Activities of the Radiocommunication Sector

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Activities of theRadiocommunication Sector

• Yvon HENRI
• Head, Space Services Department,
• Radiocommunication Bureau
• BR Regional Radiocommunication SeminarBali,
  Indonesia, 16-20 May 2005

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Introduction

• World Radiocommunication Conferences
• Radiocommunication Assembly
• Radio Regulations Board
• Radiocommunication Advisory Group
• Space services
• Terrestrial services
• Study Groups
• Publications
• Seminars and Information meetings
• Cooperation with other Sectors

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Mission

• To ensure rational, equitable, efficient and
  economical use of the radio frequency spectrum by
  all radiocommunication services -- including
  those using the geostationary satellite orbit or
  other satellite orbits -- and to carry out
  studies on radiocommunication matters

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World Radiocommunication Conferences

• Held every two to three years
• Update the Radio Regulations
• Spectrum Allocation
• Registration procedures
• Administrative and Operational Procedures
• Adopt Resolutions
• ? Next WRC, 8 October 2 November 2007

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Radiocommunication Assembly

• Held in conjunction with a WRC
• Approve ITU-R Recommendations
• Adopt a work program for the ITU-R Study Groups
• Adopt work procedures

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Radio Regulations Board (RRB)

• 12 Part-time Members
• Four meetings/year in Geneva
• Adopts Rules of Procedures to facilitate the
  application of the Radio Regulations
• Considers submissions by Administrations
• Considers cases of harmful interference

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Radio Regulations Board (RRB)

• Rules of Procedure
• Draft prepared by BR or Administrations in cases
  where Radio Regulations are not sufficiently
  clear
• Adopted by RRB
• Applied by BR to process registration procedures
• Considered by competent WRCs to improve Radio
  Regulations

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Radiocommunication Advisory Group (RAG)

• Provides advice to the Director
• Meets once a year
• Operational Plan
• Reform process

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Space Services

• Regulatory and Technical Procedures
• Advance publication
• Request for coordination
• Notification
• Space Plans
• Major objectives
• To meet the regulatory RR deadlines for
  processing satellite network filings
• To respond in a timely and professional manner to
  administrations and customers need

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Space Services

• Current situation/Evolution
• Substantive reduction of Backlog to less than a
  year (Coordination Requests, AP30/30A
  Modifications) (6 months by end-2005)
• To gradually shift towards providing more
  assistance to administrations and customers
• To achieve processing deadlines objectives by
  end-2007 (lt12 months for notification)

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Terrestrial Services

• Regulatory and Technical Functions
• Broadcasting
• Fixed and Mobile
• Maritime Mobile
• Aeronautical Mobile
• Terrestrial Plans
• AP25, AP26, AP27, ST61, GE75, RJ81, GE84, GE85M,
  GE85N, RJ88, GE89
• HF Broadcasting (Art. 12)

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Terrestrial Services

• Administrative and Operational Procedures
• International means of identification
• Call sign series
• Maritime identification digits
• Blocks of selective call sign numbers
• Service Documents
• Ship stations, coast stations, radio
  determination, call signs, MARS, etc.
• Harmful interference
• Monitoring programs

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Radiocommunication Study Groups

• Post WRC-03/Preparation WRC-07
• Heavy program of work
• Seven Study Groups, the Coordination Committee
  for Vocabulary (CCV), the Special Committee on
  Reg./Proc. Matters (SC) and the Conference
  Preparatory Meeting (CPM)

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Publications

• BR International Frequency Information Circular
  (IFIC)
• Historical collection of BR (Space) WICs and
  IFICs
• Space Radiocommunication Stations on CD-ROM
• Radio Regulations, Rules of procedure
• Service documents (HFBC Schedule, Coast Stations,
  Ship Stations)
• ITU-R Recommendations
• Online subscriptions
• CD-ROM
• Paper
• Handbooks

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Seminars and Information meetings

• World Seminar every two years in Geneva
• Two or three Regional Seminars every other year
• Training sessions (Spring and Autumn)
• Regional Preparatory Meetings in cooperation with
  Regional Organizations

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Cooperation

• ITU-D / ITU-T
• UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
• IMO, IMSO, Cospas-Sarsat, CICR, ICAO
• APT, CEPT, CITEL, ATU, WMO
• ABU, ASBU, EBU, ETSI, IEC, ISO, RCC, WBU, URSI,
  RAST, COST.

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Activities of theRadiocommunication Sector

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