Sept 2008
IEEE 802.18-08-0056-02-0000
ITU-R Regulatory Background
Date: 2008-09-11
Authors:
Name
Mike Lynch
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Company
Address
Phone
email
Nortel Networks
Richardson,
TX
972.684.7518
[email protected]
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
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ITU-R Regulatory Background
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
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The ITU-R Overview
• The ITU is a special agency of the United Nations which
deals with international telecommunications matters.
• The ITU-R is the sector of the ITU responsible for
addressing radiocommunications matters, issuing
recommendations, and making regulations.
• All decisions made in the ITU-R are made by agreement of
Member States (MS), which acting together hold the final
authority.
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
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The ITU-R mission…
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“The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) plays a vital role in the global
management of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits - limited
natural resources which are increasingly in demand from a large and growing
number of services such as fixed, mobile, broadcasting, amateur, space
research, emergency telecommunications, meteorology, global positioning
systems, environmental monitoring and communication services - that ensure
safety of life on land, at sea and in the skies.”
“Our primary objective is to ensure interference free operations of
radiocommunication systems. This is ensured through implementation of the
Radio Regulations and Regional Agreements, and the efficient and timely
update of these instruments through the processes of the World and Regional
Radiocommununication Conferences. Furthermore, radio standardization
establishes ´Recommendations´ intended to assure the necessary performance
and quality in operating radiocommunication systems. It also seeks ways and
means to conserve spectrum and ensure flexibility for future expansion and
new technological developments.”
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
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The ITU-R Regulatory Process
• The intent of this presentation is to explain the
ITU-R regulatory process
• Spectrum identified for IMT has been selected as
an example but this applies to other applications
that have specific spectrum identified in the Radio
Regulations (RR)
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
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In the beginning…
• At WARC-92, WRC-00 and WRC-07 Member
States (MS) identified spectrum for a new concept
in mobile technology
– FPLMTS, now called IMT-2000, has progressed to
IMT-Advanced.
– Some MS wanted an allocation – others identification
• Both relate to regulating spectrum
– The identification had support from Sector Members
(SM) and the private sector – but was a MS decision
– IEEE SA is a Sector Member
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Then…
• Concurrent with having identified spectrum for
what is now IMT, the MS began a process to
identify radio air interface requirements for
systems that would use the spectrum for IMT
applications
– The system requirements have been developed over a
20+ year period in the ITU-R IMT group
• MS approve Recommendations and reports
• Work, technical or regulatory, is done by experts from MS, SM
and the private sector – their end documents are studied and
agreed by MS
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
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The next step…
• Having developed the requirements the MS set
about the technology selection process
– Radio air interfaces were required to meet the system
requirements
– The judgment that they met the requirements, and
inclusion in an ITU-R Recommendation, was an action
of the MS
– SM and private sector experts participated in the work –
the final approval decisions were made by the MS
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
doc.: IEEE 802.18-08-0056-00-0000
MS expectations…
• The end goal of the MS in identifying and
regulating spectrum and radio air interface
technologies for IMT is to improve their
economies and the well being of their citizens
– That goal is a MS sovereign right and obligation
– SM and the private sector also benefited
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
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So today…..
• The current process is focused on identifying
new technologies for IMT
– It is simply a continuation of the process the MS
sanctioned and approved when work on FPLMTS
began
– The inclusion of any technology into M.1457
carries with it the acceptance of the MS that the
technology meets the goals for which the
spectrum was identified
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
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The result is…
• This is all regulatory in nature since the goal of the
MS is that the identified spectrum, a resource of
each sovereign MS, is used to the best advantage
of that State.
– It started with FPLMTS, we are now at IMT-Advanced
– nothing has changed in the ITU-R process
– Anything that impacts the access to spectrum identified
for IMT includes a regulatory aspect
– The MS are the ones that regulate the use of that
spectrum
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks
Sept 2008
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For more on the ITU-R…
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http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?category=information&rlink=rhome&lang=en
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http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?category=information&rlink=iturwelcome&lang=en
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Michael Lynch, Nortel Networks