DAP Safety Management Course

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The Cost Of Spectrum How Will Aviation Pay

• John Mettrop
• DAP

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Disclaimer

• This presentation is provided to provoke thought
  and discussion
• The figures given in here are based on one set of
  assumptions and are provided for illustrative
  purposes
• Where a different set of assumptions made then
  the results would also differ

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Content

• Current Situation in UK
• Spectrum Environment
• Future
• Benefits
• Questions

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Current UK Situation Spectrum Access
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Spectrum Cost

• Total Income ? 1 million

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Spectrum Environment

• Ever Increasing Demand for Spectrum
• Commercial Value being Placed on Spectrum
• Open and Transparent Process
• Recognised need for Safety Services
• Realistic protection levels
• Spectrally efficient
• Amount of Spectrum needed per service
• Avoid un-necessary duplication of systems

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Future

• What Might Happens if we
• are Not Efficient?

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Future, Market CostBenchmark

• Spectrum Pricing
• Administrative
• Commercial
• Mobile Phones
• 23 Billion
• 140 MHz
• 20 Years
• UK Land mass 244,820 km2
• 33.49 MHz/Km2/Year

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Future,Market Cost 2Assumptions for Aviation

• Realistic price 1/5 Mobile Phone
• Costs levied on the ground infrastructure
• Ground Station cost is based on the ground
  footprint of the service volume
• Aircraft remain administratively priced

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Future, Market Cost 3Ground Station Licence 1
25 kHz VHF Communications
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Future, Market Cost 4 Ground Station Licence 2
Navigation and Surveillance
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FutureAvoid Commercial Cost

• Demonstrate that we are minimising spectrum
  requirement.
• Spectrum assigned ? Spectrum required
• Are the planning rules over conservative?
• Do we still need hard pairing ?
• Do we use the whole band?
• Can we do with less?
• Avoid un-necessary duplication of systems
• Do we need both ILS and MLS as landing aids?
• Do we need NDB, VOR, DME, GNSS INRS for
  en-route navigation?
• Do we need 23cm 10 cm Radar?

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• Make decisions and stick to them
• Implement system changes in accordance with
  agreed time schedule

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Future What Benefits?

• Reduced cost of infrastructure
• Less on-board co-site issues
• Reduced cost of aircraft fit
• Reduced maintenance costs
• Known timescales for implementation
• Credibility

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Questions?