Transcript SOME ASPECTS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SATELLITE AND

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL
SERVICES
Observations from the FCC Wireless
Bureau and International Bureau
ORIENTATION
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Brief survey of several current FCC activities
involving satellite and terrestrial services; focus on
FWCC NPRM.
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Don’t intend to get into the details of these
activities, their status, and certainly not their likely
outcome.
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Seeking a dialog with the satellite and terrestrial
communications industries to learn something that
might be helpful to resolving satellite/terrestrial
problems.
COMPLICATING FACTORS:
Real World Considerations
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Licensing is getting more complex:
– Fixed services, no longer point licensed (e.g.,
high-density fixed); Satellite systems no longer
just geostationary; GSO, non-GSO stations are
licensed “Full-band, Full-arc.”
– FS terminals and earth stations becoming
customer-oriented and premises-located.
– Domestic-only considerations not sufficient;
international aspects also matter; rule-making
and coordinations affect licensing.
Licensees in auctioned spectrum have expectation
of a degree of technical and economic freedom.
FCC is not authorized to conduct assignments by
auction for orbital locations or spectrum used for
international or global satellite communications.
CURRENT FCC ACTIVITIES INVOLVING
SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL SERVICES
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Docketed Proceedings
• FWCC/Onsat
• NGSO FSS at Ku-Band
(“SkyBridge/Northpoint”)
• 18 GHz
• Ka-Band FS & FSS
• V-Band FS & FSS
• UWB
• Little Leos
• 3650-3700/4940-4990 MHz
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Other Actions
• Motient (L-Band)
• New ICO (2 GHz)
• ESVs at C-Band
• Gov’t Use of FSS
OBSERVATIONS
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Seeking increased band sharing vs. segmentation
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Increasingly dependent on rules/models for sharing
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Environment for satellite/terrestrial services
coordination is evolving:
– Business, Market, Service, e.g., voice,
video, or Internet
– Platform to deliver service, e.g.,
terrestrial towers, high altitude aircraft,
or low earth orbit satellites
– Customer equipment
FWCC PETITION/REQUEST
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Claim: While allocations for FSS and FS are co-primary,
in practice actual sharing is inequitable and disadvantageous to FS
FWCC requests:
– Demonstration of “Actual Need”
– FSS Earth Station Loading Requirements
– Consistent Approach to Interference Coordination
ACTIONS PROPOSED IN NPRM
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“Actual Need”: Denied FWCC request for
Declaratory Ruling, but dealt with “demonstrated
use” in loading requirements
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Loading Requirement: FSS earth station after two
years must “demonstrate need” if FS applicant
coordination request denied
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Consistent Approach: FSS earth station or FS
licensee accepting a particular interference
analysis model for successful coordination must
accept same model in later coordination