Frequency Assignment Methodology: An Annotated Bibliography

摘要

Improving the way in which frequencies are assigned has become an important international goal. Spectrum managers should be aware that recently proposed frequency assignment techniques have been shown to consume less spectrum than does the state-of-the-art operational system. These new techniques serve as efficient tools for accurately determining the amount of spectrum to allocate for a proposed new service and have been applied to economically quantify relationships between spectrum efficiency, equipment characteristics and operational procedures. In addition, recent discoveries about the computational complexity of frequency assignment problems provide valuable information to managers faced with choosing the most productive areas for future investigation. An annotated bibliography has been compiled in order to assemble information about these and other developments related to frequency assignment methodology. The bibliography has been organized into major section: Overview and General References, Engineering Applications, Exact algorithms, Approximate Algorithms, Complexity of Frequency Assignment Problems, Upper Bounds, and Lower Bounds.