Spectrum Management

Making the most of precious spectrum resources

Issues and Challenges

• Meeting deadlines for federal mandates for narrowbanding and reallocation of federal spectrum
• Ensuring availability of limited spectrum to meet growing mission requirements
• Understanding increasingly complex spectrum management functions

Increased demand for spectrum to support new commercial wireless services has driven the reallocation of federal government spectrum and forced agencies to implement more spectrum-efficient communications systems. Agencies that have relied on particular systems for decades must now replace very high frequency (VHF) equipment by 2005 and ultra-high frequency (UHF) equipment by 2008 to meet federal mandates. Yet as spectrum-related issues are becoming increasingly complex, the skills required to plan, manage, and optimize spectrum use are a diminishing resource.

The Booz Allen Solution

• Develop policies and regulations that govern spectrum implementation and use
• Train spectrum management personnel to ensure effective management and analysis skills are available
• Coordinate and select frequencies to meet user needs now and in the future
• Identify and resolve radio frequency interference problems
• Monitor, validate, and quantify frequency use through advanced tools

Why Booz Allen?

• Our experienced staff fully understands spectrum challenges and optimization.
• Through many related assignments, the Booz Allen staff has developed a deep understanding of the complexities and nuances of spectrum management and frequency planning.
• We are knowledgeable in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) processes and procedures for obtaining spectrum.
• We offer robust tools for spectrum monitoring and analysis.