Timeline for How many frequency channels are there in a frequency band?
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| Nov 13, 2016 at 9:20 | vote | accept | Shivam Aggarwal | ||
| Nov 12, 2016 at 19:46 | comment | added | rclocher3 | @Shivamaggarwal, if you like my answer, please consider accepting it. If you were a large company prepared to spend lots of money at a government frequency auction, you would be looking for so many MHz in a certain band. If you were successful at the auction, the FCC (in the US) would tell you the frequency ranges you got. It might be several non-contiguous ranges; generally all the wireless company cares about is having enough channels or enough bandwidth, and doesn't care if the bandwidth is all in one chunk. There is no magic formula, just decisions by bureaucrats. | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 18:48 | comment | added | K7PEH | In the US you can buy a portion of the RF spectrum that is offered for sale via auction by the Federal Government. Of course, this does not apply to ham radio. Usually, only large communications companies buy portions of the frequency spectrum (e.g. cellular and satellite comms). Have a couple of $Billion in your pocket before you enter the frequency spectrum auction. However, even though you buy (by spending money) it is more like a license than purchasing and owning. | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 17:14 | comment | added | Marcus Müller | You don't "buy any 50 MHz". You get a license to use spectrum between frequency A and frequency B for purpose C with a maximum power D in a geographic location E for a period of time E. | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 8:12 | comment | added | Shivam Aggarwal | Thanks alot for the beautiful explanation. Is there a formula that would give me both the upper and lower bound for a frequency band ? Suppose I buy a Frequency band of 50Mhz from the goverment. So now what is the exact frequency range available to me? Is there a formula for this ? Also suppose the range available to me is between 40-60 Mhz so now, do I own the complete 20Mhz frequencies in betwwen 40 and 60 Mhz. | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 5:27 | history | answered | rclocher3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |