System NTIA Report 81-72: Trade Issues in Telecommunications and Information: Volume I. United States Trade in the Merchandise of Information Industries NTIA Report 81-72: Trade Issues in Telecommunications and Information: Volume II. The Employment Effects of Trade in High-Technology Telecommunications and Information Products NTIA Report 81-72: Trade Issues in Telecommunications and Information: Volume III. Promoting U.S. Trade in Telecommunications and Information Products with Developing Countries NTIA Report 81-72: Trade Issues in Telecommunications and Information: Volume IV. The Role of the United States Government in the Financing of Exports of Major Telecommunications and Information Products NTIA Report 81-70: Broadcasting-Satellite and Fixed-Satellite Service Considerations after the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference NTIA Report 81-69: The Role of Elevated Ducting for Radio Service and Interference Fields NTIA Report 81-68: Television Field Strength and Home Receiving System Gain Measurements in Northern IIIinois NTIA Report 81-67: Domestic Interconnection Arrangements for Datel Services NTIA Report 81-66: Wave Interaction Observations of Ionospheric Modification in the D-Region NTIA Report 81-65: Analysis of Interference from the Solar Power Satellite to General Electronics Systems NTIA Report 81-64: Analysis of Interference Caused by the Solar Power Satellite to Satellite Earth Terminals NTIA Report 81-63: Analysis of a Phase-Locked Loop to Suppress Interference from a Solar Power Satellite NTIA Report 81-62: Need for Telecommunication Standards for Interconnection with the U.S. Postal Service EMSS NTIA Report 81-61: TOPOG: A Computerized Worldwide Terrain Elevation Data Base Generation and Retrieval System NTIA Report 81-60: Some Mobile VHF Measurements in an Urban Environment NTIA Report 81-59: Estimated Cost of a Submarine Fiber Cable System NTIA Report 81-58: Transportable Automated Electromagnetic Compatibility Measurement System (TAEMS) NTIA Report 81-57: Performance Parameters for Digital and Analog Service Modes NTIA Report 80-56: Measurements of Interference Between AM Radios Due to Local Oscillator Radiation NTIA Report 80-55: Interim Federal Standard 1033 Reference Manual NTIA Report 80-54: Measurements of Electromagnetic Noise Radiated from Automotive Ignition Systems NTIA Report 80-52: The Coverages of the MF and VHF Maritime Distress Communication Systems NTIA Report 80-51: Calculation of Geostationary Satellite Footprints for Certain Idealized Antennas NTIA Report 80-50: VIDEOTEX Systems and Services NTIA Report 80-49: Field Maxirna Inside Habitable Structures Exposed to 2.45 GHz Plane Wave Radiation NTIA Report 80-47: Spectrum Resource Assessment in the 1710-1850 MHz Band NTIA Report 80-45: A Consolidated Model for UHF/SHF Telecommunication Links Between Earth and Synchronous Satellites NTIA Report 80-44: Proposed Techniques for Adding FM Broadcast Stations in a Major Market NTIA Report 80-43: Measurement of the Effect of Vehicle Ignition Noise on Land-Mobile Voice Channels NTIA Report 80-42: Comparison of Available Methods for Predicting Medium Frequency Sky-Wave Field Strengths NTIA Report 80-41: Comparisons of Analytical and Numerical Calculations of Communications Probability NTIA Report 80-40: Fading Statistics on a 23 km Link at 9.6 and 28.8 GHz NTIA Report 80-39: Effect of Small Frequency Changes on the Radiation Patterns of MF (AM) Directional Antennas NTIA Report 80-38: Spectrum Resource Assessment in the 2.7 to 2.9 GHz Band Phase II: LSR Deployment in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Areas (Report No. 3) NTIA Report 80-37: Impact of SPS Heating on VLF, LF, and MF Telecommunications Systems Ascertained by Experimental Means NTIA Report 80-36 :Command Post/Signal Center Bus Distribution System Concept Design NTIA Report 80-35: Propagation Effects on an Intervisibility Measurement System Operating in the SHF Band NTIA Report 80-34: Three Phases of Teletraffic Congestion in Military Access Areas NTIA Report 80-33: HF Radio Noise in the Topside Ionosphere NTIA Report 80-32: Sharing of the Band 12.2-12.7 GHz Between the Broadcasting-Satellite and Fixed Services NTIA Report 79-31: Performance of a Very Long 8 GHz Microwave Link NTIA Report 79-30: Signal Level Distributions and Fade Event Analyses for a 5 GHz Microwave Link Across the English Channel NTIA Report 79-29: Methods of Improving the Performances of HF Digital Radio Systems NTIA Report 79-28: Indoor Television Antenna Performance NTIA Report 79-27: Measurements of an FM Receiver in FM Interference NTIA Report 79-26: Switch Element Capacities in Access Area Digital Switching Systems NTIA Report 79-25: Spectrum Resource Assessment in the 2.7-2.9 GHz Band Phase II: Radar Signal Processing (Report No. 2) NTIA Report 79-24: Investigation of Digital Microwave Communications in a Strong Meteorological Ducting Environment NTIA Report 79-23: A Compatibility Analysis of Spread-spectrum and FM Land Mobile Radio Systems NTIA Report 79-22: Television Receiving Antenna System Component Measurements NTIA Report 79-21: Statistical Methods for Estimating Time and Rate Parameters of Digital Communication Systems NTIA Report 79-20: Ground Wave Propagation Over Irregular, Inhomogeneous Terrain: Comparisons of Calculations and Measurements NTIA Report 79-19: Fifth Report on "Program for Control of Electromagnetic Pollution of the Environment: The Assessment of Biological Hazards of Nonionizing Electromagnetic Radiation" NTIA Report 79-18: Automated Digital System Engineering Model NTIA Report 79-17: Received Signal Level (RSL) Measurements and Analysis with a Desk–Top Computer NTIA Report 79-16: Estimates of Maximum Electric Field Strengths in the Automobile Environment NTIA Report 79-15: An Additional Catalog of Programs and Data for 100 MHz -100 GHz Radio System Predictions NTIA Report 79-14: Aircraft Obstruction of Microwave Links NTIA Report 79-13: Control Signaling in a Military Switching Environment NTIA Report 78-12: Measurements of LF and MF Radio Propagation Over Irregular, Inhomogeneous Terrain NTIA Report 78-11: Spectrum efficiency for multiple independent spread-spectrum land mobile radio systems NTIA Report 78-10: Earth-Space Attenuation Predictions for Geostationary Satellite Links in the U.S.A. NTIA Report 78-9: Current Activities in Small Earth Terminal Satellite Domestic Telecommunications NTIA Report 78-8: Estimates of the Atmospheric Transfer Function at SHF and EHF NTIA Report 78-7: Interfacing the Automated Maritime Mobile Telephone System with the U.S. Public Switched Telephone Network NTIA Report 78-6: A Preliminary Estimate of the Effects of Spread–spectrum Interference on TV NTIA Report 78-5: Measuring Characteristics of Microwave Mobile Channels NTIA Report 78-4 Volume I: Digital Communication Performance Parameters for Proposed Federal Standard 1033 VOLUME I: STANDARD PARAMETERS NTIA Report 78-4 Volume II: Digital Communication Performance Parameters for Proposed Federal Standard 1033 VOLUME II: APPLICATION EXAMPLES NTIA Report 78-3: ARPANET Host to Host Access and Disengagement Measurements NTIA Report 78-2: Access Area Switching and Signaling: Concepts, Issues, and Alternatives NTIA Report 78-1: Effects of Local and Skywave Interference on CB Radio Range NTIA Special Publications NTIA SP-08-452: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies / ClimDiff June 2 – 4, 2008 NTIA SP-07-445: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies February 26 – 28, 2007 NTIA SP-06-438: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies March 7 – 9, 2006 NTIA SP-05-418: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies March 1 – 3, 2005 NTIA SP-04-416: Significant Papers from the First 50 Years of the Boulder Labs NTIA SP-04-409: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies March 2 – 4, 2004 NTIA SP-03-401: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies March 4 – 7, 2003 NTIA SP-95-33: Survey of Rural Information Infrastructure Technologies NTIA Technical Memorandums NTIA TM-10-464: Multimedia Synchronization Study NTIA TM-10-463: A Full Reference (FR) Method Using Causality Processing for Estimating Variable Video Delays NTIA TM-09-456: A No Reference (NR) and Reduced Reference (RR) Metric for Detecting Dropped Video Frames NTIA TM-06-439: Resolving Interference from an Airport Surveillance Radar to a Weather Radar NTIA TM-05-431: Bandwidth Dependence of Emission Spectra of Selected Pulsed-CW Radars NTIA TM-05-430: Comparison of Radar Spectra on Varying Azimuths Relative to the Base of the Antenna Rotary Joint NTIA TM-05-426: Radiation Pattern Analysis of a Four-Element Linear Array NTIA TM-05-423: Analysis of the Markov Character of a General Rayleigh Fading Channel NTIA TM-05-417: Video Scaling Estimation Technique NTIA TM-04-412: The Impact of Monitor Resolution and Type on Subjective Video Quality Testing NTIA TM-04-406: Color Correction Matrix for Digital Still and Video Imaging Systems NTIA TM-03-405: Digital Television (DTV) Field Strength and Video Quality Study NTIA TM-03-398: Compensating for System Gain-Motivations, Derivations and Relations for Three Common Solutions NTIA TM-03-397: An Iterated Nested Least-Squares Algorithm for Fitting Multiple Data Sets NTIA TM-92-154: Accommodation of Broadcast Satellite (sound) and Mobile Satellite Services in the 2300-2450 MHz Band NTIA TM-92-155: Preliminary Build Attenuation Model


ESSA Reports ESSA Technical Report ERL 148-ITS 97: Comparison of Propagation Measurements with Predicted Values in the 20 to 10,000 MHz Range ESSA Technical Report ERL 131-ITS 92: Required Signal-to-Noise Ratios for HF Communication Systems ESSA Technical Report ERL 79-ITS 67: Prediction of Tropospheric Radio Transmission Loss Over Irregular Terrain ESSA Technical Report ERL 73-ITS 63: Numerical Maps of foEs for Solar Cycle Minimum and Maximum FAA-RD Reports FAA-RD-77-60: Applications Guide Propagation and Interference Analysis Computer Programs (0.1 to 20 GHz) NBS Reports NNBS Monograph 23: Amplitude-Probability Distributions for Atmospheric Radio Noise NBS Technical Note 101: Transmission Loss Predictions for Tropospheric Communication Circuits - Volume I and II NBS Technical Note 18-26: Quarterly Radio Noise Data March, April, May 1965 NBS Technical Note 18-25: Quarterly Radio Noise Data December, January, February 1964-65 Office of Telecommunications Reports OT Report 78-144: Radio Propagation in Urban Areas OT Report 77-132: Radio Channel Capacity Limitations OT Report 77-131: Design of a Van-Top Low-Profile HF Antenna OT Report 76-105: Refractivity and Rainfall Data for Radio Systems Engineering OT Report 76-97: Spectrum Resource Assessment in the 2.7 to 2.9 GHz Band Phase II: Measurements and Model Validation OT Report 76-87: Location Variability of Transmission Loss – Land Mobile and Broadcast Systems OT Report 76-86: Statistical-Physical Models of Man-made and Natural Radio Noise Part II: First Order Probability Models of the Envelope and Phase OT Report 75-76: A Versatile Three-Dimensional Ray Tracing Computer Program for Radio Waves in the Ionosphere OT Report 75-70: A Method of Bivariate Interpolation and Smooth Surface Fitting for Values Given at Irregularly Distributed Points OT Report 75-67: Optimum Reception in an Impulsive Interference Environment OT Report 75-59: Refractivity Gradients in the Northern Hemisphere OT Report 74-38: Man-Made Radio Noise - Part I: Estimates for Business, Residential, and Rural Areas OT Report ITSRR 7: A New Method for Predicting HF Ground Wave Attenuation Over Inhomogeneous, Irregular Terrain OT Report ITSRR 6: Attenuation of High-Frequency Ground Waves Over an Inhomogeneous Earth OT TN 76-3: Fixed Radar Spectrum Utilization Model OT Policy Research Estimate: A Systems – Specific Unit of Measure of Spectrum – Space Use OT Policy Research Estimate: Measures of Spectrum Use OT Policy Research Estimate: Spectrum Congestion Function Quantifies Metropolitan Spectrum Availability


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