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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Federal Communications Commission"”.
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The Public Information Function of The Federal Communications Commission
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The effects of the Federal Communications Commission Registration Program of 1977 on the domestic industry producing telecommunications equipment
The effects of the Federal Communications Commission Registration Program of 1977 on the structure of the domestic telecommunications equipment producing industry was evaluated. Econometric analysis and anecdotal evidence were used as the foundation for the investigation. The major hypothesis of …
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Cable Television and the Public Interest: An Investigation of the Commissioners, Legal Assistants and Cable Bureau Staff of the Federal Communications Commission
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An overview of local, state, and federal regulations imposed upon political advertising
An Overview of Local, State and Federal Regulations Imposed Upon Political Advertising discusses the 1991 policy revisions enacted by the Federal Communications Commission that effect political advertising. In addition, considerable attention is devoted to how the judicial system has treated cases …
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The Fairness Doctrine in Its Historical Context: A Symbolic Approach
The Fairness Doctrine is a policy of the Federal Communications Commission requiring broadcast licensees to seek out and cover controversial issues of public importance and to present such coverage fairly. In practice, this has meant that broadcast licensees have had to grant response time for …
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The business of broadband and the public interest : media policy for the network society
… should serve "the public interest." The Federal Communications Commission has traditionally been charged with enforcing various obligations on businesses under this principle. Policymakers have developed different regimes for different media, but these distinctions no longer make sense in …
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Study of cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radio
… is studied since TV band has been considered by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be pioneered for CR usage. Cyclostationary feature of DVB signals is explored so that the robust single-cycle detector (SCD) can be employed to handle the problem of noise uncertainty, to which the widely …
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Promoting the Idea of Broadcast Deregulation: An Alternative View of the Distribution of Power in the Communications Policy-Making Process
Conventional accounts of the communications policy-making process in the United States tend to focus on the struggles over proposed changes to specific regulations. They give us blow-by-blow descriptions of the activities of the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, the courts, the White …
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Net neutrality repeal : another rock on the road of a suffering music genre
In December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to reverse Net Neutrality laws, which prohibited Internet service providers from blocking content, throttling speeds or charging more for faster Internet. Repealing that regulation will have multiple effects in all industries that …
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A Computational and Experimental Examination of the FCC Incentive Auction
<p>In 2016, the Federal Communications Commission debuted a new auction mechanism, the Incentive Auction, with the intention of obtaining high frequency television broadcasting spectrum, repurposing it for cellular use, and reselling these licenses at profitable prices. In designing this process, …
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Personal communications services: improving theater deployable communications for the 21st century
Personal Communications Services (PCS) may be the key ingredient for vastly improved military communications capabilities at the turn of the century. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines PCS as a family of mobile or portable radio communications services which could provide services …
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Antenna design for ultra wideband radio
… allocation of the 3.1-10.6 GHz spectrum by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Ultra Wideband (UWB) radio applications has presented a myriad of exciting opportunities and challenges for design in the communications arena, including antenna design. Ultra Wideband Radio requires …
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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) : the dynamics of technology and regulation
… be discussing the next telecom bill," said Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell in February 2004, before the United States Senate. The objective of this thesis is to study how VoIP challenges the incumbent US telecommunications act. The appearance of VoIP comes at …
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The development of high definition television : an ecology of games
… a primary focus on the period leading up the Federal Communications Commission decision on the new standard in 1996. The study tries to answer the question: how did we get the system we got? The analysis uses the model of an ecology of games that Norton Long developed and William H. Dutton …
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The effects of mergers in broadcast television
In 1999 the Federal Communications Commission decided to relax its prohibition against one firm owning two television stations in the same market. Although joint ownership was prohibited prior to 1999, evidence on the effects of joint operation is provided by local marketing agreements, contractual …
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Array Processing for Mobile Wireless Communication in the 60 GHz Band
In 2001, the Federal Communications Commission made available a large block of spectrum known as the 60 GHz band. The 60 GHz band is attractive because it provides the opportunity of multi-Gbps data rates with unlicensed commercial use. One of the main challenges facing the use of this band is poor …
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Pulse-based ultra-wideband transmitters for digital communication
… imaging since the 1950's; however, in 2002 the Federal Communications Commission approved the use of the 3.1-10.6GHz band for unlicensed UWB applications. The restriction on transmitted power spectral density in this band is equal to the noise emission limit of household digital electronics. …
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Performance of Hyperbolic Position Location Techniques for Code Division Multiple Access
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently adopted rules requiring cellular telephone, Personal Communication System (PCS) and Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) licensees to provide two dimensional automatic location information (ALI) for a user requesting E-911 service. These wireless …
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Compact planar wearable ultra wideband antenna for on-body applications
… found to be within the safety guidelines set by Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Prototype Of Coupling Unit Network For Power Line Communications
Power Line Communications has made impressive strides since its introduction. Power Line Communications (PLC) or Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) is the method of transmitting broadband signals over the power lines and making it available at the power outlet in homes. It provides last mile …
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