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IEEE P802.22
Wireless RANs
802.22 Letter to the Indian Regulators to be Submitted through
TICET, IIT Bombay (Mumbai)
Date: 2011-02-08
Author(s):
Name
Apurva
Mody
Gerald
Chouinard
Winston
Caldwell
Siddharth
Shetty
Abhay
Karandikar
Company
BAE Systems
Communications
Research Centre,
Canada
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email
apurva.mody@baesystems.c
om,
apurva_mody@yahoo.com
gerald.chouinard@crc.ca
Winston.caldwell@fox.com
Fox
TICET, IIT Bombay
(Mumbai)
TICET, IIT Bombay
(Mumbai)
shettysid@ticet.res.in
karandi@ee.iitb.ac.in
Abstract
This document serves as an 802.22 letter to the Wireless Planning Committee (India) to be submitted
through the TICET, IIT Bombay (Mumbai).
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.22. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the
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February 6th, 2011
From:
Dr. Apurva N. Mody,
Chair, IEEE 802.22 Standards Working Group on Wireless Regional Area Networks,
www.ieee802.org/22
E-mail: apurva_mody@yahoo.com
Tel: 1-404-819-0314, 1-978-454-0572
To,
The Wireless Advisor,
Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC),
India
Re: Endorsement for the proposal submitted by TICET, IIT Bombay towards the ongoing NFAP
revision / review process in India for the 470 – 698 MHz band.
Dear Sir / Madam,
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.22 Standards Working Group (WG) on
Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) (www.ieee802.22/22) would like to take this opportunity
to congratulate you on the tremendous progress that India has made in the last decade, bringing state of
the art communications technologies to the Indian people.
The IEEE-802 Local Area Network (LAN) and Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Standards
Committee (LMSC) of the IEEE Standards Association (“IEEE-SA”) has produced many successful
standards that have brought a wide variety of communications technologies to the people all over the
world. IEEE-802 coordinates with other national and international standards groups, including the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Internation Standards Organization (ISO). IEEE
802 is developing a number of standards to support licensed exept usage in 470-698 MHz band.
This letter from the IEEE 802.22 Working Group is an endorsement for the proposal submitted by
TICET, IIT Bombay towards the ongoing NFAP revision / review process in India for the 470 – 698
MHz band. The 802.22 Working Group is developing standards for wireless broadband communication
systems operation in TV bands worldwide. These standards are expected to enable a new wave of lowcost and innovative broadband communication technologies to come to market that will benefit its users
and the industry alike. The 802.22 Draft Standard incorporates innovations such as Dynamic Spectrum
Access (DSA) and Cognitive Radio (CR) technologies that have the potential to enable very efficient
utilization of the precious spectrum resource. The Draft Standard uses transmission parameters that have
been optimized for this frequency range to provide reliable broadband access to regional and rural areas.
Considering that India has a significant rural population, this standard could benefit the Indian people
tremendously.
Many countries all over the world are likely to allow license-exempt broadband access in these bands.
For example, in United States, the Federal Communications Commission issued its Second
Memorandum, Opinion and Order, (Final Rules) for this spectrum in September, 2010. The final rules,
as they stand, make the unused spectrum in the TV bands available for license-exempt (known as
‘unlicensed’ in the United States) broadband wireless devices. During the last 5 years, the IEEE 802.22
Working Group through IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group (RR-TAG) has been
actively working with the FCC and other regulators [1-5] to create a standard for world-wide
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deployment in the TV bands to provide broadband access to the masses. In addition, IEEE 802.22
Working Group has also been interacting with the ITU Working Party 5A that is currently doing its
preliminary research into deployment of the DSA and CR technologies to allow spectrum sharing for
efficient usage of the spectrum. For example please see Documents [6, 7]
By ensuring that this spectrum is utilized for license-exempt operation, we all stand to gain.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Apurva N Mody,
Chair, IEEE 802.22 Standards Working Group on Wireless Regional Area Networks,
www.ieee802.org/22
References
[1] “Promoting More Efficient Use of Spectrum through Dynamic Spectrum Use Technologies”, Document
submitted to the United States Federal Communications Commission in responsor to their Notice of Inquiry (ET
Docket No. 10-237) - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/11/18-11-0015-02-0000-comments-to-fcc-10-198efficient-use-of-spectrum-noi.doc
[2] “Facilitating Opportunities for Flexible, Efficient, and Reliable Spectrum Use Employing Cognitive
Radio Technologies” Comments in Response to FCC’ s Notice for Proposed Rulemaking,
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/04/18-04-0012-00-0000-cognitive-radio-cmts.doc
[3] “IEEE 802 Petition for Re-consideration, in regards to Unlicensed Operation in TV Broadcast Bands, FCC ET
Docket # 04-186, FCC 08-260, https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/09/18-09-0039-05-0000-petition-forreconsideration-fcc-wsd-r-and-o-doc.pdf
[4] “Comments to the FCC Geolocation Database Proceeding,” https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/10/18-100008-02-0000-comments-to-fcc-geolocation-database-proceeding.doc
[5] “Input from 802.11 & 802.22 for Ofcom Consultation: Geolocation Implementation” https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/10/18-10-0081-01-0000-combined-802-11-802-22-submission-toofcom-implementing-geolocation-consultation.doc
[6] “ITU Working Party 5A, (Sub-Working Group 5A5-1), WORKING DOCUMENT TOWARDS A
PRELIMINARY DRAFT NEW REPORT ITU-R [LMS.CRS], Cognitive radio systems in the land mobile
service” - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/11/18-11-0019-00-0000-itu-r-pdnr-lms-crs.doc
[7] “Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), UPDATE TO THE WORKING DOCUMENT
TOWARDS A PRELIMINARY DRAFT NEW REPORT ITU-R [LMS.CRS]. Cognitive radio systems in the land
mobile service” – https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/10/18-10-0043-03-0000-update-itu-r-wp5a-report-lmscrs.doc
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