1. Frequency Management Group Chairman
Presentation Title
John Mettrop
Frequency Management Group Chairman
17th March 2011
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2. Content ICAO European Committee Structure FMG European WRC-12 Issues
Other Issues
EANPG
DOC-011
Co-ordination Process
Co-ordination and Planning tools
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3. ICAO European Structure
EANPG
European Air navigation Planning Group
COG
EANPG Programme Coordinating Group
AFSG
Aeronautical Fixed Services Group
ATMGE
Air Traffic Management Group - East
AWOG
All Weather Operations Group
FMG
Frequency Management Group
BPM
Block Planning Meeting SG
Study Group
METG
Meteorology Group
RDGE
Route Development Group - East
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4. FMG Membership and Attendance
State Representatives
31 Member States
3 International Organisations
Plenary Average Attendance
53 Experts
26 States
Observers welcome by prior arrangement
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5. FMG Terms of Reference include
Development of relevant sections of the EUR ANP
Update and Maintain EUR DOC 011 “ EUR Frequency Management Manual”
Co-ordination of frequency assignments
12,000+ Comms
7,000+ Nav
Input to work of appropriate ICAO bodies in the field of aeronautical frequency and spectrum
Provide advice on frequency and spectrum issues to the EANPG
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6. EANPG
Endorsed assembly resolution A36-27 related to the provision of resources
EANPG Conclusion 51/6 – Preparation for WRC-12
That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic:
a) urge States to:
i) ensure, via their National Telecommunication Agencies, that the ICAO position is taken into account in the national and regional preparatory activities for World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) ; and
ii) provide civil aviation experts to assist in various national and regional WRC-12 preparatory activities.
b) invite International Organisations (IATA, NATO, EC, ECAC, EUROCONTROL) and other organisations to ensure coherence with the ICAO position and support ICAO during various regional WRC-12 preparatory activities
EANPG Conclusion 51/7 – ICAO EUR/NAT Support to WRC-12 Preparation
That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, make necessary arrangements to ensure the participation of the EUR/NAT Office in the regional WRC-12 preparatory activities at the level of the Conférence Européenne des Administrations des Postes et des Télécommunications (CEPT) Conference Preparatory Group (CPG).
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7. Other Issues: EANPG
EANPG Conclusion 52/25 - Addressing aeronautical frequency spectrum congestion
That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic:
recognising the progress and applicability area of the currently being reviewed European Commission (EC) Regulation 1265/2007 on Air-Ground Voice Channel Spacing (A-VCS), urge States to proceed with the full implementation of 8.33 kHz channel spacing by 2018 with an intermediate phase by 2014;
recognising the continued congestion in the aeronautical VHF voice band in the European Region, initiate development of the future operational requirements for VHF voice communications with the goal to reorient the ICAO work on future communication systems in order to address the future operational needs with regards to aeronautical VHF voice communications; and
remind States to adhere to the provisions of the ICAO EUR Air Navigation Plan with regards to the gradual removal of VORs and NDBs from service by 2020.
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8. Frequency Spectrum Congestion
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9. Other Issues: FMG Spectrum
Mobile services vs Aeronautical services around 960 MHz
Monitoring Band congestion
JTIDS Frequency clearance agreement
Power Line Telecommunications
GPS repeater interference
Co-ordination of Radar
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10. Other Issues: FMG Frequency Management
Definition of Designated Operational Coverage
GBAS co-ordination criteria
SAFIRE (frequency co-ordination tool) Development
MANIF (frequency planning tool) development
VDL 2 replacement of ACARS
VDL 4 assignment requirements
EUR DOC 011 maintenance
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11. EUR Doc 011 Part 1 – Scope and General overview
Part 2 – VHF air-ground communications frequency assignment planning criteria
Part 3 – Radion navigation air frequency assignment planning criteria
Part 4 – Frequency coordination and registration procedures
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12. EUR Coordination process
Describes the roles of:
Requesting States
Concerned States
Registration Office (ICAO EUR/NAT)
The process is sufficiently flexible to allow any group of States to implement if needed additional layers of advanced/refined pre coordination prior to entering into the ICAO process
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13. EUR Frequency planning and coordination tools
The planning and coordination process is supported by the following tools(provided by Eurocontrol upon EANPG request for all EUR):
MANIF – voluntary for planning
SAFIRE – mandatory means for coordination in the EUR for VHF assignments
Transition for navaids assignments to SAFIRE is ongoing
The outcome of this coordination is registered in the EUR central ICAO register, Supplement Tables COM2. 3 and 4 of the ICAO EUR Air Navigation Plan.
Currently coordination of navaids assignment requests is done via AFTN/ /fax using dedicated templates and the outcome is registered in the ODETE database
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14. Q&A
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