Transcript WRC-2003 and BEYOND

WRC-2003 and
BEYOND
QCWA
NATIONAL CAPITAL CHAPTER 70
Jim Dean, VE3IQ
18 Feb 03
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WRC-2003 and
BEYOND
TWO-PART PRESENTATION:
WRC-2003 AND POST-WRC TOPICS
RAC ACTIVITIES POST WRC-2003
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WRC-2003 TOPICS
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Harmonization of 7.0 MHz Band
Changes to Regulations
Public Protection and Disaster Relief
Review of Broadcasting 4 to 10 MHz Band
EESS in the 420 to 470 MHz Band
Wireless LANs in 5.6 GHz Band (RLANs)
RNSS in the 1215 - 1300 MHz Band
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WRC-2003 TOPICS
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Unwanted Emissions
Little LEOs
Possible new 135 kHz Amateur Allocation
Agenda for WRC-2007(?)
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BEYOND WRC-2003
TOPICS
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Wireless RLANs
IMT-2000 - Next Generation
Allocations above 275 GHz
Adaptive Systems Below 28 MHz
Ultra Wide Band (UWB)
Software Defined Radios (SDR)
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BEYOND WRC-2003
TOPICS
• Power Line Communications (PLC)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Preparations for WRC-2007
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What is a WRC All
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Primarily about SPECTRUM
Formal votes are rare
Consensus the target
Result of a WRC is a new Treaty between
the Member States of the ITU
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HARMONIZATION of 7
MHz BAND
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7000 to 7300 kHz until 1939
Region 1 and 3, 7000 - 7100 kHz
Region 2, 7000 - 7300 kHz
Broadcasting Review 4 - 10 MHz
Who gains? Who loses?
Six options
– Will be very difficult to resolve
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CHANGES to
REGULATIONS
• Changes to ITU Regulations
– S25 Amateur Regulations
– S19 Call Signs
– S1 Definitions
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CHANGES to S25
REGULATIONS
• S25.1 Forbidden countries list
• S25.2 Transmissions shall be in plain language
• S25.3 Prohibition of International third party
traffic
• S25.4 Except when permitted !
• S25.5 Amateurs must know Morse for operation
below 30 MHz
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CHANGES to S25
REGULATIONS
• S25.6 Countries shall verify qualifications of
candidates
• S25.7 Countries shall set maximum transmitter
power
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CHANGES to S19 CALL
SIGNS
• Prefix = one or two characters, identifies
responsible administration (always followed by
numeral)
• S19.49 c) forbids combinations commencing with
a digit when the second character is the letter O or
I
• Yemen only has prefix block 7O -- no amateur call
sign allowed under RR!
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CHANGES to S19 CALL
SIGNS
• Also affects other countries, e.g. Zambia (9I),
Tanzania (5I), Yugoslavia (4O), even UK (2I and
2O)
• Solution: delete S19.49 c)
• Numerals not permitted in suffix
• Four letters not permitted, e.g. IARU
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CHANGES to S19 CALL
SIGNS
• Solution: “not more than four characters, the last
of which shall be a letter”
• Would permit, e.g., VE1234C, VE7RCMP,
VE3AB3C
• No confusion with call signs used in other services
• It will remain for individual administrations to
determine whether they will adopt any or all of the
changes
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PUBLIC PROTECTION
& DISASTER RELIEF
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WRC 95, WRC 97
Access to 2 Metre Band Proposed
Suppressed
WRC 00 - Globally Harmonized Band
Common frequencies, interoperability
Cross-border protocols
Equipment Manufacturers Proposing
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REVIEW of
BROADCASTING 4-10
MHz BAND
• Examine Adequacy of HF Broadcasting
Allocations in 4 - 10 MHz Band
• Amateur, Mobile and Fixed Services
Affected
• Wanted to include 7 MHz Harmonization
• IARU Resisted
• Standalone Agenda Item
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EESS in the 420 - 470
MHz Band
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Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems
Environmental Measurements
Want 6 MHz Bandwidth
432 - 438 MHz
Affects Amateur Weak Sig. & Satellite
Feasible Solution Seems Possible
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WIRELESS LANs - 5.6
GHz BAND
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Amateur Band is 5650 - 5925 MHz
Low-power, Licence-exempt Devices
Interference to Amateur Service
Consequences of Amateur Interference?
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RNSS in the 1240 - 1300
MHz BAND
• RNSS Band is 1215 - 1240 MHz
• WRC-2000 gave Galileo RNSS an
allocation in 1260 -1300 MHz
• WRC-2003 - PFD limits to prevent
interference to Radiolocation
• Amateur Satellites Uplink Band at 12681270 MHz.
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RNSS in the 1240 - 1300
MHz Band
• No interference to amateur weak signal or
satellite operations as far as I know
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UNWANTED
EMISSIONS
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Crowded Spectrum
One Service Interferes with Another
Satellites a Particular Concern
Could Affect Amateurs
Watching Brief
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LITTLE LEOs
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135 MHz to 3 GHz
Threat for WRC-97
Industry Rationalization
Need Changed but Threat Remains
No Support for New Allocations
Watching Brief
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POSSIBLE NEW 135
kHz AMATEUR BAND
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No allocations below 1.8 MHz
Considerable Interest
Successful Experiments
CEPT Countries have secondary allocation
135.7 - 137.8 kHz, 1w eirp, 100 Hz BW
IC Decision - Seek Allocation by ITU
Problem - Not on WRC2003 Agenda
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AGENDA FOR WRC2007
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Agenda is set at WRC-2003
ITU is under financial constraints
Will want to minimize agenda
Few amateur items foreseen
Possible 135 kHz
Watch Broadcasting in 4-10 MHz
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BEYOND WRC-2003
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RAC ACTIVITIES POST
WRC-2003
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Industry Canada Tower Consultation
Industry Canada Spectrum Policy Review
Examination Revisions
ARISS
RAC Youth Program
Protection of Amateur VHF.UHF/SHF
Allocations
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RAC Activities Post
WRC-2003
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220 MHz
5 MHz Amateur Band
2.4 GHz
5 GHz
10 GHz
New Technologies (PLC, SDR, UWB)
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RAC Activities Post
WRC-2003
• Radio/Internet Communications
• Amateur Radio RLANs
• Commercial Wireless LANs Impacts
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