ECC monthly news summary for November 2014
This summary provides a round up of the main outcomes of ECC Working Group and Project Team meetings which have taken place in November 2014.
Included this month:
4-6 November: FM 52 addresses sharing framework under LSA between MFCN and PMSE in the band 2.3-2.4 GHz
11-12 November: FM 49 makes progress on conditions and bands for BB PPDR
13-14 November: FM 54 develops guidance for coordination between GSM-R and MFCN operators
20-21 November: SE 40 completes studies on the impact from FS into FSS around 18GHz
20-21 November: STG prepares workshop for advanced SEAMCAT users
25-26 November: SE 19 assesses joint use of the 6 and 7 GHz bands for FS P-P links
25-26 November: PT FNI addresses numbering for eCall
4-6 November 2014 – The Frequency Management Project Team FM 52, responsible for the development of implementation measures for MFCN in the frequency band 2300-2400 MHz, met at the ECO, Copenhagen, Denmark
FM 52 has started its work on the development of the draft ECC Recommendation on the guidance for implementing a sharing framework between Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) applications and Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks (MFCN) through the description of the appropriate steps. FM 52 agreed that this draft deliverable should be a further development of the principles described in the draft CEPT Report 56 (Report B1 in response to the EC Mandate) for the sharing scenario involving MFCN and PMSE video links.
More details are available on the FM 52 webpage.
11-12 November 2014 – The Frequency Management Project Team FM 49, dealing with spectrum for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) applications, met in Helsinki, Finland
FM 49 further developed the draft ECC Report on the harmonised conditions and spectrum bands for the implementation of future European broadband PPDR systems. The executive summary, the implementation roadmap and the descriptions for special use cases such as air-ground-air, direct mode communications and ad-hoc networking were reviewed. The Report is going to include several frequency options for broadband PPDR in the 400 MHz and 700 MHz frequency bands, pending the results of the ongoing spectrum compatibility studies in Working Group Spectrum Engineering (Project Team SE 7).
Further information is available on the FM 49 webpage.
13-14 November 2014 – The Frequency Management Project Team FM 54, dealing with Private/Professional Land Mobile Systems, especially for the Railways, had its third meeting in Helsinki, Finland
FM 54 continued its work on the draft ECC Report on Guidance for improving coexistence between Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway (GSM-R) and MFCN. The ECC Report is expected to set out the concept for coordination processes between GSM-R and MFCN operators including the applicable technical conditions.The draft ECC Report is planned for submission to the Working Group Frequency Management (WG FM) meeting in February 2015 for public consultation. In addition, FM 54 agreed to approach the SEAMCAT technical group (STG) to assess the possibility of using the SEAMCAT software as part of a tool for improving coexistence between GSM-R and MFCN.
FM 54 initiated the development of a new draft ECC Report on the current use, future opportunities and guidance to administrations for the 400 MHz Private Mobile Radio/ Public Access Mobile Radio (PMR/PAMR) frequencies and agreed on the topics to be addressed in the Report.
More details are available on the FM 54 webpage.
20-21 November 2014 – The Spectrum Engineering Project Team SE 40, responsible for space services compatibility studies, met at the ECO, Copenhagen, Denmark
SE 40 continued its work on the compatibility studies dealing with the possible introduction of aeronautical Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) Complementary Ground Components (CGC) systems operating in the bands 1980-2010 MHz and 2170-2200 MHz. The resulting draft ECC Report will be completed by correspondence so that it can be submitted to the Working Group Spectrum Engineering (WG SE) meeting in January 2015 for approval for public consultation.
SE 40 finalised its work on a new draft ECC Report on a compatibility study between Fixed Service (FS) and Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) in the band 17.7-19.7 GHz (FS into FSS direction). The Report identifies that, whenever an FSS earth station is interfered by an FS transmitter, there is sufficient available spectrum to reassign the FSS user to non-interfered frequencies. It will be submitted to the next WG SE meeting for approval for public consultation.
As the result of the public consultation, SE 40 has slightly revised the draft ECC Report 226 providing results from the 2013 measurements campaign on the Iridium unwanted emissions in the Radio Astronomy frequency band 1610.6-1613.8 MHz. The revised draft ECC Report will be considered at the next WG SE meeting for final approval for publication. SE 40 also noted the plans for new measurements in 2015 in Leeheim concerning the next generation of Iridium.
Further information is available on the SE40 webpage.
20-21 November 2014 – The SEAMCAT Technical Group (STG), responsible for the technical support and development of the spectrum engineering software SEAMCAT, met in Maisons-Alfort, France
STG considered the feedback from the test phase of version 5.0.0 alpha 9 of SEAMCAT, especially on the event processing plugin (EPP) and agreed some further developments, such as an improvement of the CDMA/OFDMA algorithm, the inclusion of a new propagation model based on Recommendation ITU-R P.1411 and some graphical user interface enhancement.
STG discussed preparations for the two-day SEAMCAT public workshop scheduled for 5 and 6 March 2015 at the ECO (Copenhagen). The workshop will be dedicated to advanced users and developers to familiarise them with the elaboration of Propagation Model Plugins (PMP), EPP and to give an overview of the new refactored source code.
Further details are available on the STG webpage and general information on SEAMCAT, including the online user manual can be found on the SEAMCAT page.
25-26 November 2014 – The Spectrum Engineering Project Team SE 19, dealing with fixed service (FS), met in Biel, Switzerland
SE 19 has completed the draft ECC Report which assesses the feasibility of and provides guidance for the joint use of the adjacent bands 5.925-6.4255.925-6.425 GHz and 6.425-7.1256.425-7.125 GHz for Point-to-Point links on a long term basis. It will be submitted to the next WG SE for approval for public consultation.
SE 19 has further developed the compatibility studies related to the possible use of the band 5850-5900 MHz by Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) links.
More details are available on the SE19 webpage.
25-26 November 2014 – The Numbering and Networks Project Team FNI, responsible for future numbering issues, met in Budapest, Hungary
PT FNI finalised the programme for a Working Group Numbering and Networks (WG NaN) public workshop on the extra-territorial use of E.164 numbers which will be held in Brussels on 27 January 2015. The objective of the workshop is to consider views from the key stakeholder groups in order to inform an appropriate follow-on deliverable to ECC Report 194.
PT FNI has also begun to develop an ECC Recommendation on Numbering for eCall. The aim of the Recommendation is to provide guidance on a sustainable solution to ensure sufficient capacity into the future, in particular on the E.164 numbering side, so that the risk of costly number changes can be averted. The plan is to submit a draft recommendation to the April meeting of WG NaN for approval to proceed to the public consultation stage.
Further information on these items and on other activities is available on the
PT FNI webpage.
Updated: 21 September 2022, 10:05