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 3rd Generation Partnership Project

“5G”

means Fifth Generation (of mobile networks)

"Act"

means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005) as amended

“Administration"

means any governmental department or service responsible for discharging the obligations undertaken in the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union, in the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and in the Administrative Regulations (CS 1002).

“APT”

means the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

“BB-”

means Broadband (e.g., BB-PPDR)

“BS”

means Base Station

“BTX”

means Base Transceiver

“CEPT”

means the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations

“CDMA”

means Code Division Multiple Access

“Days”

means working days unless otherwise specified

“dBc”

means decibels relative to carrier

“DF”

means Dual Frequency

“DM RS”

means Demodulation Reference Signal

“DSS”

means Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

“ECC”

means the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)

“ECC/DEC”

means ECC Decision

“ECC/REC”

means ECC Recommendation

“EIRP”

means Effective Isotropic Radiated Power

“ERP”

means Effective Radiated Power

“ETSI”

means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute

FDD”

means Frequency Division Duplexing

“GSM”

means the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), the second generation (2G) of mobile networks

“HCM”

means Harmonised Calculation Method

“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 the International Mobile Telecommunications

“IoT”

means the Internet of Things

“ITU”

means the International Telecommunication Union

“ITU-R”

means the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector

“LPWAN”

means Low Power Wide Area Network

“LRTC”

means the Least Restrictive Technical Conditions

“LTE”

means the Long-Term Evolution, which is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals

“M2M”

means Machine to Machine communications

“MTX”

means Mobile Transceiver

“NB-IoT”

means Narrow Band IoT

“NR”

means New Radio

“NRFP”

means the National Radio Frequency Plan 2021 for South Africa

“OOBE”

means Out Of Block Emissions

“PAMR”

means Public Access Mobile Radio

“PCI”

means Physical-Layer Cell Identities

“PN”

means Pseudo-Noise

“RFMP”

means the Radio Frequency Migration Plan

“RFSAP”

means the Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plan

“PRACH”

means Physical Random Access Channel

“PMR”

means Private (Professional) Mobile Radio

“PN”

means Pseudo-Noise

“PPDR”

means Public Protection and Disaster Relief

“PUCCH”

means Physical Uplink Control Channel

“SF”

means Single Frequency

“TDD”

means Time Division Duplexing

“TEDS”

means TETRA Enhanced Data Service

“TETRA”

means a European standard for a trunked radio system, is a professional mobile radio and two-way transceiver specification; formerly known as Trans-European Trunked Radio

“UE”

means User Equipment (user terminal)

“WRC-12”

means the World Radiocommunications Conference held in Geneva in 2012

“WRC-15”

means the World Radiocommunications Conference held in Geneva in 2015

“WRC-19”

means the World Radiocommunications Conference 2019 held in Sharm el-Sheikh