THE ROLE OF CONCERNED PARTIES
IN IMPROVING ORBIT/SPECTRUM
EFFICIENCY
by
Larry D. Reed
ASRC Management Services
Office of Spectrum Management Services
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BR’s questions in CA/178:
- value added of ITU and Radio Regulations?
- mechanisms & strategies for improvement?
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The BR’s “Value Added”
BR functions (CV 161-183) that enhance efficient use:
- provides notices and reports to administrations
- maintains central data repository (MIFR) & essential
documents and database records of the R Sector
- supports WRCs, the RRB, the R Sector & the TD Sector
- checks compliance with Radio Regulations
- provides assistance to administrations
- provides advice & information to Conferences and
Meetings
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Possible BR Improvements
to Enhance Efficient Use
BR practices that can improve efficient use:
- ensure databases (SNS, SNL) are kept up to date,
particularly for suspended & cancelled networks
- increase transparency of information provided
regarding BIU dates of satellite networks
- improve the BR software & database
- reduce notice processing times for notifications/Plans
- accurately identify & timely publish information
needed by administrations & operators pursuing satellite
network implementation
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Administrations have the primary role
in originating and implementing
improvements in efficient use.
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OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENT USE
DISCUSSED AT WROCLAW, POLAND SESSION:
- TECHNICAL
- REGULATORY
- ECONOMIC (see CV 155)
Solutions in these areas are mainly in the hands of satellite operators
and administrations, and to some extent, the Radiocommunication
Bureau.
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COMMENTS ON SUGGESTED METHODS
TECHNICAL - derived and improved by Member States and
Sector Members in the ITU-R Sector, in particular, WP 4A
REGULATORY - proposed and adopted by Administrations
at WRCs and Plenipots.
ECONOMIC - in the purview of Plenipotentiary Conference
& Council (cost recovery), not ITU SGs; in the purview of
Member States for auctions or fines.
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CONCLUSIONS OF THE BR IN ITS PRESENTATION
ON HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AT ITS LAST
WORLD COMMUNICATION SEMINAR IN GENEVA
(8-12 Dec. 2008):
“Experience shows that it is possible to improve
the use of the frequency spectrum. For that, the
utmost goodwill and mutual cooperation among the
interested parties are necessary.”
SUCH A STATEMENT APPLIES EQUALLY TO THE
USE OF ORBIT/SPECTRUM BY THE SPACE
SERVICES
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AREAS FOR POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
WITHIN THE ITU PROCESS - 1
FEEDBACK ON LAUNCHES:
1) Launch provider & confirmation of bringing into use
(Res 49 & RR 11.47)
2) International monitoring (RR Art. 16)
3) Complaint of not bringing into use (BIU) or
cancellation (RR Art.13.6B)
4) Complaint of non-conformance (RR 16.8)
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AREAS FOR POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
WITHIN THE ITU PROCESS - 2
Additional information sources on launches:
- Internet sites
- space spectrum monitoring
- knowledge of other administrations
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AREAS FOR POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
WITHIN THE ITU PROCESS - 3
SUPPRESS REGULATIONS THAT FOSTER ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
(e.g., eliminate the mandatory requirement of 6 months between dates of API
receipt and coordination request receipt)
TIMELY PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION FROM ADMINISTRATIONS INFORMING
THE BR THAT FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO USE,
PARTICULARLY WHERE THE BIU DATE IS EARLIER THAN THE SEVEN-YEARS
DEADLINE FOR PLACING ASSIGNMENTS INTO SERVICE
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ECONOMIC ASPECTS
ECONOMIC options suggested by BR staff:
- Fees for non-compliance
This is not the purview of the ITU/BR
per the ITU Constitution and Convention; it rests with
Member States as a sovereign right for national
implementation.
- Fees for maintaining recorded assignments in the MIFR
Cost recovery (CR)? CR dependent on Council decisions;
What costs? Impact on efficient use?
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IMPROVING EFFICIENT USE
- RESTS WITH ADMINISTRATIONS AND OPERATORS
- ITU SYSTEM IS A COOPERATIVE ONE BETWEEN
ADMINISTRATIONS/OPERATORS
- COORDINATION IS STRICTLY A BILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL PROCESS BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIONS/OPERATORS
- DECISIONS ON HOW MANY FILINGS AN OPERATOR CAN
MAKE, MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING THEM (POSTING
BONDS, ETC.) MUST BE MADE BY EACH ADMINISTRATION
- ELIMINATION OF THE DELAY OF 6 MONTHS BETWEEN FILING
OF APIs AND COORDINATION REQUESTS IS ONE EXAMPLE TO
THWART THE SUBMISSION OF EXORBITANT AND “PAPER”
FILIINGS
- ADMINISTRATIONS/OPERATORS MUST COOPERATE !!
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Thank you !
Questions?
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