Review of Regional Activities

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ITU Regional Radio-Communication Seminar Bali,
Indonesia 16-20 May 2005 Review of Regional
activities by E. Behdad
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Agenda

• Activities related to Broadcasting issues
• Frequency Planning for
• Bhutan
• Indonesia
• Afghanistan
• Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting
• DSB
• DTTB
• Activities related to Spectrum Management
  Radio
• Monitoring
• Establishment of National Spectrum Management
• Myanmar
• Afghanistan
• East Timor
• Training courses on Radio Monitoring
• Development of a new software for Developing
  countries
• (SMS4DC)

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Bhutan Broadcasting Project

• Current situation
• A 1 KW TV transmitter covers Thimphu
• A 50 KW - SW transmitter covers Radio programmes
  all over the country
• One 20 W FM TX three 1KW Repeaters cover
  western parts of the country
• Distribution of TV programmes Mainly through
  cable networks with some days
• daly and existing TXs.

• Master Frequency Plan for FM TV Broadcasting
• A thorough sight surveying through the whole
  country
• Developing frequency plans for TV and FM.
• Identifying the location of TV FM stations
  and
• Proposing appropriate distribution links
  between the studio(s) and TX

• Obstacle for Nationwide coverage lack of
  distribution links between
• the studios and transmitter stations
  identified in master frequency plan
• due to countrys mountainous
  situation.

• Solution, Implementation of ITU Satellite
  Up-Link TVRO project
• Establishing a Satellite Up-link Station in
  Thimphu,
• Establishing TVRO stations in Rural Areas that
  are electrified.

• Current situation of Up-link project, ITU is
  looking for a partner
• to sponsor 50 of project costs.

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ITU activities in Indonesia

• VHF/ UHF FM Master Frequency Plans for
  Republic of Indonesia
• Phase I
• Train designated National Experts on Planning
  principals
• Study current situation of FM TV (VHF UHF)
  Broadcasting networks
• in the large cities and their consistencies
  with the technical standards
• Examine Frequency Licenses issued for TV FM
  Broadcasting in
• Jakarta and the Other large cities from
  technical point of view for their
• compliances with the relevant technical
  standard
• Develop VHF/UHF FM Plans for Java Bali
  Islands

• Phase II
• Review the developed plan by National experts for
  the rest of the country and modify it wherever
  is needed.
• Study compatibility of all Frequency Licenses
  issued in Indonesia for TV FM with newly
  developed master Frequency Plan,
• Enhance the trained staff abilities with further
  training on the shortcoming issues that have been
  identified in their developed plan.

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• ITU activities in Afghanistan (Broadcasting)
• ITU Emergency support to the MoC (Project No.
  7AFG/02/001)

• Master Frequency plan for Sound and Television
  Broadcasting
• MF Sound Broadcasting Service
• Train the designated national experts on
  principal of Frequency planning
• Introduce ITU GE-75 plan to the national
  experts
• review, adjust determine the coverage area of
  GE-75 assignments
• VHF - FM Sound Broadcasting Service
• Introduce ITU-GE84 Plan
• review, adjust modify GE84 VHF-FM assignments
  of Afghanistan
• develop a New FM-BC frequency assignments
• Development of a new comprehensive television
  broadcasting plan

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• ITU activities on DTB
• ITU/ABU collaborative Project on DSB

• Project objectives
• To determine whether the broadcasting
  environment within the
• selected countries is conducive to
  implementation of digital radio
• services.

• Implementation Strategy
• carrying out country specific techno-economic
  analyses by circulating
• a pro-forma-style Questionnaire
• assessment of the individual responses
• face-to-face meetings
• Recommendations

• Beneficiary Broadcasters (Countries)
• RTB Brunei,
• RTPRC China,
• AIR India,
• VOV Viet Nam,
• IRIB Iran,
• PBC Pakistan,
• SLBC Sri Lanka,
• NTB Thailand and
• TRT Turkey.

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ITU activities on DTB ITU ABU COLLABORATIVE
PROJECT on DVB

• Project objectives to assist ASP Television
  Broadcasters to make the
• digital
  shift

• Implementation Strategy
• carrying out country specific techno-economic
  analyses by circulating
• a pro-forma-style Questionnaire
• assessment of the individual responses
• face-to-face meetings
• Recommendations

• Beneficiary Broadcasters (Countries)
• RTB Brunei,
• RTPRC China,
• DDI India,
• VTV Viet Nam,
• IRIB Iran,
• PTV Pakistan,
• RTM Malaysia,
• MRTV Mongolia,
• TVRI Indonesia,
• NTB Thailand and
• TRT Turkey.

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ITU activities on DTB ITU/AIBD Workshop on DTTB
(Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting)

• Workshops Objectives, To enhance the TV engineers
  competence
• on principal of DTTB, Frequency Network
  Planning including
• Refreshing the participants on conventional
  Television Broadcasting by reviewing the
• history of Television, current colour
  television and frequency planning in analogue
• environment,
• Why digital Broadcasting, DTTB requirements,
• Digitalisation of Audio video signals, source
  coding, multiplexing, scrambling
• conditional access, forward error
  correction and digital modulation
• Digital Network planning including an overview
  on frequency planning and spectrum
• management system, ITU-R relevant
  recommendations, interference and coordination
• procedures and Analogue Network for Digital
  Broadcasting
• case studies.

• Workshops organized so far Thailand 2001, Brunei
  2002, I.R.of Iran 2003,
• Vietnam 2004. The venue for this year is
  Jakarta Indonesia.

• Beneficiary countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
  Brunei, Cambodia, China,
• India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Maldives,
  Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan,
• Philippines , Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam,

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ITU activities in Afghanistan Cont.

• ITU/IRN/AFG Project for Rehabilitation of the
  Information and
• Communication Training Institute (ICTI) in
  Kabul,
• (Project No. 9AFG/02/002)
• Existing ITCI building fully rehabilitated
• New building designed, constructed, furnished
  and equipped with all utility (water,
• electricity, air-conditioning), to provide
  adequate space for classrooms, laboratories
• conference hall, administration and
  management, mosque, health unit. coffee shop
• and restaurant as well as a dormitory with
  capacity of 120 persons
• Short training courses on ICT related matters
  for young Afghan students
• On duty training courses for MoC staff to update
  them on their ongoing activities
• Academic courses in two years for training the
  students in technician levels
• Academic courses in 4 years for training the
  students in Telecommunications
• engineering levels.

• Ad-hoc assistance under ITU-BDT special
  programme for
• Least Developed Countries.

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• ITU activities in Afghanistan (SMS)
• ITU Emergency support to the MoC (Project No.
  7AFG/02/001)

• Spectrum Management and Radio Monitoring
• Development of a new Radio-communication Law
• Development of Afghanistan Radio Frequency
  Spectrum Allocation Table
• Development of Afghanistan National Spectrum
  Management System
• Development of a Frequency Fee calculation
  Formula
• Development of a comprehensive
  Radio-communication Handbook
• Training courses on SMS and Radio Monitoring
• Preparation of Technical specifications for
  Fixed and Mobile Monitoring
• Stations and supervising the bidding process

• Development of Fixed wired Wireless Network
  Access Plan for
• Kabul and five other major cities in
  Afghanistan,
• Access Network Engineering
• Technical Specifications for Fiber Optic Cable
  Networks
• Wireless Local Loop (WLL) network.
• Preparation of Tender Document for Construction
  of Copper Cable Local
• Telephone Network for Kabul city and the other
  5 major cities

• Development of MoC Financial Management System
  Creation a
• link between MoC MoF to connect to the MoF
  server.

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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)
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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)
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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)

Applicant Form (front page) (?English)
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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)
Data entry Form (English)
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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)

Licensing Form (English)
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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)

Assigned frequencies in different services in
each band
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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)
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Frequency Fee Calculation Formula
Nature of service
Location coefficient
User classification
Monthly fee B.A.T.S.L.U
Bandwidth (MHz)
Covered area (km2,km3)
Using Duration (1-59)
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Covered area examples
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Coeffient for diferent tyoe of services

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ITU activities in Afghanistan (Cont.)
Training courses on Radio Spectrum Monitoring
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ITU Activities in Myanmar SMS, Radio Monitoring
MCT

• National Spectrum Management System
• Data collection (analyzing current situation of
  frequency utilization
• Considering the present and future spectrum
  requirements
• Development of National frequency allocation
  Table
• Development of national Radio-communication
  handbook
• Installation of Windows Basic Automated Spectrum
  Management System
• (WinBASMS) and training the national experts

• Radio Monitoring
• Train the national experts on Radio Monitoring
  Measurement techniques to
• provide back-up information for spectrum
  manager
• Verify wanted unwanted signals detect the
  unauthorized
• transmissions identify the source of
  interference
• Measure the spectrum band occupancy

• Calibration of existing Monitoring equipment
• Recommendation for establishment of an
  efficient Fixed monitoring
• station

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Multipurpose Community Tele-center in Myanmar

• MCT as a means for provision of access to
  information
• communication Technologies in remote and Rural
  areas.
• Project started in November 2002 and was
  completed
• in March 2004.
• Location Phaunggyi area with a very limited
  access to any kind of
• communications facilities,
• Population 20,000
• The MCT Centre equipped with
• Two servers, ten computers, and auxiliaries,
• A copier machine,
• A digital camera,
• An over-head projector,
• A network laser printer,
• A colour printer,
• VCR TV sets
• A VAST Terminal as transmission link (an iPSTAR
  Satellite System),
• Power, water supply, Air conditioning system for
  server,
• Class rooms and furniture,

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Multipurpose Community Tele-center in Myanmar

• Beneficiaries
• The Civil Service Society Institute,
• Central Cooperative College,
• 10 primary Schools 2 High Schools,
• Teacher Training College,
• Township Development Office,
• 2 Station Hospitals and
• Hlegu Education College.
• Services
• Telephony,
• Distance education distance learning,
• Computer Training,
• Health and Telemedicine,
• Cultural Information,
• Community hall facilities
• Business information,
• Office facilities,
• Professionnel training
• High-speed internet access (incoming 256 Kbs,
  outgoing 128 kbs) and e-mail services are also
  available

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ITU activities in East Timor SMS

• Phase I (implemented)
• Analyzing the current status of Frequency
  Management system.
• Training on Spectrum management Techniques
• Installation of WinBASMS Training on Data
  Entry into WinBASMS
• Provision of an Application form user manual
  for the new applicant
• Data Collection Form Data Entry into the
  WinBASMS
• Peace Keeping Force (PKF) data transferring
  the data from PKF
• to the WinBASMS,
• Transferring the SMS responsibility from PKF to
  the Ministry of Transport,
• communications Public Works.

• Phase II ( underway)
• Development of National Frequency Allocation
  Table,
• Development of Radio-communication Handbook
  (Law)
• Installation of ITU-new developed software
  (SMS4DC) Training

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Training on Radio Monitoring and SMS for ASP 23
31 May 2005 (Beijing, China)

• Training Programme
• Fundamentals of Radio Spectrum Management,
• Basic Technical Parameters Propagation
• EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis)
• Database and GIS (Geographic Information System
• Transceiver Architectures, including
  Modulations demodulation techniques,
• matching units transformation lines,
  Antennas, etc.
• Fundamental of Radio Spectrum Monitoring
• General principle of DF, engineering features
  DF Antennas
• Unwanted signals and enforcement of
  Radio-communications Law
• Equipment Calibration and measurement techniques
• Practically measurement of Frequency,
  Field-strength, Power flux-density,
• Spectrum occupancy, Bandwidth Modulation.
• Specific measurements by mobile monitoring
  station
• Data analysis and Reports
• Beneficiary countries
• Afghanistan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Maldives,
  Solomon Island and Vietnam

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An overview on ITU - SMS4DC (underdevelopment)