International Civil Aviation Organization

Presentation Title

John Mettrop Frequency Management Group Chairman 17 th March 2011 ACP WG-F

Content

• • • • ICAO European Committee Structure FMG European WRC-12 Issues Other Issues – EANPG – FMG • DOC-011 • Co-ordination Process • Co-ordination and Planning tools ACP WG-F 2

ICAO European Structure

EANPG

European Air navigation Planning Group

COG

EANPG Programme Coordinating Group

AFSG

Aeronautical Fixed Services Group

ATMGE

Air Traffic Management Group - East

AWOG

All Weather Operations Group

FMG

Frequency Management Group

METG

Meteorology Group

BPM

Block Planning Meeting

SG

Study Group

RDGE

Route Development Group - East ACP WG-F 3

FMG Membership and Attendance

• • Membership – State Representatives – 31 Member States – 3 International Organisations Plenary Average Attendance – 53 Experts – 26 States – 3 International Organisations – Observers welcome by prior arrangement ACP WG-F 4

FMG Terms of Reference include

• • • • • Development of relevant sections of the EUR ANP Update and Maintain EUR DOC 011 “ EUR Frequency Management Manual” Co-ordination of frequency assignments – 12,000+ Comms – 7,000+ Nav Input to work of appropriate ICAO bodies in the field of aeronautical frequency and spectrum Provide advice on frequency and spectrum issues to the EANPG ACP WG-F 5

EANPG

• • • Endorsed assembly resolution A36-27 related to the provision of resources

EANPG Conclusion 51/6 – Preparation for WRC-12

– That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic: • a) urge States to: – i) ensure, via their National Telecommunication Agencies, that the ICAO position is taken into account in the national and regional preparatory activities for World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) ; and – ii) provide civil aviation experts to assist in various national and regional WRC-12 preparatory activities.

• b) invite International Organisations (IATA, NATO, EC, ECAC, EUROCONTROL) and other organisations to ensure coherence with the ICAO position and support ICAO during various regional WRC-12 preparatory activities

EANPG Conclusion 51/7 – ICAO EUR/NAT Support to WRC-12 Preparation

– That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, make necessary arrangements to ensure the participation of the EUR/NAT Office in the regional WRC-12 preparatory activities at the level of the Conférence Européenne des Administrations des Postes et des Télécommunications (CEPT) Conference Preparatory Group (CPG ).

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Other Issues: EANPG

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EANPG Conclusion 52/25 - Addressing aeronautical frequency spectrum congestion

– That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic: • recognising the progress and applicability area of the currently being reviewed European Commission (EC) Regulation 1265/2007 on Air Ground Voice Channel Spacing (A-VCS), urge States to proceed with the full implementation of 8.33 kHz channel spacing by 2018 with an intermediate phase by 2014; • recognising the continued congestion in the aeronautical VHF voice band in the European Region, initiate development of the future operational requirements for VHF voice communications with the goal to reorient the ICAO work on future communication systems in order to address the future operational needs with regards to aeronautical VHF voice communications; and • remind States to adhere to the provisions of the ICAO EUR Air Navigation Plan with regards to the gradual removal of VORs and NDBs from service by 2020.

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Frequency Spectrum Congestion

ICAO Paris - Capacity Projection for Aeronautical Frequency Bands in the EUR/NAT Regions

last update 19/08/2010 by EANPG Frequency Management Group Legend no information available all requirements are satisfied requirements are satisfied with difficulty,90% requirements are satisfied with difficulty,80% requirements are satisfied with difficulty,70% requirements are satisfied with difficulty,50% requirements are satisfied,less than 50% Sources: Data in COM and CNS Tables is used to determine congestion in 108-117.975MHz and 950-1215MHz bands The ratio of coordinated BPM proposals is used to determine congestion in VHF COM band FMG MLS task force materials 1 2 3 4 21 22 23 24 25 26 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Band

90 -110 kHz 130 – 526.5 kHz 2850 – 22000 kHz 74.8 – 75.2 MHz 108 – 111.975 MHz 111.975 - 117.975

117.975 – 137 MHz 328.6 – 335.4 MHz 406 – 406.1 MHz 960 – 1215 MHz 1030 - 1031 MHz 1088 - 1093 MHz 1215 – 1260 MHz 1260 – 1400 MHz 1525 – 1559 MHz 1559 – 1626.5 MHz 1626.5 – 1660.5 MHz 2700 – 3300 MHz 4200 – 4400 MHz 5000 – 5250 MHz 5350 – 5470 MHz 8750 – 8850 MHz 9000 – 9500 MHz 13.25 – 13.4 GHz 15.4 – 16.6 GHz 31.8 – 33.4 GHz Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5 Note 6

Service

LORAN-C NDB HF COM Marker Beacon ILS LOC/VOR + [GBAS] VOR + [GBAS] VHF COM ILS GP ELT DME/GNSS SSR GA/ACAS SSR AG/ACAS GNSS Pri RADAR SAT COM GNSS SAT COM Radar (Pri Surviellance) RadioAlt MLS Radar (weather) Radar (doppler) ASDE Radar (doppler) ASDE ASDE

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Previous years 2002 59.6

2003 44.4

2004 45 2005 43 2006 12 2007 37 2008 80 2009 75 2010 Projection 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Additional HF allocations and data link implementation is anticipated to gradually reduce congestion (NAT Region) With gradual removal of VORs the congestion is anticipated to ease.However, implementation and associated transition period for the deployement of future comm systems will exacerbate congestion Under assumption that 8.33 kHz is not implemented below FL195. In the long run there is a need to speed up the roll out of future comm systems to carry digital voice Growing number of SSRs, implementation of Mode-S, ADS-B, MLAT increases the spectrum use Problems in getting more access due to non aviation users operating in the band Congestion will grow with implementation of future AMRS and UAS in the band 2026 ACP WG-F 8

Other Issues: FMG Spectrum

• • • • • • Mobile services vs Aeronautical services around 960 MHz Monitoring Band congestion JTIDS Frequency clearance agreement Power Line Telecommunications GPS repeater interference Co-ordination of Radar ACP WG-F 9

Other Issues: FMG Frequency Management

• • • • • • • Definition of Designated Operational Coverage GBAS co-ordination criteria SAFIRE (frequency co-ordination tool) Development MANIF (frequency planning tool) development VDL 2 replacement of ACARS VDL 4 assignment requirements EUR DOC 011 maintenance ACP WG-F 10

EUR Doc 011

• • • • Part 1 – Scope and General overview Part 2 – VHF air-ground communications frequency assignment planning criteria Part 3 – Radion navigation air frequency assignment planning criteria Part 4 – Frequency coordination and registration procedures • http://www.paris.icao.int/documents_open/subcategory.php?id=48 ACP WG-F 11

EUR Coordination process

this part only when shift(s) are necessary

COORDINATION/REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

Requesting State's Requirement for an addition/modification of an assignment Requesting State sends Withdrawal Message to

States involved in shift(s)

within 6 months

yes Shift(s) of existing assignment(s) required ?

no Describes the roles of: Requesting State sends Co-ordination Requests to

States involved in shift(s)

 Requesting States

decision

of

Requesting State

yes any objections from

States involved

within 4 weeks

?

no  Concerned States  Registration Office (ICAO EUR/NAT) no Bilateral negotiations between

States

succesful ?

yes Requesting State sends Co-ordination Requests to

all States concerned

and

Registration Office

Requesting State sends Withdrawal Message to

States concerned

within 6 months

Requesting State

(& when applicable,

States involved in shift(s)

)

send

Registration Request(s) to

States concerned

and

Registration Office

no any objections from

States concerned

within 4 weeks

?

yes

decision

of

Requesting State

 The process is sufficiently flexible to allow any group of States to implement if needed additional layers of advanced/refined pre coordination prior to entering into the ICAO process

Registration Office

publishes monthly

SUM's received to

all States

-

Registration Office

-

updates

FREQ register

archives

SUM's yes any objection(s) to SUM's received from

any State(s)

within 3 weeks

?

no

Registration Office

publishes monthly

Registered SUM's to

all States

yes Bilateral negotiations between

States

succesful ?

no

Registration Office

publishes monthly

Objections Received to

all States all States

update

their FREQ database ACP WG-F 12

EUR Frequency planning and coordination tools

• The planning and coordination process is supported by the following tools(provided by Eurocontrol upon EANPG request for all EUR): – MANIF – voluntary for planning – SAFIRE – mandatory means for coordination in the EUR for VHF assignments • Transition for navaids assignments to SAFIRE is ongoing • • The outcome of this coordination is registered in the EUR central ICAO register, Supplement Tables COM2. 3 and 4 of the ICAO EUR Air Navigation Plan.

Currently coordination of navaids assignment requests is done via AFTN/e mail/fax using dedicated templates and the outcome is registered in the ODETE database http://www.paris.icao.int/safire/main_safire.htm

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Q&A

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