Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)ICASANotice regarding Final Radio Frequency Assignment Plans for the IMT3500 Band in terms of Regulation 3 of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 20151. Glossary |
In this Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plan, terms used will have the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2005 (no. 36 of 2005); unless the context indicates otherwise:
"3GPP"
means the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) which consists of six telecommunications standard development organisations;
"Act"
means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005) as amended;
“CRASA ECC”
means the Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA) Electronic Communications Committee (ECC);
“DM RS”
means Demodulation Reference Signal;
“ECC/REC (11)04”
means the ECC Recommendation (11)04 - Cross-border Coordination for Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks (MFCN) in the frequency band 790-862 MHz, Edition 3 February 2017;
“ECC/REC (15)01”
means the ECC Recommendation (15)01 - (15)01 - ECC Recommendation (15)01 “Cross-border coordination for Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks (MFCN) in the frequency bands: 694-790 MHz, 1427-1518 MHz, and 3400-3800 MHz”. Amended on 14 February 2020;
“ECC”
means the Electronic Communications Committee within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT);
"FDD"
means Frequency Division Duplex;
"HCM"
means Harmonised Calculation Method;
“HCM4A”
means the Harmonised Calculation Method for Africa;
“HIPSSA”
means the Sub-Saharan Africa Assessment Report on Harmonisation of ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa;
“ICNIRP”
Means the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP);
"IMT"
means International Mobile Telecommunications;
"IMT3500"
means IMT in the 3500MHz band (3400 MHz to 3600 MHz);
"ITA"
means the Invitation to Apply;
"ITU"
means the International Telecommunication Union;
"ITU-R"
means the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector;
"LTE"
means Long Term Evolution which is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies;
"NRFP"
means the National Radio Frequency Plan 2018 for South Africa;
"PCI"
means Physical-Layer Cell Identities;
“PPDR”
means the Public Protection and Disaster Relief as defined in ITU-R Report M.2033;
“PRACH”
means the Physical Random-Access Channel;
“PSTN”
means the Public Switched Telephone Network;
“PUCCH”
means the Physical Uplink Control Channel;
“RFSAP”
means the Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plan;
"TCA"
means terrain clearance angle correction factor;
"TDD"
means Time Division Duplex;
"TRP"
Total Radiated Power.
“WRC-12”
means the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 held in Geneva;
“WRC-15”
means the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 held in Geneva;
“WRC-19”
means the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 held in Sharm el-Sheikh;