RRC-04 Results

Klaus Huber, LS telcom AG

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History and Planning Area

� 1961: Stockholm Conference (ST61), European Broadcasting Area

� 1989: Geneva Conference (GE89), African Broadcasting Area+

� 1995: Wiesbaden Agreement (WI95), CEPT, on T-DAB

� 1997: Chester Agreement (CH97), CEPT, on DVB-T

� 2001: Resolution 1185 (ITU Council), consolidated 2003

� 2002: PPT Marrakesh, proposed extended planning area

� 2004, May 10th to 28th: 1st session of RegionalRadiocommunication Conference (RRC-04), Geneva

� 174 - 230 MHz and 470 - 862 MHz,

� 95 countries present

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Planning Area

present at RRC-04

still in planning area

Screencopy from

CHIRplus_SAT,

IDWM country vectors © ITU

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Resolutions

� Resolution 1

� Report to the second session: data formats, intersessional planning exercises

� Resolution [COM4/1]

� Protection of DTB from BSS networks on UHF (620-790 MHz)

� Resolution [COM4/2]

� ITU-R shall provide PR for other services not given in BT.1368-4

� Resolution [COM4/3]� Development of protection criteria for aeronautical radionavigation

(in 19 planning area countries: 645-862 MHz co-primary)

� Resolution [COM4/4]� Studies of radiowave propagation (vertical refractivity)

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Resolutions (continued)

� Resolution [COM4/5]

� ITU-R shall complete Rec. BT.1368-4 and BS.1660 PR tables

� Resolution [COM4/6]

� ITU-R shall develop protection criteria for land mobile service against T-DAB on VHF.

� Resolution [COM4/7]

� ITU-R shall conduct studies on coordination distances

� Resolution [COM5/1]� Establishment of Intersessional Planning Group (IPG)

� and planning exercise team, Annex 2: Time table

� Resolution [COM5/2]

� Date, venue and agenda of the second session of the RRC

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Resolutions (continued)

� Resolution GT-PLEN/1 and GT/PLEN/2

� Short harmonization conferences on ST61 / GE89

� Resolution GT-PLEN/3

� Interim procedure to coordinate other services

� Resolution [PLEN/1]

� Establishing Regulatory/Procedural Group (RPG)

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The Report

Annex to Resolution 1:

� Report of the first session to the second session

� 7 chapters, 315 pages

� To be forwarded to the second session by ProfessorKrivocheev

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Definitions� Low Power Station (< 50 W band III, < 250 W Band IV/V)

� Existing and planned broadcast assignments and allotments� ST61 / GE89 + outside, deadline 31 October 2005

� MIFR 31 December 1989

� Other services: 10 May 2004 or coordinated by 31 October 2005

� Annex 1.2 to chapter 1: Identification of potentially affected administrations

(ST61 / GE89 distances can be used against analogue broadcasting)

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Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Propagation (113 pages)

� Recommendation ITU-R P.1546-1

� Propagation Zones� Zone 1: Rec. P.1546-1 Land, also used to derive for Zone 2,

Zone 3 and Zone D (former C1 in GE89)

� Zone 4: Rec. P.1546-1 Warm sea, also used to derive forZone A, Zone B, Zone C

� Zone 5: Rec. P.1546-1 Cold sea

� Tabulated values for all Zones (and more) exist

� TCA correction now just until 0 dB

� Improvement for mixed path

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Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Technical basis and characteristics� Reception modes

� fixed roof-level

� portable outdoor

� portable indoor

� mobile

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Chapter 3 (continued)

� Reference Planning Configurations (RPCs)

with different C/N and (Emed)ref

� RPC1 DVB-T, fixed roof-level

� RPC2 DVB-T, portable / mobile

� RPC3 DVB-T, portable indoor

� RPC4 T-DAB, mobile 99%

� RPC5 T-DAB, portable indoor 95%

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Chapter 3 (continued)

� Reference Networks (RNs)

� RN1, large service area SFN

� RN2, small service area SFN

� RN3, small service area SFN for urban environment

� RN4, semi-closed small service area SFN

� RN for RPC4 and RPC5 (T-DAB), 60 km TX-distance

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� Hierarchical modulation now with C/N list

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Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Planning principles and methods� Wanted signal summation: k-LNM

� Unwanted signal summation: power sum method

� Combined location correction factor

� The channel potential method

(using interference contours of

analogue assignments to

construct digital allotments)

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Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Data formats

� New Requirements: tag-oriented (as TerRaSys) or fixed format (as CH97) not yet decided. Deadline: 30 June 2004� Tag-oriented: ITU preferred, modern

� Fixed format: EBU preferred, easier to check manually

� Analogue: "T02", other services: T11, T12, T13, T14

� Optional fields present

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Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Regulatory / procedural aspects� RPG: Regulatory/Procedural Group

� Working Party of RPG

� IPG: Intersessional Planning Group

� Steering Group (1 chairman, 4 vice-chairmen)

� Planning Exercise Team

(EBU 2, CEPT 2, ATU 2, RCC 2, ARB 2, IRN 1)

Head of PET nominated by director of BR

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