ECC is modernising its regulatory framework towards enabling 4G services

(reviewing the process of changing regulation for the ‘core’ 2 GHz mobile band)

Alexander Gulyaev, ECO European Spectrum Managemenet Forum 2012, Munich, 5-7 November 2012 [email protected]

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Outline

• European regulatory landscape • Should the regulation be modernized to enable 4G?

• ECC has ‘opened’ the 3.5 GHz & 2 GHz mobile bands for 4G • What’s ahead?

European regulatory framework for radio spectrum and equipment

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The three European regulatory bodies

European Commission:

Single market issues Binding regulations based on the results of mandates to CEPT/ECC and harmonised standards of ETSI (27 Member States)

CEPT/ECC:

Consensus and voluntary character Spectrum designation to systems/applications and harmonised technical conditions for its use (48 member countries)

ETSI:

European Harmonised standards (EN) for radio equipment ‘System Reference Documents’ (SRDoc) which inform and trigger much of the CEPT/ECC work (over 700 industry members and European national regulators)

EC: Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP)

• Wireless broadband (1200 MHz by 2015) • Spectrum Inventory • Other sector policies : Public protection and disaster relief (PPDR), Electricity production and distribution (Green...), Wireless microphones and cameras (PMSE) • Foster different modes of spectrum sharing • Spectrum Trading (where flexible use available)

Hard facts – the growth of mobile broadband

Feb 2008 Jul 2009 Nov 2010

Source: ECC PT1 Report on mobile broadband, September 2011 (www.cept.org/ecc/eccpt1)

800 MHz - LTE (Digital Dividend) 900MHz - GSM/UMTS/LTE 1800MHz - GSM/UMTS/LTE 2 GHz - UMTS/HSPA+/LTE 2.6 GHz - LTE

European harmonised ‘mobile bands’

3.4-3.8 GHz - BWA (fixed/mobile)

RSPP: ”find 1200 MHz bandwidth”

up to 60-65 MHz 50-70 MHz 150 MHz 160 MHz 190 MHz 400 MHz

New services – new spectrum priorities

• While discussions around the new mobile spectrum in the UHF-band (1 st and 2 nd Digital dividends) remain very politicized considering the social importance of low frequency ranges, these bands lack the capacity to meet demand for delivering 4G applications to the mass market • New,

really

high-speed mobile services, such as enhanced Internet browsing, video streaming and video calls, require significantly

greater channel bandwidths

than 5 MHz (for example, 10, 20 and 40 MHz) and thus

much more contiguous spectrum

to accommodate the demand! (these requirements are technically justified in ITU-R Report M.2134)

New spectrum for 4G

Future home for 4G services:

t he ‘core’ 2 GHz mobile band & other ‘capacious’ mobile bands : 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz

• WRCs have identified several bands for

IMT

• ITU-R: 6 IMT-2000 radio interfaces and 2 IMT-Advanced radio interfaces ensuring a competitive environment • ECC: even more neutral regulatory framework for

MFCN

Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks (including IMT) :

Additional spectrum for mobile broadband

In addition to the existing IMT bands, ECC has already taken steps for defining the harmonised technical conditions enabling 4G services in other bands: • • •

3600-3800 MHz

(the newly approved ECC Decisoin (11)06 on harmonised frequency arrangements for MFCN)

1452-1492 MHz

(the ”L-band”) – draft ECC Report 188 (addressing the options of Mobile Broadband and Mobile Supplemental Downlink) is under public consultatoin;

2300-2400 MHz

– ECC Report 172 for Broadband Wireless Systems is published, an ECC Decision is being developed

ECO Report 03: national authorisations in the ‘mobile bands’

• ECO Report 03 on licensing of ‘mobile bands’ in CEPT contains detailed information on national authorisations issued in CEPT countries for all ‘mobile bands’, from ‘first hands’!

• The

2GHz paired bands

are the most used bands in Europe for the provision of mobile broadband services while the

2 GHz unpaired bands

are largely underused.

• The

2500-2690 MHz

band is in use in a few European countries for providing mobile broadband services while in many either the authorisation process or networks deployment is taking place.

• The

3400-3600 MHz

and

3600-3800 MHz

bands can be progressively made available for mobile broadband ( review the recent developments in the 3.5 GHz in the presentation by Alexander Gulyaev (ECO) of September 2012 on the ECO presentations webpage )

The ”Block Edge Mask” (BEM) concept (1)

• A

BEM

is an emission mask that is defined as a function of frequency, relative to the edge of a block of spectrum that is licensed to an operator.

• BEM consists of

block

components

in-block

which and

out-of-

specify the permitted emission levels over frequencies inside and outside the licensed block of spectrum respectively.

In-band Power Limit BEM Block Own Licence Neighbour Licence Frequency

Footer copy here

The ”Block Edge Mask” (BEM) concept (2)

Block Edge Mask (in the licence):   “Technology neutral” Applies to the entire operator’s spectrum block  Covers both in-block and out-of block emissions  Different BEMs apply to terminals and base stations (may also vary between the bands and TDD and FDD modes) Spectrum Emission Mask (in the standard):  Technology specific (transmitter, channelling)   Ensure intra-system compatibility Forms a part of equipment conformity assessment Footer copy here

• Flexibility is given to operators in

how

to comply with BEM Footer copy here

BEM vs. SEM

2 GHz mobile band: major European milestones

• • • • • •

1997-2000

: first ERC Decisions (97)07, (99)25 and (00)01 addressing the 2 GHz band created a background for the harmonised introduction of UMTS in Europe

2001-2003

: licensing of the 2 GHz mobile bands in many European countries based on the ERC Decisions

2003-2005

: deployment of UMTS (3G) networks in many European countries

2006

: ECC Decision (06)01 on harmonised utilisation of the 2 GHz paired and unpaired bands for IMT-2000/UMTS replaced earlier ERC Decisions

2006-2011

: the paired bands 1920-1980 MHz & 2110-2170 MHz are widely used in Europe for UMTS/HSPA (3G+) networks; the unpaired band 1900-1920 MHz, although licensed in many countries, remains not much used; the other unpaired band 2010-2025 MHz is authorised in a few countries only

2012

: ECC Decision (06)01 is modernized to open the paired 2 GHz bands for “4G” services having greater channel bandwidth

2 GHz: an important milestone

• In June 2009, the European Commission issued a mandate to CEPT to develop

common and minimal (least restrictive) technical conditions

for the 2 GHz bands.

•

CEPT Report 39

is the CEPT response to this Mandate. It deals with the band plan for the 2 GHz bands including both paired (2x60 MHz FDD) and unpaired (20+15 MHz) band.

•

CEPT Report 39

was built on the earlier ECC work (

ERC Report 065

), by considering developments in characteristics of systems operating in adjacent bands and by considering technology neutral approach to allow technologies other than UMTS.

2 GHz: removing the limitations of the current regulation

• In

2010-2011

ECC reviewed the situation in the 2 GHz band and decided to focus the revision of the regulatory framework for mobile networks on the

2 GHz paired bands

only. Another framework will be developed for the 2 GHz unpaired bands.

•

November 2012

: the updated ECC/DEC/(06)01 will allow the deployment of systems with channel bandwidths larger than 5 MHz in the

2 GHz paired bands

by defining the

block edge frequency instead of the carrier centre frequency

; it also contains the BEM for the downlink.

• The European Commission has just adopted an EU Decision on the

2 GHz paired bands

which is binding for EU Member States and defines the same technical conditions as in ECC/DEC/(06)01

2 GHz: transition to the modernized regulatory framework

• The revision of ECC/DEC/(06)01 has modified the band plans and reduced the number of options relative to FDD or TDD operations.

The band

1920-1980 MHz

is now designated only for

FDD uplink

.

• The updated ECC/DEC/(06)01 appears to be

future-proof

since its technology neutral: future mobile broadband systems (e.g.

LTE-Advanced) will be replacing existing systems without the need for another regulatory change.

•

Transition

from the existing framework may encompass different stages at the national level, incl. consultation processes, with a varying complexity depending on the legal and regulatory framework as well as the existing national licensing situation.

Regulatory certainty : what will it give us?

These technically oriented regulatory efforts are necessary to ensure the future common Europen market of high-speed mobile applications affordable to end users : • reduce the development and implementation costs of manufacturing equipment; • secure long term investments by providing economies of scale; • maximise the opportunities and benefits for end users; and • reduce the complexity in the spectrum cross border coordination

Participating in ECC work: how to join

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