Frequency assignment
Radio frequency authorization
title: "Frequency assignment" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["international-telecommunication-union"] description: "Radio frequency authorization" topic_path: "general/international-telecommunication-union" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_assignment" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Radio frequency authorization ::
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Frequency assignment is the authorization of use of a particular radio frequency.
In Article 1.18 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR), the process is defined as "Authorization given by a frequency administration for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions".
Frequency assignment is also a special term, used by national frequency administrations. For other terms see table below.
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| Radio stations |
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References / sources
References
- ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.18, definition: ''assignment (of a radio frequency or radio frequency channel)''
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