Region 43 Washington

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• Region 43 (Washington)
• 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee
• January 28, 2004 - 1000 a.m. to 100 p.m.
• Snohomish Public Utility
• Conference Line 253-512-7310

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Agenda for Todays Meeting

• Roll Call and Introductions
• Agenda Modifications
• Approval of Minutes
• Treasurers Report
• Information Updates
• DRAFT Plan Review and Editing
• 4.9 GHz Regional Planning
• Other Items/Good of the Order
• Meeting Schedules
• Adjourn

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Introductions

• Name
• Agency
• What are your expectations for your agencys use
  of the 700 MHz band in 2004 and 2005 (in general
  terms)?
• How about other agencies around you?
• What are your expectations for your agencys use
  of the 4.9 GHz band in 2004 and 2005 (in general
  terms)?
• How about other agencies around you?
• Please make sure your contact information is
  correct on the sign-in sheet.

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Minutes and Treasurers Report

• Approval of the July 30, 2003 and November 19,
  2003 Minutes
• Treasurers Report - Current balance is 1,286

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Information Updates

• SIEC Activities - Dennis Hausman
• Actions in Other RPCs - Kevin Kearns
• Formation of a National RPC Association - Kevin
  Kearns
• LPTV research - Cammie Enslow, Dean Heinen
• Other TV related issues
• Assigning an Outreach Workgroup
• Other issues?

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SIEC Activities

• The Inventory of State Government -Operated
  Public Safety Communications Systems was
  completed on time and is available on the SIEC
  web site http//isb.wa.gov/siec/reports/inventoryr
  eport1203.pdf
• Work is now underway on drafting the planning
  documents called for in the legislation and the
  survey of local government public safety
  communication systems
• Other items.

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Actions in Other RPCs

• No FCC Action yet on the Missouri or Southern
  California plans
• Region 35s (Oregon) next meeting will be on
  March 10th in Hood River. This will also be
  their convening meeting for the 4.9 GHz band
• Region 12 (Idaho) held a meeting on January 21st

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To see any filed plans for the 700 MHz band, use
the ECFS search page at http//gullfoss2.fcc.gov/p
rod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.cgi and search on Proceeding
02-378
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Formation of an RPC Association

• There ended up being pretty broad support for the
  concept of forming such an association as long is
  it didnt become its own administrative and
  bureaucratic process that would hamper progress
• Weve submitted our formal support and I expect
  the issue to get more discussion (and maybe
  action?) at the NPSTC meetings coming up in
  February 18/19 in D.C.

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LPTV Research

• A list of all co-channel and adjacent-channel
  licensees has been assembled so we can send them
  a letter advising of the planning effort, its
  nearing completion, and the imminence of public
  safety systems in the band.
• Motorola filed a document with the FCC
  identifying the critical need to clear TV
  stations out of the band so public safety can
  gain effective use of the band. A copy has been
  posted on the Region 43 web site.

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Other TV Issues
Source Motorolas November 11, 2003 Filing
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Other TV Issues
Source Motorolas November 11, 2003 Filing
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Other TV Issues
Source Motorolas November 11, 2003 Filing
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100 Miles from Victoria
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80 Miles From Victoria
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100 Miles from Vancouver
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80 Miles from Vancouver
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Other Information Updates?

• Assigning an Outreach Workgroup
• The Chair needs a small group (1 to 3 people) to
  take charge of getting our meeting notices and
  web site information out to all the various
  associations, interest groups, the public, etc.
  We need to assure, and document, that weve hit
  all possible avenues of informing the world on
  our process and their ability to participate
  and/or comment on the process.
• The winners are...
• Any other issues?

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Draft Plan Review Editing

• Proposed Timeline in November
• Final Draft by end of year
• Circulate this Final Draft with Region 35 12 by
  12/31/03
• January - Big Westside Meeting to take comments
  and edits
• February - Big Eastside Meeting to take comments
  and edits and final feedback from Regions 35 12
• March - Final editing, vote, and file with the
  FCC
• Status
• Chairs workload has prevented preparation of the
  near-final draft
• Proposing an alternative schedule

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Draft Plan Review Editing

• Proposed new timeline
• Draft Version 6 (near-final?) Monday, February
  2nd, distribute to Region 43 list, post on web
  site, and send to Region 12 and 35 for initial
  review and comment
• March 4th meeting in Spokane to do detailed
  review and edits, and address any comments
  received from neighboring regions to date.
• March 31st meeting in Olympia to take further
  comments and edits which will result in the
  formal final draft plan.
• Distribute Final Draft to Region 43 list, post on
  web site, and send to Region 12 and 35 for formal
  coordination final-comment phase by April 15th
• April28th meeting in Yakima to review any
  comments to date and get ready for final adoption
  meeting on May 26th at a Westside location still
  TBD

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Draft Plan Review Editing

• Discussion of Interoperability Requirements
• Current Text - 6.3 Requirement for
  Infrastructure to Support Interoperability
  Channels
• All agencies requesting more than four channels
  from the 700 MHz channel pool for normal
  operations will be required to implement at least
  one of the CALL channels in a repeater mode. This
  implementation shall normally provide mobile area
  coverage over essentially the same service area
  as the primary communications channel
  assignments. The SIEC may authorize reduced
  coverage where such a reduction is required due
  to good engineering standards, interference
  mitigation or other specialized requirements.
  This infrastructure may be configured to operate
  in a half duplex mode to minimize intra-system
  interference under routine conditions, provided
  however that a wireline equivalent connection
  delivers received audio to an dispatch point
  where 24 x 7 monitoring will take place. Approval
  of such operation also requires the ability for
  the dispatch point to re-enable normal repeater
  operation when so requested.

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Draft Plan Review Editing

• Discussion of Interoperability Requirements
• Current Text - 6.3 Requirement for
  Infrastructure to Support Interoperability
  Channels
• Agencies requesting nine to fourteen channels are
  required to establish similar infrastructure for
  at least one additional law enforcement and one
  additional fire/EMS interoperability channel.
  Systems requesting more than fifteen channels
  will require implementation of a CALL channel,
  one law enforcement channel, one fire channel,
  and one EMS channel.

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Draft Plan Review Editing

• Discussion of Interoperability Requirements
• Our current recommendation to the SIEC would be
  to modify the approach to consider bandwidth
  assigned instead of channel count, and this
  idea has pretty broad support in the RPC

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Draft Plan Review Editing

• Discussion of Interoperability Requirements
• Questions that still need debate
• Should we also consider recommending guidelines
  for deferred or reduced implementation thresholds
  or timelines for early adopters so they can wait
  until neighboring systems develop and more
  effective I/O strategies can be developed?
  (reflect on the 800 MHz experiences)
• If the licensee is a non-traditional eligible,
  like Metro Transit, and no other traditional
  public safety agencies have implemented 700 MHz
  systems in the area, is there guidance we want to
  suggest on reduced or deferred implementation?
• Other questions/issues?

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4.9 GHz Regional Planning

• Our formal convening meeting will be March 4th in
  Spokane.
• Motorola filed a document with the FCC to better
  explain their views on the constraints of the 4.9
  GHz band and the appropriate emission mask. A
  copy has been posted to the Region 43 web site
• The NPSTC 4.9 GHz taskforce continues to work
  with the manufacturing, 802.11 and DSRC
  communities to move towards consensus views on
  these issues
• Kevin Kearns recently visited Ciscos HQ and was
  briefed on their strategies and intent in the 4.9
  GHz band. They understand and agree/support
  leveraging COTS approaches into the band and are
  working this direction

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4.9 GHz Regional Planning
Source Motorolas December 16, 2003 Filing
Note Bandwidths not to scale, UNII allocations
are significantly bigger than they appear on the
chart
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4.9 GHz Regional Planning
Source Motorolas December 16, 2003 Filing
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4.9 GHz Regional Planning

• Proposed timeline for the 4.9 GHz Planning
  Process
• March 4th Convening Meeting
• Assemble the formal Workgroup to specifically
  work this issue
• Track developments in the NPSTC standards and
  guidelines process
• Collect thoughts and ideas from neighboring
  regions
• Familiarize themselves with the industry and
  trends
• Develop a straw-man plan framework
• Target May 26th for delivery of the straw-man
  plan framework to the RPC
• Continue debate, editing and/or adoption
  consistent with actions in NPSTC and neighboring
  regions.
• Identified Workgroup members to date Jon
  Wiswell, Dean Heinen, Cammie Enslow, Doug Kerr -
  - - Others?

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2004 Meeting Dates

• January 28th - Everett _at_ Snohomish Public Utility
• March 4th - Spokane _at_ Spokane Center, the
  Thursday following the Western APCO Conference
• March 31st - Olympia _at_ Washington DIS Boardroom
• April 28th - Yakima _at_ Yakima Probation Services
  Training Room
• May 26th - Westside _at_ TBD
• June 30th - Eastside _at_ Yakima Probation Services
  Training Room
• July 28th - Westside _at_ TBD
• August 25th - Eastside _at_ TBD
• September 29th - Westside _at_ TBD
• October 27th - Eastside _at_ TBD
• November 24th - Holiday Impacts - Reschedule or
  drop
• December 29th - Holiday Impacts - Reschedule or
  drop

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Other Items/Good of the Order

• Anybody/Anything?

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Next Meeting
March 4, 2004 Spokane Center Conference Call
Number will be provided in advance if facilities
can be made available