MoU signed between NTA and IOE
Dean of IOE, Prof. Dr. Shashidhar R Joshi in presence with Asst. Prof. Babu R Dawadi, LICT Co-Chairman and Asst. Prof. Dr. Basant Joshi, LICT Member, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nepal Telecommunications Aughority (NTA) to carryout research on “interference effects while allocating frequencies on recent technologies like 5G and Short Range Derices (SRDs)”. The MoU was signed on Jan. 25, 2021 at NTA premises. Chairman of NTA Mr. Purushottam Khanal has highlighted the possible collaborations in the future with the continuation of this resaerch so that the country will be benefitted with such industry-academia collaboration. “NTA can suffport to researchers who engaged in the filed of ICT at the university research that contributes to the Nepal’s ICT sector”, said by Chairman Mr. Khanal. Similarly, Director of Technology Research Section Mr. Ambar Sthapit and Deputy Director Dr. Pradip Poudyal have shown their commitment to see the possible resaerch collaborations with IOE in the long run to boostup Nepal’s ICT sector.
Scope of Work
Following are the main scope of works which are defined to fulfill the objective of this research.
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Study all the relevant plans/policies of Nepal government and NTA regarding national frequency plan.
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Study the current spectrum distribution plan of Nepal focusing on 3G/4G/5G.
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Study SRD devices and their frequency usage in the global scenarios. Then find the list of approved SRD devices by NTA with their frequency allocation if any.
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Review the literature on the world-wide 5G spectrum distribution scenarios and their interferences (basically of India and Region-3 countries).
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Perform virtual or field experimental analysis including NTA approved SRDs to assess the possible interferences in the context of Nepal.
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Propose suitable solution e.g. frequency band for 5G network mobile communication that might have least interference with other bands and the SRDs.
Objective(s)
The major objective(s) of this research shall be as follows:
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To study spectrum band allocation at different networks of Nepal.
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To study the impact of 5G spectrum band interference with other bands with respect to use of short range devices (SRDs).
- To recommend the solutions to avoid spectrum interference in the context of 5G implementations.
Reserach Duration: 9 Months (February - October 2021)
Principle Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanjeeb Prasad Panday
Research Management Team:
Dr. Sanjeeb Prasad Panday
Sharad Kumar Ghimire
Dr. Aman Shakya, Asst. Professor, IOE
Babu R Dawadi, Asst. Professor, IOE
Dr. Basanta Joshi, Asst. Professor, IOE
Surendra Khatri, Asst. Director, NTA
Sharad Kr Thapa, Section Officer, ICTC
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Shashidhar R Joshi, Dean, IOE
Prof. Dr. Ram Krishna Maharjan, HoD, DOECE, IOE
Dr. Ved Kafle, Senior Research Manager, NITC, Japan
International Experts:
Dr. Satya Joshi, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Olu, Finland and the Team
M.Sc. and PhD research interns of IOE.