1 The Future Use of the UHF Frequency Band ? XVII International Congress National Association of Radio and TV November 19–20, 2013 International Exhibition Center Moscow, Russia XVII International Congress National Association of Radio and TV November 19–20, 2013 International Exhibition Center Moscow, Russia

XVII National Congress NAT – November 2013 Fyodor Dostoyevsky 2 …if there is a country in the world which to other countries is more unknown, unexplored, more than any other country enigmatic and mysterious, this country is undoubtedly Russia… 1861 Occasional writings

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thanks to ITU… 5 billion mobile subscriptions Almost 5 billion people have access to television Almost 2 billion people use the internet Hundreds of millions of people use satellite services (and millions more using video compression in mobile devices)

ITU’s mission is to enable the growth and 7 sustained development of telecommunications and information networks, and to facilitate universal access so people everywhere can benefit from the global information society. Together with 193 Member States and 700 industry members and 52 academia.

8 Together with 193 Member States and 730 industry members and 52 academia. ITU coordinates the shared global use of the radio spectrum and satellite orbits, works to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world, and assists in the development and coordination of worldwide technical standards.

ITU Structure Sector ITU-T Telecommunication standardization - network and service aspects (Bureau: TSB) Sector ITU-R Radiocommunication standardization and global spectrum management (Bureau: BR) Sector ITU-R Radiocommunication standardization and global spectrum management (Bureau: BR) Sector ITU-D Assisting implementation and operation of telecommunications in developing countries (Bureau: BDT)

ITU-R Structure

World Radio Conferences, WRC WRC performs a complete and detailed review of the Radio Regulations RR (RR), and its Rules of Procedure (RoP) WRC updates RR & RoP considering technological developments on Spectrum Radio and sector realities and challenges, to respond early and appropriately to these changes. WRC have the authority to modify the RR by addenda, modifications or deletions they deem pertinent. These modifications are made by consensus, and only if necessary, would vote (one vote per administration).

WRC Duties 1. Consider any radiocommunication matter of worldwide character 2. Develop instructions to the Radio Regulations Board and the Radiocommunication Bureau, and review their activities 3. Determine issues considered by Radiocommunication Assembly and Study Groups as part of the preparatory work for WRC future 4. Set agenda of next WRC, and subsequent draft.

WRC Calendar WRCs performs every 3 (or 4) years; normally is held at Geneva, Switzerland, with a typical duration of 4 weeks Last WRC: Geneva, Switzerland February 2012 (WRC-12) Next WRC: -Geneva, Switzerland October 2015 (WRC-15) -Geneva, Switzerland 2018 (WRC-18) Inter WRC preparatory meetings (CPM) are held, typically two: 1 st : the week after the WRC; 2 nd : ~ 6 months before next WRC. Regional conferences are held, usually one for each regional ICT Organization, 6 to 12 months before each WRC.

CPM:Conference Preparatory Meeting Rec:ITU-R Recommendation RoP:Rules of Procedure RR:Radio Regulations (treaty status) WRC SC and Study Groups: SG-1: Spectrum management SG-3: Radiowave propagation SG-4: Satellite services SG-5: Terrestrial services SG-6: Broadcasting service SG-7: Science services CPM-2 RRB:Radio Regulations Board SGs:Radiocommunication Study Groups SC: Special Committee (Regulate. & Procedural) RA:Radiocommunication Assembly WRC: World Radiocommunication Conference RoP Radiocommunication Bureau Director RRB Final Acts Revisions to the Radio Regulations Next WRC Agenda WRC Resolu- tion CPM-1 RA Adopted by ITU Council ITU Member States CPM Report Rec The WRC Process CPM-2 CPM-1

15 WP 4A 9.1.4* WP 1B WP 4C 9.1.2* WP 5A 1.3 WP 5B WP 7B WP 7C 1.12 SC 7* *9.1.5* * WP 7A 1.14 * Relevant part Responsible ITU-R Groups Agenda items & Resp. Groups 2, 4, 10 CPM15-2 UAS GHz 400MHz UTC RR procedures for Satellite filings Issues for the BR Dir.’s Report (9) JTG WRC-15 8 Art. 5 (country) footnotes 3, 5, 6, 9

ITU-R Studies for WRC-15 on IMT Spectrum sharing and compatibility with other services including consolidation of draft CPM text (JTG ) Spectrum requirements for the mobile service including suitable frequency ranges, and other specific requirements including channelling arrangements (WP 5D) Agenda items for WRC-15 (Res. 807 (WRC-12)) : Res. 233 (WRC ‑ 12) consider additional spectrum allocations to MS on a primary basis identify additional frequency bands for IMT related regulatory provisions to facilitate development of terrestrial mobile broadband applications Res. 232 (WRC ‑ 12) examine the results of ITU ‑ R studies on the use of the frequency band MHz by the mobile, except aeronautical mobile, service in Region 1 and take appropriate measures;

Working Party 5D related items can be found on:

WP 5D 18 Spectrum identified for IMT Band (MHz) RR Footnotes identifying the band for IMT 450 – AA 698 – A, 5.317A A, A A A, 5.432A, 5.432B, 5.433A Frequency bands identified for IMT in the Radio Regulations (RR):

19 WP 5D DescriptionFreq. ranges (MHz)Inputs to WP 5D < 1 GHz 410 – ~ 1.5 GHz / / / / Proposed frequency ranges

WP 5D DescriptionFreq. ranges (MHz)Inputs to WP 5D ~ 2 GHz – GHz Proposed frequency ranges

WP 5D DescriptionFreq. ranges (MHz)Inputs to WP 5D > 5 GHz > 6 GHz 13.4 – 14.0 GHz13.4 – 14.0 GHz* 18.1 – 18.6 GHz18.1 – 18.6 GHz* 27.0 – 29.5 GHz27.0 – 29.5 GHz* 38.0 – 39.5 GHz38.0 – 39.5 GHz* Proposed frequency ranges *WP 5D indicated that technical information for compatibility studies has not yet been developed Frequency ranges particularly suitable for IMT implementation: MHz, MHz, MHz, MHz, MHz, MHz, MHz and MHz WP 5A indicated – MHz and – MHz as particularly suitable frequency ranges for RLAN

Estimated spectrum requirements Based on the methodology of Rec. ITU-R M Calculated for RATG 1 (pre-IMT, IMT-2000 and enhancements) and RATG 2 (IMT-Advanced) WP 5A indicated 880 MHz required by 2018 for non-IMT broadband in 5 GHz range WP 5D Total spectrum requirements for RATG 1 Total spectrum requirements for RATG 2 Total spectrum requirements RATGs 1 and 2 Lower user density settings 440 MHz900 MHz1 340 MHz Higher user density settings 540 MHz1 420 MHz1 960 MHz Total spectrum requirements for both RATG 1 and RATG 2 in the year 2020 (Doc /237)

Spectrum requirements for different market setting Based on two market settings: lower and higher user density settings WP 5D Total spectrum requirements Traffic growth ratio in 2020 compared to 2010 Lower user density settings MHz44-fold Higher user density settings MHz80-fold Total spectrum requirements between different market settings (Doc /237)

Input to JTG on agenda item 1.2 Frequency arrangements/spectrum requirements in the band MHz WP 5D Questionnaire – see Doc. 5D/300 Attachment 1 to Attachment 4.5 Various channelling arrangements for harmonisation (Doc /48): Conventional FDD duplex arrangement (uplink below downlink), or downlink only; IMT uplink transmissions starting around 694 MHz, 696 MHz, 701 MHz, 703 MHz and 718 MHz. Some of the options can be found in Doc. 5D/300 Attachment 4.6 WP 5D

Input to JTG on agenda item 1.2 Sharing parameters  Provided list of IMT technical parameters for use in sharing studies under agenda item 1.2 – Doc /49  Specification-related parameters for the frequency band 694 – 790 MHz  Deployment-related parameters  Base station characteristics / Cell structure  User terminal characteristics WP 5D

3 DateVenue 130 Jan – 6 Feb 2013Geneva Jul 2013Japan Oct 2013Geneva 412 – 19 Feb 2014TBD Jun 2014*TBD 6Mid-Oct 2014*TBD *Planned dates WP 5D schedules WP 5D

Joint Task Group related items

JTG Background and Terms of Reference Decision to create JTG – CPM-15-1 (CA/201, Annex 10) Chairman: Martin Fenton, United Kingdom Draft CPM text on WRC-15 agenda items 1.1 and 1.2  CPM-15 (to be submitted on 15 August 2014 Chapter Rapporteurs) Sharing studies taking into account: Spectrum requirements for MS, including suitable frequency ranges from WP 5D Spectrum requirements, technical and operational characteristics, performance objectives and protection requirements of other services from other Working Parties

JTG Interaction with other concerned Working Parties Collect necessary information from WP’s and SG’s JTG is self-sufficient – no need to liaise results to other Working Parties Urgent sharing studies - agenda item 1.2 Technical and operational characteristics, protection requirements from concerned Working Parties, and WP 5D and 6A to provide spectrum requirements before 31 December 2012 Sharing studies – agenda item 1.1 Technical and operational characteristics, protection requirements and information on current and planned use from concerned Working Parties, and WP 5A and 5D to provide spectrum requirements preferably before 31 July 2013

JTG Structure Ad Hoc 1: Work Plan JTG Chairman: J. Lewis, Samsung WG 1: CPM-15 text Chairman: C. Cook, Canada WG 2: Broadcasting and SAB/SAP Chairman: N. Laflin, United Kingdom WG 5: Science Services Chairman: A. Vassiliev, Russian Federation JTG WG 4: Satellite Services Chairman: P. Hovstad, Asiasat WG 3: Terrestrial Services Chairman: E. Rocksvold, USA

JTG Status under agenda item 1.1 Frequency bandPrimary service*Initial finding 1 300–1 400 MHzRadio loc.Sharing not feasible 1 300–1 350 MHzRadio loc., ARNS, radnav. sat.Sharing not feasible MHzRadio loc., (FS and MS in Reg. 1)Sharing not feasible MHzEESS(passive), SRS(passive) and RASDo not consider MHzAeronautical mobile (telem.)Do not consider MHzMet. Aids, Met. satelliteInconclusive MHzMet. Satellite, FS, MSInconclusive MHz and 2 200–2 290 MHz Space operation, EESS, FS, MS, space research No high density MS systems 2 700–2 900 MHzARNS, Met. RadarNo co-channel sharing 3 300–3 400 MHzRadioloc., (FS and MS in Reg 1 and 3)No initial finding ‑ MHz EESS(active), radioloc., ARNS, Space Research Sharing difficult with EESS MHzEESS(active), radioloc., Space ResearchSharing difficult with EESS *Not necessarily primary in all of the band and in all Regions Initial preliminary findings on some frequency bands (studies are on-going)

32 Frequency band Supporting as a candidate band Supporting to perform sharing studies No support MHz GSMA USA CAN Sweden, UK ECOWAS + CME (14 African countries), AUS, IRN, Brazil, EBU MHzKORFIRN, (EBU) MHz GSMA KOR J Sweden, UK, FIN Immarsat, SES, Intersal, Eutelsat, Lux, ECOWAS + CME (14 African countries), Rus, INS, AFS, ZWE, NABA

ITU-R WP5D reported a range for IMT spectrum requirements of MHz to MHz for year 2020, for lower user density settings and higher user density settings, respectively Questions on some parameters and assumptions used in the methods for calculating the spectrum requirements for MS resulting in an a never-ending exponential growth: Super high data rates assumed: 30 Mbit/s to 100 Mbit/s/1 Gbit/s Excessive user density values assumed and not aligned with realistic demographic data Incorrect assumptions about mobility in home and office environments Unclear relation between data traffic levels and spectrum requirements 33

JTG Status under agenda item 1.2 Work still on-going – no initial findings Sharing studies on-going (BS-IMT) (Issue B) Four Methods as solution – not yet agreed Sharing studies on-going (ARNS-IMT) (Issue C) Solutions for SAB/SAP (Issue D)

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For the assessment of interference from the broadcasting service into the mobile service Recommendation ITU-R P.1546 will be used. For the assessment of co-channel interference from base stations into broadcasting, the prediction method in Recommendation ITU-R P.1546 will be used. For the uplink of the mobile service the modified Hata model as contained in ITU-R Report SM.2028 will be used together with all other parameters provided by WP5D. 36

Certain PMSE applications such as wireless microphones use the white spaces of the broadcasting service in the UHF band PMSE applications are secondary services in many countries through footnote for the land mobile service Solution a: In the VHF range: MHz Solution b: increased use in the UHF range: MHz (white spaces) Solution c: Potential use of the centre part of the 700 MHz duplex gap Solution d: Potential use of the centre part of the 800 MHz duplex gap Solution e: Potential ranges between MHz Solution f: Potential use of the centre part of the MHz duplex gap 37

JTG Work Plan Draft CPM text Sharing studies in potential candidate bands Compatibility studies : 694 – 790 MHz Options for lower edge : 694 – 790 MHz Solutions for SAB/SAP Information received (WP’s 5A, 5D) Information received (WP’s 5D, 6A) Jul 2012 Nov 2012 Jul 2013Oct 2013Feb 2014 Jul 2014 Agenda item 1.2 Agenda item 1.1 JTG meetings

JTG Inter-sessional activities (1/2) Rapporteur Group on WG 2 Task – Solutions for SAB/SAP in relation to Res.232 (A.I. 1.2) Report to JTG on solutions for SAB/SAP Interference considerations to accommodate services applications ancillary to broadcasting Develop draft text for the CPM Report on this matter Rapporteur: M. Fehr (Germany) sap/default.aspx sap/default.aspx

JTG Inter-sessional activities (2/2) Correspondence Group on RLAN parameters (5 350 – MHz) Develop baseline assumptions on RLAN for sharing studies with EESS (active) sensors and aeronautical radar systems Report on activities to JTG Convener: C. Glass (USA) rlan/default.aspx rlan/default.aspx

DateVenue July 2012CICG, Geneva November 2012CICG, Geneva July 2013South Africa, East London October 2013CICG, Geneva February 2014CICG, Geneva July 2014CICG, Geneva JTG schedules JTG

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