DTV Planning Status and Information

Dr. Vladimir Trajkovic, MIEEE

Outline

• Introduction

• Channel planning objectives

• Current status

• Indicative channel plan

• My Switch

• Restack implementation/timetables

• Q&A

Introduction

• Wireless microphones use TV spectrum

• Digital Dividend will introduce new services

• TV services to vacate the Digital Dividend

• Remaining TV band needs to be reorganized - restack

- Analog TV (pre-Dec. 2011) - Digital TV

Area served

6 7 8 9 9A 10 11 12 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

WIDE BAY

Hervey Bay

Murgon

Gympie

Noosa/Tewantin

Gympie Town

Nambour

SUNSHINE COAST

Esk

DARLING DOWNS

Bell

Miles

TOOWOOMBA

BRISBANE

Boonah

GOLD COAST

Currumbin

Gold Coast Southern Hinterland

SOUTHERN DOWNS

Warwick

Goondiwindi

Texas

RICHMOND/TWEED

Initial Channel Plan - Example

Digital Dividend

Current Channel Plan (digital only)

Area served

6 7 8 9 9A 10 11 12 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

WIDE BAY

Hervey Bay

Murgon

Gympie

Noosa/Tewantin

Gympie Town

Nambour

SUNSHINE COAST

Esk

DARLING DOWNS

Bell

Miles

TOOWOOMBA

BRISBANE

Boonah

GOLD COAST

Currumbin

Gold Coast Southern Hinterland

SOUTHERN DOWNS

Warwick

Goondiwindi

Texas

RICHMOND/TWEED

Digital Dividend

Area served

6 7 8 9 9A 10 11 12 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

WIDE BAY

Hervey Bay

Murgon

Gympie

Noosa/Tewantin

Gympie Town

Nambour

Sunshine Coast North

Esk

DARLING DOWNS

Sunshine Coast South

Miles

TOOWOOMBA

BRISBANE

Boonah

GOLD COAST

Currumbin

Gold Coast Southern Hinterland

SOUTHERN DOWNS

Warwick

Goondiwindi

Texas

RICHMOND/TWEED

Block A Block B Blcok C Block D Block E

Example - block planDigital Dividend

Output from the channel planning

• Indicative channel plan for all sites • http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312417

• TLAP documents:

• Draft TLAPs, Engineering reports, Planning data• http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_410169

• Final TLAPs: • http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_410167

My Switch

• My Switch is a tool that provides information about the Digital Switchover

• http://www.digitalready.gov.au/myswitch.aspx

• For each area it provides information about coverage/signal strength

• Can be used in combination with the indicative channel plan

What’s next?Implementation (restack) stage

• Project Implementation Manager (PIM) has been appointed.

• A small number of sites have already been restacked.

• Major work is planned to start in Q2 2013.

• Restack required to be finished by December 31, 2014.

• About 400 sites need to be restacked.

Implementation – key objectives

• To complete project by the end of 2014

• To minimise disruptions to viewers• E.g. to minimise the number of times the viewers need to retune their

receivers

• Order in which sites are restacked is sometimes determined by interference limitations

Indicative restack timetable

Source: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/television/achieving_the_digital_dividend_-_restack

Q & A

> Thank you.

Indicative Channel Plan- example

MySwitch - example

Kings Cross coverage