PMR Into the future

Tuesday 5th December 2000Hanover International Daventry

Paul JarvisHead of Private Business Systems

Radiocommunications Agency

Who uses the spectrum?

A Summary of Who is Using The PBR Spectrum

Who uses the spectrum?

Summary of spectrum available to:

Private Business RadioPublic Access Mobile RadioCommon Base StationNational Public Data Operator SystemsBand Dual Frequency Single Frequency Total (MHz)Band 1 380 0 10.25001

Low Band 339 34 8.86252

Mid Band 248 24 6.500High Band 257 51 7.0625Band III 1237 0 30.35004

UHF 1 374 94 10.5250UHF 2 206 3 71 5.31252

Totals 3041 270 78.8125

Who uses the spectrum?

Summary of spectrum available to:

Radio Paging (Standard)Radio Paging (Short Term Hire)Local CommunicationsShort Range Business Radio (Paging Service)

Band Total (MHz)HF 0.32505

VHF 0.81255

UHF 0.51255

Total Spectrum 1.6500

Who uses the spectrum?

Summary of spectrum available to:

Wide Area PagingBand Total (MHz)VHF 1.0500UHF 0.7250

Total Spectrum 1.7750

Economic Study

• PBR Response to the Stated Preference Method Survey

• Approx. 150 responses from 700 invitations• Covering Police, Fire, Wide Area, UK general,

National & Regional, On Site, On Site Paging and Local Comms. (Only 6 CBS responses)

• Results from this sample indicate a consumer surplus from PMR licensees of just under £1bn

• Compared to Cellular £7bn• Revenue from PMR licenses £8.845bn• RA request a wider participation in future survey

- next year.

450-470MHz - the problem

• Existing UK band plan• Continental plan (T/R 25-08 Annex 2)• UK suffers interference• No scope for growth or new technology

(TETRA)• Spectrum efficiency could be improved

450-470MHz - current bandplan

MoB Maritime on boardST Scanning Telemetry

GMC Ground Movement Control

PMSE

PMSE Programme Making and Special Events

GMC

PMRs

PMRm PMRm STout

PMSE

PMSE

PMR Private and Public Mobile RadioES Emergency Services (Pol &Fire)

WAP Wide Area PagingBR British RailSRD Short Range Devices

460 465

ES

450

ES

ES

455

PMRb BRWAP

MoBES

PMSE

PMSE PMSE

470 MHz

STscan

WAP E

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PMRbGMC

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ES

ES

PMSE

ES

MHz460

SRD PMRm

450-470MHz - desired band plan

CEPT Recommendation T/R 25-08 (Lecce 1989)

460

Duplex spacing = 10MHz

Annex 2

Mobile Tx

450

Base Tx

470

• Harmonisation (for all bands Y/N)• Band is identified for TETRA - we

can’t introduce this without realignment

• Future of analogue in 410-430MHz - closure in favour of TETRA?

• TETRA 2 to be released in 2005 (200kb/s)

Key Issues

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68 74.8 75.2 77.7 77.8 84.6 85.0 87.5

80 MHz ML 2

Key to symbols:ARN Aeronautical radionavigation (ILS/Marker beacons)Du Duplex operationFB Base stationML Mobile stationSi Simplex operatione ERMES in band 169.4125 - 169.8125 MHzApp 18 Use in accordance with RR Appendix S18 "Table of Transmitting Frequencies in the VHF Maritime Mobile Band"

160 MHz

146 146.8 149.9 150.05 151.4 154.5 154.65 156 157.45 160.6 160.975 161.475 162.05 165.2

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App18

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174 175.5 183.5 191.5 199.5 207.5 215.5 223.5 230

ML 1FB 1Si SiML 2 ML 3FB 2 FB 3200 MHz

ML 2ML 1 Si FB 1 FB 2390 MHz

380 385 389.9 390 395 399.9

Si ML FB

862 870 915 960

900 MHz

Si

FB 1ML 1

440 450 460 470

460 MHz Si

47 48 48.5 50 51 52 54

50 MHz SiSiSiSi Si Si

Si ML FB

406.1 410 420 430

420 MHz

45 MHzDu

10 MHzDu

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10 MHzDu

8 MHzDu

FB 1ML 1

54 61 68

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60 MHzARN

CEPT Plan for PMR Bands

Band 1 Low band

Mid band High band

Band 3

UHF 1 UHF 2

• Funding - users expected to pay given 5 yrs notice

• Spectrum Efficiency Scheme

• Digital/Analogue split

• Implications for users, suppliers, manufacturers

Key Issues

• General start in UHF2 - after PSRCS rollout completes

• Notice period required

• Detailed implementation plan to be drawn up

• Need industry help - users & suppliers

• Early localised implementation possible -case by case basis

Timescales

Meeting Customer Needs

• E-Licensing

• Credit Card Payments

• Availability of Data

• Converging Computing & Communications

• Mixed Technology

• The way forwards

Why E-licensing???

• 25% of licensing by 2002• 100% of licensing by 2004

We are committed to the “Modernising Government White Paper” requirement:

“100% of dealings with government to be deliverable electronically by the year 2004. The aim is to make it as easy and simple to do most of the main dealings with government as it is to make a telephone call or choose between TV programmes;”Business E-Strategy Document

‘Intelligent’ Application Forms

•Mandatory completion of particular fields

•Method of completion of particular fields systemdriven, e.g. numbers only can be entered in

numerical fields

•Validation checking e.g. postcode matchesaddress, NGR matches location etc

•Customer validation - automatic field population

Benefits

••On-line linking to on-screenOn-line linking to on-screen‘help’ to assist with completion‘help’ to assist with completion

of the formof the form••Intelligent FormIntelligent Form••Reduced licence issue turn-Reduced licence issue turn-

around timesaround times

Intelligent electronic forms benefit both theIntelligent electronic forms benefit both thecustomer & Agency staffcustomer & Agency staff

••Less time spent chasing customers forLess time spent chasing customers forcorrect or missing informationcorrect or missing information

••Greatly reduced data input workGreatly reduced data input work••Enable technical staff to spend moreEnable technical staff to spend more

time on “engineering issues”time on “engineering issues”••E-Payment renewals easier to verifyE-Payment renewals easier to verify

and collectand collect

PBS Pilot• All paging products - January 2001 target date

On-site PBR (Local Communications)40 10 70

Wide Area PBR (One-way Paging & Speech)40 70 20

On-site PBR (Hospital Paging & Emergency Speech)40 10 80

On-site PBR (One-way Paging & Speech)40 10 90

Self-Select PBR (One-way Paging)40 20 10

Approx. 100 amendments / applications per month

How the pilot will workSee demonstration

Customer logs onto Agency website (internet café, home/work PC, Kiosk,

Dealer etc)

Completes ELA, general, payment and technical details - then submits

ELA electronically

Reads information & decides which licence

they need

The completed ELA arrives electronically into the appropriate RULES workflow

mailbox queue

Eventually - 100% by 2004

Customer uses Agency website (internet café, home/work PC, Kiosk, Dealer)

Completes ELA general, payment and technical details

Reads information & decides which licence they need

Details sent electronically to RA3 to trigger site Inspection !

Applicant views channel offer details etc through Route 2000

Selection and Assignment made by applicant in straightforward cases

Licence issued

Customer Option Parameters

• Site location• Antenna• Coverage required• Equipment - TETRA, Band III etc• Power level• Modes of transmission (e.g. digital, data, analogue, etc)• Other selectable parameters

Card-Payments

•Discussions with banking organisations complete - Endorsement paper to Management Board 20th September 2000 •Now able to accept debit/credit card payments for Nov/ Dec 2000 renewals up to £1000•Trials at HQ to be initiated prior to launch •PBR Web Pilot to include a form of Card Payment ?

Availability of Data

• Available Radio Channels• Monitoring Data• Pricing• Parameters of license• On line query of channel statistics• Subsequent checks on monitoring data

Equipment

Database

Admin./Local Lic. Full Engineering Function

Antenna

Database

UMS

Monitoring

Database

Propagation

Model

Database

Terrain

DatabaseClutter

Database

FIREWALL

MASTS

INTERNET /

RA Web Site

RULES ALPACA

Electronic Query Form Electronic Appl. Form

RULES

FirewallPublic Interface

Separate Server based Technical Databases with Controlled Access

ALPACA

SMIS connected to all

COMMON SHARED ROUTINES e.g. Map Display

Monitoring Database

RULES Licensing DatabaseAny

other tool

FILSM SECOM MASTS POMCOCo-ordination & Site Clearance

Read only access

Firewall

Route 2000 / RULES Data Flow

Where might all this take us?

Possibilities for the future

Telecommunications and computing

•By the 1980s we had universal telecommunications networks and fixed networks of desktop computers. •In the early 1980s radios acquired processing power. The analogue mobile phone becomes possible•In the early 1990s the GSM standard is published and digital mobile radio telephony is born•In the late 1990s LANs begin to acquire mobility by use of infra-red and radio. Small, light computer devices such as laptops and personal organisers acquire the ability to join and leave networks•Can PMR exploit these technologies?

are converging

So where are we now?

• Only radio technologies can supply the widespread need for communications on the move.

• This cannot be provided by a single technology• Different technologies will make up the web of

networks. The current list includes IMT 2000, GSM, TETRA, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN and numerous others

• Should manufacturers consider modular systems to combine technologies

New Possibilities

•The NGfL (National Grid for Learning) aims to be a comprehensive programme that includes Government funding for expenditure on hardware, software and networks, as well as for training in the use of information and communications technology in the educational context.•Local authorities and bus operators are installing road transport passenger information systems (RTPI) networking vehicles, bus stops, traffic lights, etc•Health sector informatics (but no application has been made for radio spectrum as yet)

PMR the future

• The RA are further developing assignment tools• Monitoring data is available to integrate with

the assignment process• The RA will take notice of end user

requirements.• What does the end user require?• Manufacturers and dealers need to provide a

solution to the mobile communication needs of the customer.

• Lets work together to make it a success.

What Technologies to Consider

• Conventional AM/FM• TETRA• TETRAPOL• Astro (meets APCO25)• EDACS (FDMA Ericson)• iDEN• MPT 1327• MPT 1379 (IR 2008) July 2001• Others are detailed in SE23(96)123 rev

5• Are new technologies mature

PMR into the future

• What is the right strategy for the UK• What technologies/combination of

technologies• What frequency bands• Do we harmonise all bands• SWOT analysis of all options• Costs of change or not to change• PMR supports most UK businesses • PMR MUST SUCCEED