WRC 2007 Agenda Items for WP 8A

Land mobile service excluding IMT-2000; amateur and amateur-satellite service

The list below shows all the WRC 2007 Agenda Items for which this group is involved. Click on an Agenda Item or Resolution to get more information about which Visualyse product could be useful, and how Transfinite consultants can assist in studying this problem.

Agenda Item	Description
Agenda 1.2	This agenda item refers to three issues relating to EESS (passive) and the GSO meteorological satellite service: i) consider whether it would be feasible for WRC 2007 to extend the allocation for GSO meteorological satellite service between 18.1 and 18.3 GHz to provide 300 MHz of contiguous spectrum; ii) to determine appropriate sharing criteria between EESS (passive) & SRS (passive) and the fixed and mobile services in the 10.6 - 10.68 GHz band; and iii) to determine suitable criteria for EESS (passive) to share the 36 - 37 GHz band with fixed and mobile services, in particular high density point to point fixed services
Agenda 1.4	This wide ranging Agenda Item relates to the further development of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000, in particular: i) studies of the requirements for spectrum and potential frequency ranges ii) consideration of spectrum at frequencies below those identified in 5.317A (806 - 960 MHz) iii) that the studies in i) above should take account of benefit to developing countries of the satellite component of IMT-2000; iv) that sharing and compatibility studies should be performed where necessary when considering additional frequency bands for IMT-2000
Agenda 1.5	This agenda item covers consideration of mobile allocations to be used for wideband aeronautical telemetry and associated telecomand, based upon: i) study of the spectrum requirements for such systems; ii) study of possible upgrading of suitable secondary mobile allocations in the range 3 - 16 GHz to primary, undertaking sharing studies where required; iii) consideration of additional allocations in the range 3 - 16 GHz to the mobile service for such services, undertaking sharing studies where required;
Agenda 1.6	This agenda item relates to aeronautical mobile (R) services in bands between 108 MHz and 6 GHz. It notes there are new requirements to support air navigation, and so the following work is required: i) to identify if existing allocations to aeronautical services are sufficient for these new applications; ii) if additional spectrum is required, to identify what might be suitable bands, taking into account the need to not constrain existing and planned use of such bands, and so undertaking sharing studies where required; iii) in particular, how to accommodate the requirements for aeronautical systems in the band 5 091 - 5 150 MHz iv) to consider what actions would be required to broaden current satellite frequency allocations to support the expansion of the ICAO CNS/ATM system
Agenda 1.7	This agenda item relates issues relating to the allocation of 7 MHz to the MSS (Earth to space) between 1 668 MHz and 1 675 MHz. Outside the US (where MSS operation is unlikely to be feasible), there is a need to study: i) studies relating to sharing with space research (passive) space stations in the 1 668 - 1 668.4 MHz band, and ii) studies relating to sharing with the mobile service, in the band 1 668.4 MHz to 1 675 MHz In these bands there are also allocations for the fixed, meteorological, met aids, and radio astronomy services
Agenda 1.11	This agenda item relates to proposals to provide broadcast satellite services in the band 620 - 790 MHz, from GSO or non-GSO stations. This band is extensively used by terrestrial applications, in particular terrestrial television broadcasting, and it is therefore necessary to undertake studies of sharing including the sharing criteria, together with regulatory provisions. It should be noted that article 22.2 applies in this band, and so study will be required to ensure that non-GSO BSS systems do not cause unacceptable interference into GSO systems. These bands also have allocations to the fixed and mobile services in some regions, which results in additional scenarios that require study.
Agenda 1.13	This agenda item covers issues relating to all services in HF bands between 4 MHz and 10 MHz, excluding those in the band 7 000 - 7 200 kHz and those covered by Appendices 25, 26, and 27. Technological change has made bands allocated for A1A Morse telegraphy and narrow band direct printing under utilised, while there is a demand for new digital technology and more spectrum for broadcast applications. Studies are therefore required to: i) continue to study under Resolution 729 the use of frequency adaptive systems in the MF and HF bands; ii) identify the characteristics of digital system(s) to be used in the MF/HF bands by the maritime mobile service, taking into account MMS requirements and impact on Appendix 17; iii) study the potential to allocate further bands to the broadcast service, taking into account other services using these bands
Agenda 1.15	This agenda item relates to studies into the possibility of a secondary allocation to the amateur service in the frequency band 135.7 - 137.8 kHz. This band is currently allocated to the maritime mobile, fixed services, and (in Region 3 and certain other countries), Radionavigation.
Agenda 1.17	This agenda item relates to the 1 390 - 1 392 MHz (E-s) and 1 430 - 1 432 MHz (s-E) additional allocations made during WRC 2003 to the fixed satellite service operating feeder links for non-GSO MSS systems where the service links are under 1 GHz. However the CPM Report indicated that studies of compatibility with other services allocated in this band were not complete, indeed there were suggestion that sharing with EESS (passive) in particular, could be problematic. Services in these bands includes the fixed, mobile, radiolocation, EESS (passive), radio astronomy, space research (passive) and aeronautical mobile. These allocations are therefore not be used until studies are completed on: i) sharing studies on operational and technical means to facilitate sharing in the uplink direction in the band identified and others around 1.4 GHz; ii) sharing studies on operational and technical means to facilitate sharing in the downlink direction in the band identified and others around 1.4 GHz; iii) validate that the unwanted emissions from the FSS feeder links would meet the protection requirements of the passive services iv) to study the PFD levels required to protect the EESS (passive)
Resolution 25	This resolution relates to the Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). It requests administrations to continue to support the implementation of this MoU, and to participate in any ITU-R studies required in the development and revision of relevant Recommendations.
Resolution 734	This resolution relates to the feasibility of use of high altitude platform stations (HAPS) in fixed and mobile service bands above 3 GHz allocated exclusively for terrestrial applications. It calls for regulatory and technical studies of methods to facilitate use of HAPS in these bands, taking into account terrestrial services in-band and other services in adjacent bands.
Resolution 646 [COM5/4]	This resolution relates to protection and disaster relief. It notes many of the factors relating to the requirements and issues relating to provision of such safety of life services. It calls for studies into: i) technical and operational implementation of advanced solutions to the needs of protection and disaster relief; ii) further technical studies in support of possible additional identification of other frequency bands to meet the needs of certain countries in Region 1.
Resolution 229 [COM5/16]	This resolution refers to the use of the bands between 5 150 and 5 725 by wireless access networks including radio local area networks. A number of changes in allocations were made in this 5 GHz band during WRC-03, for example additional allocations for the mobile service, and upgrades for other services such as radiolocation. This resolution defines regulations to facilitate use of this band by the various services allocated. It also calls upon further work: i) on the regulatory mechanisms and further mitigation techniques to avoid incompatibilities caused by the aggregate interference from large numbers of WAS devices into non-GSO FSS uplinks in the 5 150 - 5 250 MHz band; ii) on mitigation techniques to protect EESS from stations in the mobile service iii) on test methods and procedures for the implementation of dynamic frequency selection
Resolution 951 [COM7/2]	This resolution is related to the issue of terrestrial wireless interactive multimedia (TWIM) systems, that could operate across traditional service boundaries, using a range of emerging technologies. It calls for studies to examine the effectiveness, appropriateness, and impact of the Radio Regulations with respect to these new systems. The results of these studies are to be included in the Director of the BR's Report to WRC-07 to allow consideration of this subject on a future conference agenda. See also WRC-03 Recommendation 722 [COM7/2]
Resolution 952 [COM7/3]	This resolution relates to the issue of Ultra Wide-band (UWB) systems, that have a very large bandwidth and so could operate across many frequency bands, potentially impacting a large number of receivers. These systems are not considered as Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (SIM) applications. There is therefore a need to continue studies about the issues raised by these systems, including sharing studies and regulatory procedures.