Transcript RAS spectrum management in Oz

Regulatory Framework
Asia Pacific region
Tasso Tzioumis
Australia Telescope National Facility
11 June 2002
Asia Pacific Region
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Primarily ITU Region 3
Asia-Pacific Area excluding the Americas
(region 2 – CITEL, CORF)
Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in the
Asia Pacific region (RAFCAP)
Pacific Telecommunications Council
(includes the Americas!)
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References
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CRAF handbook for frequency management
Web pages
APT www.aptsec.org
RAFCAP (under construction)
www.atnf.csiro.au/~atzioumi/rafcap
PTC www.ptc.org
(Links from CRAF pages)
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National Administrations
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Region diverse in languages and cultures
Mostly single Communications Administration
e.g. Australian Communications Authority
(ACA)
Cover all ITU sectors
Web pages – often difficult due to language
(East Asia – Chinese script)
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APT – 1
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Asia Pacific Telecommunity
www.aptsec.org
The MAJOR spectrum organisation in the
region
Treaty level inter-governmental agreement
National communications ministries or
communication administrations
Established in 1979
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APT – 2
32 full members
 4 associate members
 50 affiliate members – providers of
telecommunication services in the region
 Resolution to invite private and government
sector companies and organisations
 46 companies/organisations
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APT Objectives
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To Correlate Planning, Programming and
Development of Telecommunication Networks;
To Promote the Implementation of all Agreed
Networks;
To Assist in Development of National Components
of Efficient Networks;
To Foster Co-ordination within the Region of
Technical Standards and Routing Plans;
To Seek Adoption of Efficient Operating Methods in
Regional Telecommunication Service.
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Furtherance
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Technical and other studies, with ITU;
Exchange of information, technical experts and
other specialized personnel;
Feasibility of transfer of technology;
Provision of short-term technical assistance;
Assessment of personnel and training needs;
Regional telecommunication training institutes;
Formulation and implementation of bilateral or
multilateral telecommunication programmes.
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Study Groups
For the Study Cycle 2000 - 2002, there are four
Study Groups:
 Study Group 1:
Policy & Regulation
 Study Group 2:
Network
 Study Group 3: New Services towards
Business Creation
 Study Group 4:
Internet & E-Commerce
-- currently dealing with 19 Study Questions,
ranging over large variety of issues
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Work Programme
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APT General Assembly  Management C.ttee
Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure (AII)
- 29 AII pilot projects
Industry and Users’ Forum
(cf ITU-D Private Sector Forum)
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Standardisation
Program (ASTAP) forum
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Impact on ITU
APT is very active and successful in ITU fora.
 World Telecommunication Policy Forum
 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
 ITU-R World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC)
 APT Preparatory Group (APG) – develops
regional positions for WRCs
APT plays a major regional coordinating role in
ITU meetings and processes.
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APT and Radio Astronomy
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Main forum has been the APG meeting in
preparation for WRCs
Formulation of coordinated regional positions
on WRC agenda items
Radio Astronomy participation through
National delegations
E.g. support of “Allocations above 71 GHz” in
WRC2000. Position also coordinated with
CEPT and CITEL.
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Need for regional RAS entity
Need to have regional RAS input to APT
(cf. CRAF and CEPT)
 Need regional RAS organisation in the Asia
Pacific region
 Hence formation of RAFCAP (Radio
Astronomy Frequency Committee in the Asia
Pacific region) at the regional URSI meeting
AP-RASC’01 (August 2001, Tokyo).
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RAFCAP
RAFCAP acts as the scientific expert committee on
frequency issues for the Asia-Pacific radio astronomy
and related sciences. The mission of RAFCAP is:
(a) to keep the frequency bands used for radio
astronomical observations free from interference.
(b) to argue the scientific needs of radio astronomy for
continued access to and availability of the radio
spectrum for radio astronomy within the Asia-Pacific
region.
(c) to support related science communities in their
needs of interference-free radio frequency bands for
passive use.
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RAFCAP membership
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Chairperson -- Masatoshi Ohishi (NAO, Japan)
Secretary -- Tasso Tzioumis (ATNF, Australia)
Makoto Inoue (NRO, NAO, Japan)
S. Ananthakrishnan and T.L. Venkatasubramani
(GMRT, TIFR, India)
Uday Shankar (RRI, India)
X. Hong (Shanghai Obs. China)
S. Wu (National Astr. Obs., China)
H.S. Chung (Korea Astr. Obs., South Korea)
Jeremy Lim (IAA, Chinese Taipei)
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RAFCAP info
www.atnf.csiro.au/~atzioumi/rafcap
** under construction **
 Modelled on CRAF
 Main target is APT meetings
 1st RAFCAP meeting at APG2003-4 in Korea
(August 2002) -- [APG-3 on now!!]
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RAFCAP special issues
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Diverse regional cultures and languages
Financial support directly from RAS
observatories (no equivalent to ESF)
Need more visibility and participation
Must increase Chinese involvement
All help is welcome
Wish us luck…..
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Pacific Telecommunications
Council (PTC)
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Unique organisation, founded in 1980
Asia-Pacific + Americas
International, non-profit, non-governmental
membership organisation
Forum for providers and users of
communication services
650 members
www.ptc.org
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PTC Objectives – 1
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To provide a forum for discussion and the
interchange of information, ideas, and the expression
of views regarding telecommunications and related
aspects of the information society and economy in
the Pacific for a multi-faceted, diverse body including
policy-makers, planners, regulators, users,
researchers, academics, and providers of equipment,
software and content;
To promote the general awareness of the varied
telecommunication requirements of the Pacific area;
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PTC Objectives – 2
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To organize conferences and seminars to promote
the free flow and interchange of the varied views and
requirements of the Pacific area and to address
specific telecommunication issues to assist in solving
near-term and future issues; and
To communicate viewpoints and recommendations of
the Council to the established national, regional, and
international organizations responsible for policies in
telecommunications.
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PTC conferences
PTC Annual Conference – January
 PTC2002 (Hawaii) – “Next Generation
Communications: Making IT Work”
 PTC2003 – “Global Broadband – Global
Challenges”
 PTC mid-year 2002 – “Building Strong
Partnerships”
 WWW2002 & WWW2003 conferences
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Summary
Asia-Pacific region organisations:
 APT – vigorous involvement
 RAFCAP – new
 PTC – unique and general
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