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ANNEX 3
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„Testing the Future“- Telemetry Band
Augmentation
an Agenda Item of the next World Radio Conference
Inaugural Symposium of the FTSSA
Cape Town, 19 September 2006
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Video:
Using Spectrum to Safeguard Life
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Presentation:
Telemetry Outreach, Working Together…
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Report:
Recent Activities in ITU Region 1 and of WP8B
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Telemetry Outreach
Working Together…
Tim Chalfant
Jean-Claude Ghnassia
I Gerhard
Mayer
nternational Consortium
for
Telemetry Spectrum
Sep 2006
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Purpose of Briefing
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Increase the awareness of important roles and urgency of
telemetry and to seek global collaboration in meeting global
telemetry needs
– Current telemetry band do not meet current demand for bandwidth
– If telemetry needs are not addressed NOW, lack of telemetry can result in
serious impacts until resolved
– Delay, cost impact, risks of program failures, impact on public safety,
national security, national economy, national competitiveness
– Telemetry needs to be harmonized at a regional or global level
(ITU WP 8B)
Worldwide Telemetry Spectrum Usage
WRC Agenda Item 1.5
“To consider spectrum requirements and ...
spectrum allocations for aeronautical
telecommand and high-bit rate aeronautical
telemetry”
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Outline
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Telemetry
Current Environments of Telemetry
Impacts of Telemetry
Needed Actions
What happens, if do nothing?
Contact information
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Telemetry
Vibrations
Velocities
Flows
Pressures
Temperatures
Aeronautical Telemetry
Process of making measurements
on an aeronautical vehicle and
sending the measurements to a
distant location for analysis
Telemetry: Process of Measuring at a distance for test
and analysis purposes. Not for operational purposes.
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Spectrum and National Economies
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Radio spectrum is a major economic
resource and national infrastructure to
technology-based nations
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Use of radio spectrum for research,
development and certification of
aircraft, missiles, rockets is growing
about 10% per year
Spectrum for aviation and aerospace
R&D becoming unavailable
Airline operations
Maritime
borders &
Spectrum
Mgt
Aerospace
shipping
Defense
surveillance
TT&C
Major industry sectors are affected
IT industry
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Impact to Economy
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Affect ability to develop and certify new aircraft, weapon
systems, UAVs
– Affects cost and schedule – for example, 1 flight test delay
costs $1M in the USA alone
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Potential cost impact and loss is huge
– Cost to USA $5B per year by 2015
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Costs to private industry unknown
– Estimated to be $1M per week in the USA alone
Costs must be passed on to citizens
– Higher airline tickets
Reduced travel
– Increased weapon systems tests
Reduced public service,
Higher tax
– Aviation Safety
Reduced air travel
– Limited R&D
Dependence, Loss of market entry
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Impact to Aviation Safety
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If telemetry bands not secured, aviation safety will be
challenged
US has completed studies and found that the following
bands are usable for flight test Telemetry in the air-toground direction only
– 5 091 – 5 150 MHz
 MLS has not used 5091-5150 MHz
 No impact to aviation even if MLS is ever to operate in the
band
– 4 400 – 4 940 MHz
 Numerous Fixed and Mobile military systems
 Coordination with fixed satellite and terrestrial microwave
 Continued improvement of aviation safety without impact to
aviation safety bands
– 5 925 – 6 700 MHz
 Coordination with fixed satellite service and terrestrial
microwave
 Continued improvement of aviation safety without impact to
aviation safety bands
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Impact to Public Service
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Insufficient spectrum for telemetry will slow down or stop
scientific research, development of sensors, other technologies
that depend on radio spectrum
Technology
•UAVs
•Sounding Rockets
•Balloons
•Satellites
•Sensors
Research
ocean colour studies >
wave height analysis >
plants classification >
atmosph.composition >
clouds classification >
Public Service
detection of fishing grounds
prosecution of oil spilling ships
crop monitoring & prediction
air pollution monitoring
disaster warnings
Dependent on other countries for public well-being
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Region 1
Kiruna, Sweden
Formosa Bay, Kenya
Coronie, Surinam
Biscarosse, France
Salto di Quirra, Sardinia
Aberporth, Wales
Zingst, Germany
Emba, Kazakhstan
Region 3
Anna Plains, Australia
Chandapore, India
Sonmiani, Pakistan
Chiu Peng, Taiwan
Shuang Chenghzi, China
Changwon, S.Korea
Malute, Pakistan
Wake, Marshall Islands
Region 2
Tortuguero, Puerto Rico
Punta Lobos, Peru
Ft.Yukon, Alaska
Nanoose Bay, Canada
Mar Chiquita, Argentina
Wallops, USA
Stromfjord, Greenland
Poker Flat, Alaska
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Typical Telemetry Needs
Country
Airplane
South Africa X
Balloon
X
Rocket
X
UAV
X
China
X
X
X
?
India
X
X
X
X
Indonesia
X
X
X
?
Japan
X
X
X
?
Rep. Korea ?
X
X
X
Malaysia
X
?
?
X
Philippines X
?
?
?
Singapore
?
?
?
?
Australia
?
?
X
X
New Zealand ?
?
?
X
Canada
X
?
X
X
USA
X
X
X
X
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Impact to Your National Security
 Delays
in fielding of weapons can affect
military readiness
 Significantly increased costs might limit
national defense capability
 Harmonized telemetry will ensure the
timely accurate and cost effective testing
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Impact to Your Wireless Commercial
Community?
None!!
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Proposed telemetry bands do not interfere with IMT 2000
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Current Status of Agenda 1.5
Candidate Bands
Declared Bandwidth Requirements
Bands studied within ITU-R WP 8B
4400 – 4940 MHz
[5030] 5091–5150 [5250] MHz
5925 – 6700 MHz
US – 650 MHz
France – 100 MHz -1GHz
United Kingdom – 105 MHz
Liaison
ITU-R WP 8B concluded that Due to
technical constraints and
technology that is not mature,
bands above 16 GHz proposed for
study will no longer be considered
under this AI
statements to other
working parties approved
Sharing
Studies are
completed
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YOU NEED TO:
– Form a telemetry working group to represent your nation’s interests
– Determine importance of telemetry to your nation
– Collaborate to estimate your nation’s telemetry needs
– Review the ITU-R WP 8B papers (especially draft CPM report) on AI 1.5
– Participate in the AI 1.5 Working Groups at ATU and in Geneva
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ITU & Working Party 8B Events
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Mid September ´06
Compatibility & sharing studies completed
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2006 end
Draft CPM text prepared by expert group
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February ´07
Final review of draft CPM text at ITU Geneva
Last opportunity for intervention!
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Write-up and publishing of the final CPM text
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October/November´07
Decision at the World Radio Conference´07 at ITU
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If You Don’t Take Action, What
Happens?
 International
Community will move on without
your concerns and inputs.
 Some nations will suffer for a long time from the
lack of telemetry
– Economy
– National security
– Aviation safety
– National competitiveness
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US Total Range Requirement
Routine Daily Testing
System-of-Systems
Total B/W Required
Less Current Allocation
Additional B/W Needed
443 MHz +/- 20 MHz
+
394 MHz +/- 15 MHz
=
836 MHz +/- 35 MHz
215 MHz
=
650 MHz
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Main WP8B Results
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Flight test telemetry can be available in all studied bands
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These bands are already occupied by other services and
have to be shared on a non-interference basis
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Services to be protected are
Fixed Satellite Services
Radio Astronomy
Microwave Landing System (MLS)
Airport RLAN
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Aircraft payload telemetry (including UAV) is not considered
here. On short term basis the requirements can be fulfilled
in already allocated bands to the Mobile Service.
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Main WP 8B Issues
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How to achieve this non-interference sharing with other
services?
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Flight test telemetry systems will have to comply with some
restrictions, e.g.
power limitation per transmitter
adapted aircraft antenna pattern
frequency coordination between ranges
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Limitations are under study and will be decided by WR´C07
after final band állocation in November ´07
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Further Information
 ICTS
Web site:
www.telemetyspectrum.org
 ICTS
Email:
[email protected]
 IFT
Web site:
 ETSC
 ICTS
www.telemetry.org
Web site: www.aktm.org/ETSC
Newsletter:
www.see.asso.fr/htdocs/main.php/ICTSR1Newsletter.php/
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Questions
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