An understanding of the policies, regulations, standards and techniques of radio spectrum
management is useful to those who manage and administrate it, to operators, to equipment
providers and to the users of wireless communication (i.e., all of us). For many years the author
has been deeply involved in ruling the RF spectrum at the NATIONAL, regional and global levels.
The book is based on the professional experience of the author, his academic courses, presenta-
tions and tutorials in five continents. The book reflects this legacy and will be of use to engineers,
lawyers and economists, who serve the global industry of the wireless world; in it they may find
solutions to the problems they frequently encounter.
The fi rst edition of this book came about because Regina Lundgren had always been
fascinated with communication. She started writing novels in the third grade. When she
was asked on her fi rst day at the University of Washington what she hoped to do with her
degree in scientifi c and technical communication, she replied, “I want to write environ-
mental impact statements.” When Patricia Clark hired her to work at the Pacifi c Northwest
NATIONAL Laboratory to do just that, she was overjoyed.
Regulation is a pervasive feature of the telecommunications services industry
today. Government-appointed regulators and judicial or quasi-judicial bodies
oversee it in countries at all stages of economic development. Its primary
purpose is to encourage, nourish and maintain competition in NATIONAL and
interNATIONAL telecommunications services markets. It is, therefore, a
fundamental feature of the legal and commercial landscape within which network
owners and service providers operate. The modern development of regulation may
be traced to the liberalisation of the industry from NATIONAL monopolies from
the 1980s onwards.
n its Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, the US
NATIONAL Institute of Standards and Technology declares that a twenty-first-century
clean energy economy demands a twenty-first-century electric grid. 1 The start of the
twenty-first century marked the acceleration of the Smart Grid evolution. The goals
of this evolution are broad, including the promotion of widespread and distributed
deployment of renewable energy sources, increased energy efficiency, peak power
reduction, automated demand response, improved reliability, lower energy delivery
costs, and consumer participation in energy management.
Under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the NATIONAL Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) was assigned “primary responsibility to coordinate
development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information
management to achieve interoperability of Smart Grid devices and systems…” [EISA Section
1305]. 35 This responsibility comes at a time when the electric power grid and electric power
industry are undergoing the most dramatic transformation in many decades. Very significant
investments are being made by industry and the federal government to modernize the power grid.
To realize the full benefits of these investments—and the continued investments forecast for the
coming decades—there is a continued need to establish effective smart grid 36 standards and
protocols for interoperability.
The electrical power grid is often referred to as one of the most complex man-
made systems on Earth. Its importance to all aspects of our daily lives, economic
stability, and NATIONAL security cannot be overstated, and the need for an updated,
secure, resilient, and smarter power grid infrastructure is increasingly recognized
and supported by policy makers and market forces.
UL Standard for Safety for Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use, Part 1: GeneralRequirements, UL 60730-1Fourth Edition, Dated October 19, 2009Summary of TopicsThis new edition of UL 60730–1 is being issued to:1) Adopt IEC’s Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 of IEC 60730-1.2) Adopt UL’s proposed changes to the NATIONAL differences.
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