ICTS REGION II REPORTBy

Mr. Jean-Claude GhnassiaFrance

For the Region II (the Americas) Coordinator:

Mr. Mikel R. RyanPatuxent River Maryland, United States of America

European Test and Telemetry Conference 2015

35th Meeting of the International Consortium for Telemetry Spectrum Toulouse France, 10 June 2015

United States of America

Mr. Ken Keane represented the Test Ranges in successful USA effort to secure Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunica-ciones (CITEL) support for protection of Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) allocation in L-Band (1435-1535 MHz). In return, USA agreed to support identification of 1427-1518 MHz for IMT in the Americas. USA also secured CITEL support for “No Change” to the ITU Radio Regulation (5.343) giving AMT priority over other mobile services like Long Term Evolution (LTE) in the Americas. USA is on record stating that it has no intention of implementing IMT in the L-Band notwithstanding Region 2 identification.

Represented (with Mr. Ken Keane & Dr. Dan Jablonski) U.S. AMT interests (civil and Federal) at International Telemetry Union meetings charged with development of report for delegates to the World Radiocommunication Conference on feasibility of IMT spectrum sharing with AMT in 1435-1525 MHz. Helped secure approval of U.S. study demonstrating that IMT is not compatible with AMT given the risk of interference to sensitive flight test telemetry, a safety-of-life application.

Upcoming activity includes protection of AMT spectrum (e.g. 1435-1525 MHz, 1350-1390 MHz and 4400-4990 MHz) vis-a-vis mobile broadband communications at the November 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference; work with delegates from other administrations in support of USA objectives.

United States of America

Representation of a USA aerospace industry group, the Aerospace & Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council, are negotiatiing with a large USA commercial carrier looking toward coordination agreement for protection of Department of Defense (DOD) and aerospace industry flight test telemetry in 2360-2390 MHz as against LTE out-of-band emissions from 2345-2360 MHz

Work with DOD senior spectrum personnel concerning possible future allocations in AMT spectrum test range, and conditions for same to protect AMT

Future coordination agreement for implementation of secondary medical telemetry operations in 2360-2390 MHz

United States of America

INTERNATIONALMexico & Columbia

A ity, State of Yucatan, Mexico. At

INTERNATIONALMexico & Columbia

A ity, State of Yucatan, Mexico. At

INTERNATIONALMexico & Columbia

A Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (CITEL) Meeting (XXIV Meeting of Permanent Consultative Committee II: Radiocommunications) took place from 29 SEP to 3 OCT 2014 in Merida City, State of Yucatan, Mexico.

At this Meeting, Mexico and Colombia offered specific regulatory text; i.e. a new footnote identifying 1427-1518 MHz for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT):

“World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) Agenda Item 1.1: to consider additional spectrum allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis and identification of additional frequency bands

for IMT and related regulatory provisions, to facilitate the development of terrestrial mobile broadband applications,

in accordance with Resolution 233 (WRC-12).”

As the meeting progressed, other administrations indicated support for Colombia and Mexico, such as Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. This would be enough for an Inter-American Proposal (“IAP”). Brazil has also proposed identification of the band 1350-1400 MHz for IMT. Lastly, Canada proposes to identify 1427-1492 MHz for IMT and to exclude itself from Footnote RR 5.343, which gives Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) priority over other uses of the mobile service involving the L-Band (1435-1535 MHz) in ITU Region II.

As a result there could be changes to RR 5.343. A decision on this may be taken at the next CITEL Meeting in FEB 2015, or the one after that in AUG 2015.

INTERNATIONALCanada, Brazil & Others

L-Band: has been operating AMT in the 1452-1472 MHz band since 2005, BUT:

Anatel (the Brazilian Telecommunication Agency) identified the 1350-1525 MHz band as suitable to implement IMT in accordance with WRC-2015 Agenda Item 1.1.

The 20 MHz Brazilian AMT band shall remain inside the 1435-1525 MHz range, but chances are that it will be shifted from 1452-1472 MHz in order to accommodate the supplementary downlink of the IMT.

S-Band: This band is temporarily allocated in the 2230- 2260 and 2330-2360 MHz ranges. These are now the most heavily-used AMT bands in Brazil.

INTERNATIONALBrazil: AMT L-/S-Band Status

C-Band: Brazil’s 5091-5150 MHz is closer to France’s C-Band than the USA’s C-Band. Some AMT C-Band flight testing has begun, but we are still developing the ground segment. 

WRC-2015 Agenda Item 1.7: “To review the use of the band 5091-5150 MHz by the fixed-satellite

service (Earth-to-Space) (limited to feeder links of the non-geostationary mobile-satellite systems in the mobile-satellite

service) in accordance with Resolution 114 (Rev.WRC-12).” At the last CITEL meeting, Brazil and three other countries

voted to remove the limitation imposed to satellite feeder-links in C-Band use to 2018 without any harm to AMT.

INTERNATIONALBrazil: AMT C-Band Status