# Frequency assignment

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{{Short description|Radio frequency authorization}}
thumb|German frequency assignment document <small>({{Langx|de|Zuteilungsurkunde}})</small>

'''Frequency assignment''' is the authorization of use of a particular radio frequency.

In Article 1.18 of the [International Telecommunication Union's](/source/International_Telecommunication_Union) (ITU) [Radio Regulations](/source/ITU_Radio_Regulations) (RR),<ref>ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.18, definition: ''assignment (of a radio frequency or radio frequency channel)''</ref> the process is defined as "Authorization given by a [frequency administration](/source/frequency_administration) for a [radio station](/source/radio_station) to use a [radio frequency](/source/radio_frequency) or radio frequency channel under specified conditions".

''Frequency assignment'' is also a special term, used by national [frequency administration](/source/frequency_administration)s. For other terms see table below.

{| class="wikipedia sortable" border="1"
|-
|+ '''ITU-terms pertaining to frequency regulation'''
|-align="center"
|width="10%" style="background:#FF99CC;" rowspan="2"| Frequency<br />distribution to:
|width="60%" style="background:#A0E0A0;" align="center" colspan="6"| '''ITU languages'''
|width="5%" style="background:#B0C0B0;" rowspan="2"| ITU RR<br /><small>(article)</small>
 |-align="center" style="background:#A0E0A0;"
 | French 
 ! English 
 | Spanish || Arabic || Chinese || Russian
|-align="center" style="background:#cfcfcf;"
| [Radiocommunication service](/source/Radiocommunication_service)s 
| attribution<br />(attribuer) 
| [allocation](/source/Frequency_allocation)<br />(to allocate)
| attribucion<br />(attribuir) 
|  ||
| распределение<br />(распределять)
| 1.16
|-align="center" style="background:#bfbfbf;"
| Regions or countries
| allotisement<br />(allotir)
| [allotment](/source/Frequency_allotment)<br />(to allot)
| adjudication<br />(adjudicar)
|  ||
| выделение<br />(выделять)
| 1.17
|-align="center" style="background:#afafaf;"
| [Radio station](/source/Radio_station)s
| assignation<br />(assigner)
| <span style="color:#700;">'''assignment<br />(to assign)'''</span>
| asignacion<br />(assignar)
|  ||
|присвоение<br />(присваивать)
| 1.18
|}

==See also==
*[Radio station](/source/Radio_station)
*[Spectrum management](/source/Spectrum_management)
*[Frequency coordinator](/source/Frequency_coordinator)
*[Broadcast license](/source/Broadcast_license)
*[Cellular frequencies](/source/Cellular_frequencies)
*[Earth observation satellites transmission frequencies](/source/Earth_observation_satellites_transmission_frequencies)

== References / sources ==
<references />
* [http://www.itu.int International Telecommunication Union (ITU)]

{{Telecommunications}}

Category:International Telecommunication Union

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