Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in this book. The book provides an integrated view of interference analysis, describing all the key issues necessary to generate results. It considers different types of interference and metrics to determine whether the interference could be accepted or would be considered harmful. There are different motivations for undertaking interference analysis, including system design, regulatory, frequency assignment and coordination. The book also considers the reasons why people undertake interference analysis, including the regulatory framework, international organisations and working methods. It covers the covers the basics of radio engineering, including modulations, access methods, antennas, noise calculations, the underlying geometry and dynamics, link budgets and their attributes. Finally, the book provides some services and sharing scenarios having well‐defined publically available algorithms to calculate performance including interference analysis. Examples would be broadcasting, private mobile radio, white space and satellite coordination.