World Radiocommunication Conferences and Disaster Communications

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World Radiocommunication Conferencesand Disaster
Communications

• Michel R. Giroux
• Deputy-Director
• Radiocommunication Bureau

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The ITU in brief

• UN specialized agency within which governments
  and the private sector coordinate
  telecommunication networks and services
  worldwide.
• 136 years old
• 189 Member States, 600 Sector Members
• 770 staff / 88 nationalities
• Website http//www.itu.int

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Plenipotentiary Conference
ITU Council
coordination
authority and responsibility
Coordination Committee SG, DSG, Directors
Secretary General Deputy Secretary General
advisory
World Telecommunication Advisory Council
General Secretariat (Secretary General) (Deputy
SG)
Telecommunication Development Sector (Director)
Telecommunication Standardization Sector (Director
)
Radiocommunication Sector (Director)
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Plenipotentiary Conference
ITU Council
coordination
authority and responsibility
Coordination Committee SG, DSG, Directors
Secretary General Deputy Secretary General
advisory
World Telecommunication Advisory Council
General Secretariat (Secretary General) (Deputy
SG)
Telecommunication Development Sector (Director)
Radiocommunication Sector (Director)
Telecommunication Standardization Sector (Director
)
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Radiocommunication Sector

• World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC)
• Regional Radiocommunication Conf. (RRC)
• Radiocommunication Assembly (RA)
• Radio Regulations Board (RRB)
• Radiocommunication Advisory Group (RAG)
• Radiocommunication Bureau (BR)

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World Radiocommunication Conferences

• Revise Radio Regulations (international use of
  frequency spectrum)
• Held every two-three years along with a
  Radiocommunication Assembly
• Adopt work plan for a four/six-year cycle

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WRC-2000 Some Statistics

• 4 weeks in Istanbul
• 2369 delegates
• 544 documents x 3 languages
• 18000 pages were treated (all 3 languages)
• 20 million photocopies
• 49 new Resolutions
• 31 revised Resolutions
• 2 revised Recommendations

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Radio Regulations

• 9kHz to 1000GHz
• 43 services
• 1 000 pages
• International Treaty
• Modified at radio conferences on basis of
  negotiations between countries attempting to
  reconcile frequency requirements and spectrum
  capacity
• Spectrum Allocation
• Notification procedures
• Administrative and Operational Procedures

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WRC Preparation

• Agenda proposed by WRC and approved by ITU
  Council
• Conference Preparatory Meeting
• CPM-1 to organize work programme
• Identify Report structure and Rapporteurs
• Work carried out in Study Groups and Special
  Committee on Regulatory/Procedural Matters
• CPM-2 to adopt Report to WRC six months before
  the Conference.

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WRC Preparation

• In addition to CPM Report, Administrations may
  formulate proposals on the various agenda items
• Regional Preparatory Meetings

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Disaster Communications

• WRC-97
• Resolution 644 Telecommunication resources for
  disaster mitigation and relief operations
• PP-98 (Minneapolis)
• PP Resolution 36 Telecommunications in the
  service of humanitarian assistance

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Disaster Communications

• WRC-2000
• Revision to Resolution 10 Use of two-way
  wireless telecommunications by the IRC/RC
  movement
• Revision to Resolution 644
• New Resolution 645 Global harmonization of
  spectrum for public protection and disaster
  relief
• Requests ITU-R to study, as a matter of urgency,
• Identification of frequency bands
• Study regulatory provisions
• Study procedure for global cross-border
  circulation of radio equipment

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Post-WRC-2000

• WP8A identified as responsible group (8AWG3)
• Conducted a survey of Member States in November
  2000
• Responses received from
• 37 Administrations
• 4 Sector Members
• 2 international groups

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Post-WRC-2000

• 8AWG3 - April 2001 Meeting
• Findings from survey responses
• Spectrum requirements calculation methodology
• Text for draft CPM-02 Report
• Seminar on Communication requirements for public
  protection and disaster relief
• Work programme

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Post-WRC-2000

• Survey results
• Currently - narrow-band analogue technologies
• Trend towards narrow-band digital technologies
• Future advanced applications from availability of
  broadband technologies were noted
• Some regional harmonization
• General support for a Resolution on cross-border
  circulation
• Appropriate technical and operational parameters
  to be developed

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Post-WRC-2000

• Spectrum requirements
• Working document towards a preliminary draft new
  Recommendation was adopted
• Spectrum calculation methodology using an
  approach similar to IMT-2000
• To be reviewed at next meeting in October 2001

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Post-WRC-2000

• CPM-02 Report
• Meeting agreed on which findings of the survey
  responses were considered applicable to each
  section of the draft CPM text

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Full Report of 8AWG3

• http//www.itu.int/itudocr/itu-r/sg8/docs/wp8a/200
  0-03/contrib/056e_ww9.doc

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WRC-03 - Res. 800 - Agenda 1.3

• to consider the identification of
  globally/regionally harmonized frequency bands
  for future advanced solutions to meet the needs
  of public protection agencies and organizations,
  including those dealing with emergency situations
  and disaster relief, and make regulatory
  provisions, as necessary, taking into account
  Resolution 645

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World Radiocommunication Conferencesand Disaster
Communications

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