Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005) ICASA Notice regarding Final Radio Frequency Assignment Plans for the IMT3500 Band in terms of Regulation 3 of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015 1. 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;