ETSI AND THE WIFI ALLIANCE Michael Sharpe - ETSI Director: Spectrum and Equipment Regulation WiFi Alliance Member’s Meeting, Berlin, 14 to 16 October 2014 © ETSI All rights reserved

What does ETSI do? Enable innovative ideas to become a market success Benefits for Supplier: bigger market; share development costs; increased probability of acceptance Benefits for Purchaser: lever competition between multiple vendors; economy of scale; drive down costs Benefits for Investor: Increased benefits; reduced risks Benefits for Government: Provide guidance to industry to fulfil public policy requirements 2

ETSI’s “one table” 3 ETSI is a recognised European Standards Organisation Association of industry players and government bodies… … members from all round the world …manufacturers, network operators, service providers, administrations, users, industry associations, universities, research bodies… … with direct participation… ETSI standards applied globally

ETSI in Europe 4 AlbaniaLithuania AndorraLuxembourg AustriaThe Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) AzerbaijanMalta BelarusMoldova BelgiumMonaco Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro BulgariaNetherlands CroatiaNorway CyprusPoland Czech RepublicPortugal DenmarkRomania EstoniaRussian Federation FinlandSan Marino FranceSerbia GeorgiaSlovak Republic GermanySlovenia GreeceSpain HungarySweden IcelandSwitzerland IrelandTurkey ItalyUkraine LatviaUnited Kingdom LiechtensteinVatican City

ETSI – Part of the European Regulatory System 5 Policy positions Legal certainty Political support Harmonized Standards and other standards & specifications to support EU legislation & market development Harmonizing National Frequency Allocations Coordinating International Negotiations

Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU: New elements (a selection) RED covers equipment which intentionally transmits or receives radio waves Includes: broadcast receivers, any product with a GPS, WiFi, NFC… RED covers equipment for Radio communications and/or Radio determination, operating up to 3000 GHz Special provisions for chargers & software Increased emphasis on efficient use of spectrum, in particular by improving radio receiver requirements Improved provisions for market surveillance & enforcement (in particular between Member States) Implements New Legislative Framework Product registration can be introduced in cases of extensive non-compliance LVD & EMCD will no longer apply to RED equipment Same Essential Requirements (*); definition & provisions in RED Member States apply provisions from 13 June 2016 Industry has one further year to comply 6

ETSI Harmonized Standards A manufacturer can show that he meets essential requirements by applying ETSI Harmonized Standards Standardisation request (Regulation 1025/2012) 7

Access to market via Harmonised Standards Art 7: “Member States shall allow the putting into service and use of radio equipment if it complies with this Directive...” Art 9: “Member States shall not impede... the making available on the market if radio equipment which complies...” Art 16: “Radio equipment which is in conformity with harmonised standards... shall be presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements...” Art 17.3 allows the manufacturer to self-declare conformity (“Internal production control”) if he has applied harmonised standards. Alternatives are available: “EU-type examination” or “conformity based on full quality assurance” both require use of a Notified Body 8

Some ETSI Harmonised Standards EN : Wideband transmission systems; Data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz ISM band EN : 5 GHz high performance RLAN EN : 60 GHz Multiple-Gigabit WAS/RLAN Systems Download them from: standard/list-of-harmonized-standards standard/list-of-harmonized-standards 9

What about radio spectrum? Like the RTTED, the RED does not harmonise use of Spectrum ETSI will continue to co-ordinate with European Radio Regulators in CEPT to develop and align National frequency regulations 10

CEPT-ETSI Memorandum of Understanding In parallel to the development of Harmonised Standards, ETSI develops “System Reference Documents” to accompany requests for aligned radio frequencies in CEPT countries CEPT/ECC studies compatibility with other spectrum users and develops conditions for spectrum sharing ETSI members may participate in CEPT/ECC studies and the drafting of spectrum measures ETSI is a permanent observer in CEPT/ECC groups that adopt Decisions & Recommendations on spectrum allocations Individual National Administrations (48) are invited to commit themselves to implement CEPT/ECC Decisions 11

Co-ordination with EC and CEPT on spectrum mandates European Commission consults Member States in the Radio Spectrum Committee (RSCOM): Before sending mandates to CEPT Before enacting binding Commission Decisions on spectrum ETSI and CEPT/ECC are permanent observers 12

EC binding spectrum measures, an example 13

Some issues, and how we deal with them… 2,45 GHz Industrial, Scientific & Medical band, allocated world wide: conditions vary In Europe, may use 10 mW (EN ) or 100 mW (EN ) with a MAC protocol providing equal access & graceful degradation to all users in case of congestion ETSI Technical Committee ERM (TG11) develops the MAC protocol with all users of the shared band (*) 5 GHz Co-primary band with radiodetermination service, requires use of Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) ETSI TC BRAN specified DFS requirements in consultation with other spectrum users New version of EN includes stronger requirements to resist tampering by users Mandate to CEPT to study “WAS/RLAN extension bands” in 5 GHz. 14

Opportunites for ETSI members Opportunity to set the technical requirements for market access (ETSI Harmonized Standards under Radio Equipment Directive) Possibility to contribute to requests for new spectrum (ETSI System Reference Documents) Possibility to take part in defining technical spectrum regulations (representing an ETSI member in CEPT/ECC) Possibility to contribute to ETSI input to CEPT Decision making process Opportunity to contribute to ETSI work in partnership with the European Commission (TCAM, RSCOM, RSPG) Visibility of developing regulatory policy (ETSI RADIO_BRIEFING list) 15

The race is on. Ready? ETSI/BOARD(14)98a008r1 16