Regional Information Meeting and Workshop relatedto the RRC-06 for the administrations of the African countriesDakar, Senegal, 25-29 April 2005Salient issues related to the first planning exercise and the production of the draft plan Pham Nhu HaiRadiocommunication Bureau

OutlineInput requirementsReference situationPublication of input dataPublication of results of planning exerciseAdministrative declarationsRegulatory issues

Input requirements First PXDeadline - 28 February 200584 administrations submitted digital requirements36 administrations did not submit32 in Africa2 in Europe2 in RCC

Some statistics (in progress)1212 files63213 notices2842 DS11735 DS220102 DT132612 DT25922 DA1

Validation and correctionStill in progressApproximately 30% of the notices require correction

Common errorsOrigin of analogue of assignment wrongly referenced or not exists!Geographical coordinatesDuplicate identifiersIncoherent SFN ID

Common errors..Non-matching maximum effective heightRadiation pattern not normalisedAllotments notified without allotment areasNo value for frequency block or acceptable channel

Common errors..Crossing segments in the definition of sub allotment areasWrong file format!

Validation of input requirementsIn progressBR to write to administrations in required30 May 2005 at the latest, requirements validated and correctedPXT to carry out the first planning exercise

Reference situationCR/230 of 17 December 2005Broadcasting assignmentsST61 and GE89 assignments unless indicated NOT to be taken into accountRCC listsMIFR by 31 Dec 1989Non- duplicatesindicated NOT to be taken into account

Broadcasting reference data120 administrations concernedAll BT excluded : AUT, BEL, D, DNK, EST, F, FIN, G, HNG, HOL, I, LIE, LTU, LVA, NOR, POR, S, SUI HRV (1154 out of 1272)IRL (all UHF and < 100 kW in VHFKEN (BT above 62, 155 out of 417)

Other services40 administrations concernedNumber of assignments of Categories I and II: ~8996.Number of assignments of Category III: ~3170.

Other services reference data7 administrations excluded their assignments: TUR, POL, DNK, E, MDA, NOR, D.8 administrations submitted R06 notice: BEL, BLR, F, G, RUS, UAE, UKR, UZB.UAE and UZB didnt submit Service type code.

Other servicesISR requested the inclusion of their assignments, but not provided R06 notices.KEN (no existing assignments), CME (R06 data for assignments outside the frequency bands).

Other services6 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). 8 administrations having assignments of category III: ARM (3), BLR (129), IRN (28), ISR (777), JOR (1168), KGZ (13), RUS (1021), UZB (28).

Other servicesNo 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).

Publication of input data - first PX31 May 2005CD-ROM + software to be sent to all administrationsInput data available on ITU website Download softwareView if internet connection available

The first planning exercisePXT to carry out planning exercise and other studiesCompatibility analysisSynthesisPreliminary results Submitted to IPG (4-8 July 2005)Published on CD-ROM and ITU website

Publication of results first PX15 July 2005CD-ROM + software to be sent to all administrationsInput data available on ITU website Download softwareView if internet connection available

Digital requirements coverage!!

For one channel!

Analogue BC coverage

Digital requirements

Analysis results

Interference analysis

Interference from analogue BC

Synthesis resultsSearch for requirements that got a channel by specifying selection criteria Identify a requirement that did not get a channel and display surrounding requirements that did get a channel

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

More featuresLink input and output softwareCompatibility calculations on the run!Display pre-coordination data and administrative declarationsOn-lineExport data to other formats

Analysis of results first PXAdministrations have 3.5 months toAnalyse resultsCoordinate with neighbouring administrationsPrepare input requirements for production of the draft plan.Submit administrative declarations

Production of the draft Plan31 Oct 05 reference situation date and deadline for submission of input requirements.31 Jan 06 publication of input data13-17 Feb 06 IPG second meeting28 Feb 06 publication of the draft plan2 months administrations to analyse

The second session15 May 16 June 2006

The NEW agreement!!!

CoordinationPre-coordination submitted with requirementsAdministrative declarationsTwo requirements from one or two administrations to be compatibleTwo requirements from one or two administrations to be incompatible

Admin declarationsAdministrative declarationsA requirement may use a particular channel.A requirement may NOT use a particular channelThe mechanisms should be preferablySimplepracticable

Regulatory issuesIssuesTransition periodModification procedureFlexibility to accommodate new technologyForumsRegional groupsSWG1 New AgreementRevise ST61 and GE89RPG December 2005

Dont forget regulatory issuesMust participateMust follow the issuesDont wait till second session

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