Regional Information Meeting and Workshop related to the RRC-06 for the administrations of the African countries Dakar, Senegal, 25-29 April 2005 Salient issues related to the first planning exercise and the production of the draft plan

Pham Nhu Hai Radiocommunication Bureau

Outline

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Input requirements

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Reference situation

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Publication of input data

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Publication of results of planning exercise

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Administrative declarations

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Regulatory issues

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Input requirements – First PX

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Deadline - 28 February 2005

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84 administrations submitted digital requirements

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36 administrations did not submit

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32 in Africa 2 in Europe 2 in RCC

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Some statistics

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1212 files

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63213 notices

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2842 DS1

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1735 DS2

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20102 DT1

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32612 DT2

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5922 DA1

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Validation and correction

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Still in progress

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Approximately 30% of the notices require correction

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Common errors

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Origin of analogue of assignment wrongly referenced or not exists!

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Geographical coordinates

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Duplicate identifiers

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Incoherent SFN ID

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Common errors..

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Non-matching maximum effective height

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Radiation pattern not normalised

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Allotments notified without allotment areas

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No value for frequency block or acceptable channel

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Common errors..

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Crossing segments in the definition of sub allotment areas

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Wrong file format!

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Validation of input requirements

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In progress

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BR to write to administrations in required

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30 May 2005 at the latest, requirements validated and corrected

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PXT to carry out the first planning exercise

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Reference situation

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CR/230 of 17 December 2005

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Broadcasting assignments

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ST61 and GE89 assignments unless indicated NOT to be taken into account

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RCC lists

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MIFR by 31 Dec 1989

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Non- duplicates

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indicated NOT to be taken into account

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Broadcasting reference data

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120 administrations concerned

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All BT excluded : AUT, BEL, D, DNK, EST, F, FIN, G, HNG, HOL, I, LIE, LTU, LVA, NOR, POR, S, SUI

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HRV (1154 out of 1272)

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IRL (all UHF and < 100 kW in VHF

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KEN (BT above 62, 155 out of 417)

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Other services

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40 administrations concerned

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Number of assignments of Categories I and II: ~8996.

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Number of assignments of Category III: ~3170.

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Other services reference data

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7 administrations excluded their assignments: TUR, POL, DNK, E, MDA, NOR, D.

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8 administrations submitted R06 notice: BEL, BLR, F, G, RUS, UAE, UKR, UZB.

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UAE and UZB didn ’ t submit Service type code.

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Other services…

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ISR requested the inclusion of their assignments, but not provided R06 notices.

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KEN (no existing assignments), CME (R06 data for assignments outside the frequency bands).

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Other services

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6 administrations having AR 11 notices not yet published in part 2 or 3 of the BR IFIC: BLR (13), F (4), JOR (541), RUS (336), UKR (333), UZB (28).

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8 administrations having assignments of category III: ARM (3), BLR (129), IRN (28), ISR (777), JOR (1168), KGZ (13), RUS (1021), UZB (28).

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Other services

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No information concerning the Service Type Code in response to BR circular and individual letters was received so far from: 23 administrations (ARM, ARS, BHR, COD, CYP, EGY, ETH, GRC, I, IRN, ISL, JOR, KGZ, KWT, LBY, MOZ, MRC, OMA, POR, QAT, TJK, TZA, USA).

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Publication of input data - first PX

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31 May 2005

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CD-ROM + software administrations to be sent to all

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Input data available on ITU website

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Download software View if internet connection available

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The first planning exercise

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PXT to carry out planning exercise and other studies

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Compatibility analysis

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Synthesis

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Preliminary results

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Submitted to IPG (4-8 July 2005)

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Published on CD-ROM and ITU website

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Publication of results – first PX

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15 July 2005

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CD-ROM + software to be sent to all administrations

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Input data available on ITU website

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Download software View if internet connection available

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Digital requirements coverage!!

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For one channel!

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Analogue BC coverage

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Digital requirements

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Analysis results

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Interference analysis

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Interference from analogue BC

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Synthesis results

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Search for requirements that got a channel by specifying selection criteria

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Identify a requirement that did not get a channel and display surrounding requirements that did get a channel

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Synthesis results

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Identify a geographic area or a set of geographic areas and display all requirements that got a channel

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More features

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Link input and output software

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Compatibility calculations on the run!

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Display pre-coordination data and administrative declarations

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On-line

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Export data to other formats

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Analysis of results – first PX

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Administrations have 3.5 months to

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Analyse results

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Coordinate with neighbouring administrations

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Prepare input requirements for production of the draft plan.

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Submit administrative declarations

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Production of the draft Plan

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31 Oct 05 – reference situation date and deadline for submission of input requirements.

31 Jan 06 – publication of input data

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13-17 Feb 06 – IPG second meeting 28 Feb 06 – publication of the draft plan

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2 months – administrations to analyse

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The second session

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15 May – 16 June 2006 The NEW agreement!!!

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Coordination

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Pre-coordination – requirements submitted with

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Administrative declarations

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Two requirements from one or two administrations to be compatible

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Two requirements from one or two administrations to be incompatible

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Admin declarations…

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Administrative declarations

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A requirement may use a particular channel.

A requirement may NOT use a particular channel

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The mechanisms should be preferably

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Simple

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practicable

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Regulatory issues

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Issues

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Transition period Modification procedure Flexibility to accommodate new technology

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Forums

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Regional groups SWG1

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New Agreement Revise ST61 and GE89 RPG – December 2005

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Don’t forget regulatory issues

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Must participate

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Must follow the issues

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Don ’ t wait till second session

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Conclusions

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31 October 2005

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Work with your neighbours

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Visit www.itu.int

regularly

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Updated software News flashes Presentations from previous workshops FAQ

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Contact us if you have any questions!!

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Thank you for your attention!

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