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Introduction
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Mandate of the conference

• Production of a plan for digital terrestrial
  broadcasting
• In the bands 174 230 MHz and 470 862 MHz
• Planning area comprises of Region 1, west of
  170, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, but
  excluding Mongolia.

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Conference statistics
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Representation and participation

• 120 Member States with territories in the
  Planning Area
• 93 Member States participated during the RRC-04
• 77.5 representation
• 782 delegates from the membership.

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Resolutions of the Conference

• Conference resolved to only produce resolutions
• 13 Resolutions produced in total
• Resolutions on the Final Report of the RRC-04,
  decisions of the RRC-04, call for further
  studies, agenda and duration of the RRC-06 and
  two associated short conferences.

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Circular Letter CR/214

• Circular Letter CR/214 Resolutions adopted by
  the RRC-04 for the planning of the digital
  terrestrial broadcasting service in part of
  Regions 1 and 3 in the frequency bands 174 230
  MHz and 470 862MHz
• Provides a general overview of the resolutions
  adopted at the RRC-04

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General overview of resolutions
Resolution 1 and Annex

• Contains the Report of the RRC-04
• Basis for the work of the second session of the
  RRC
• Bases to facilitate planning prior to the second
  session
• Form in which administrations should submit
  digital broadcasting requirements.

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General overview of resolutions
Resolution COM4/1

• Protection of digital terrestrial broadcasting
  from BSS networks operating in the band 620 790
  MHz
• Resolution 545 (WRC-03)
• Item to be considered at WRC-07 agenda item 1.11
  (see Resolution 802 (WRC-03)).

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General overview of resolutions
Resolution COM5/1

• Overall scope of intersessional activities
  relating to planning
• Establish Intersessional Planning Group (IPG)
• Terms of reference of IPG in resolves 1
• Participation during IPG meetings on the same
  basis as the RRC.

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General overview of resolutions
Resolution GT-PLEN/3

• Interim procedure for the coordination of
  assignments to primary services other than
  broadcasting with existing and planned
  assignments of the broadcasting service within
  RRC frequency bands after 10 May 2004
• Continue to apply standard procedures to record
  in Master Register
• Follow interim procedure to establish reference
  situation
• Only assignments that successfully completed the
  interim procedures will be eligible for
  protection.

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General overview of resolutions
Resolution PLEN/1

• Establish procedures for preparations with
  respect to regulatory/procedural issues
• Establish a Regulator/Procedural Group (RPG) to
  study regulatory/procedural issues relating to
  the agenda of the second session and the review
  of the GE89 and ST61 Agreements
• RPG terms of reference in resolves 1 and 2 of
  Resolution PLEN/1
• Members States and ITU-R Sector Members belonging
  to the planning area of the RRC are invited to
  participate.

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General overview of resolutions
Resolution COM5/2

• Proposes an agenda for the second session of the
  conference
• Proposes a duration of the second session of the
  conference.

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Administrative Circular Letter CA/137 Further
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Resolution COM4/2

• Protection criteria for terrestrial digital
  television systems interfered with by terrestrial
  services other than broadcasting
• Develop the protection ratios for which which no
  information is contained in Rec. ITU-R BT.1368-4
• Urges administrations to participate and provide
  measured protection ratios for sharing scenarios.

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Administrative Circular Letter CA/137 Further
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Resolution COM4/3

• Protection criteria for aeronautical
  radionavigation service systems operating in the
  bands 223 - 230 MHz, 585 - 610 MHz and 645 -
  862 MHz interfered with by DVB-T systems
• Develop protection criteria for systems for which
  no information is found in Annex 4.2 to Chapter 4
  of the report from the RRC-04
• Urges administrations to participate and provide
  measured protection ratios for sharing scenarios.

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Administrative Circular Letter CA/137 Further
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Resolution COM4/4

• Studies of radiowave propagation in the planning
  area
• Revise, if necessary, the corresponding map of
  propagation zones adopted by the RRC-04 based on
  measurement results provided by administrations
  and studies on refractivity and ducting in the
  planning area
• Urges administrations to provide ITU-R with
  results of measurements of vertical refractivity
  gradient for their territories.

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Administrative Circular Letter CA/137 Further
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Resolution COM4/5

• Additional protection criteria for broadcasting
  services for frequency planning exercises during
  the intersessional period and for the development
  of a digital frequency plan during the second
  session
• Develop additional protection criteria for
  broadcasting services, not given in ITU-R Rec.
  BS.1660 and ITU-R Rec. BT.1368-4
• Urges administrations to participate in these
  studies and to provide, whenever available,
  measured protection ratios for sharing scenarios
  particularly mentioned in resolves and if
  possible for other options that may be required.

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Resolution COM4/6

• Protection criteria for land mobile services
  using narrow-band frequency modulation interfered
  with by terrestrial audio broadcasting systems
• Develop protection criteria for LMR services,
  interfered with by T-DAB systems and to update,
  if necessary, the existing information in Annex
  4.1 to Chapter 4 of the report from the RRC-04
• Urges administrations to participate in these
  studies and to provide, whenever available,
  measured protection criteria for the sharing
  scenarios mentioned in resolves to invite ITU-R .

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Administrative Circular Letter CA/137 Further
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Resolution COM4/7

• Methods for the identification of administrations
  whose existing and planned digital and analogue
  assignments/allotments in the broadcasting
  service and assignments to other primary services
  may be affected by the application of the interim
  coordination procedures adopted by the RRC-04
• ITU-R to study these methods and consider the
  need to modify the Annex to Resolution COM4/7
• Urges administrations to participate in the
  studies referred to in resolves to invite ITU-R
  and to provide, whenever available, appropriate
  information to facilitate those studies .

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General overview
Chapter 1 Definitions
Chapter 2 Propagation information
Chapter 3 Technical basis and characteristics
Chapter 4 Compatibility with other primary
services
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General overview 2
Chapter 5 Planning principles and methods in the
frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz
Chapter 6 Requirements for digital broadcasting
and data for analogue television and other
primary services from administrations
Chapter 7 Regulatory procedural aspects
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Specific detail from Chapter 1 Definitions of
existing and planned Assignments/allotments
Territories covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements

• Analogue and digital1, 2 assignments contained in
  the ST61 and/or GE89 Plans on 31 October 2005
• Analogue and digital1, 2 assignments successfully
  coordinated under the procedures of Article 4 of
  the ST61 and/or GE89 Agreements by 31 October
  2005
• T-DAB allotments and assignments successfully
  coordinated by 31 October 2005 with all
  administrations affected, the territories of
  which are inside the RRC planning area1, 2

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Specific detail from Chapter 1 Definitions of
existing and planned Assignments/allotments
Territories covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements

• Assignments recorded in the Master International
  Frequency Register (MIFR) by 31 December 1989
  with a favourable finding with respect to the
  applicable provisions of the RR, and without
  complaint of harmful interference received by the
  BR
• Analogue broadcasting assignments to be submitted
  to the BR by Iraq within three months after the
  end of the first session of the conference under
  the procedure and conditions mentioned in Note 4.

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Specific detail from Chapter 1 Definitions of
existing and planned Assignments/allotments
Territories covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements

• These digital assignments and allotments shall
  not be given more protection than other digital
  and analogue entries in the new plan.
• The criteria to be used for coordination of T-DAB
  with respect to other analogue and digital
  assignments and allotments of the broadcasting
  service and assignments of the other primary
  services are contained in A.1.2.2 of the
  report. In this regard, these criteria are to be
  applied provisionally as part of Article 4
  procedures of the ST61 and GE89 Agreements.

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Specific detail from Chapter 1 Definitions of
existing and planned Assignments/allotments
Territories not covered by the ST61/GE89
Agreements

• analogue and digital2 assignments successfully
  coordinated by 31 October 2005 with all
  administrations concerned belonging to the RRC
  planning area
• assignments contained in the RCC List3
  successfully coordinated by 31 October 2005 with
  all affected4 administrations, the territories of
  which are inside the RRC planning area.

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Agreements
3 This list of frequency assignments to
television broadcasting stations has been
produced by the countries in the extended
planning area defined in Council Res. 1185
(modified, 2003) and is set out in the annex to
CR/209. 4 Use the criteria and methods for the
coordination as given in A.1.2.4.
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Specific detail from Chapter 1 Definitions of
existing and planned Assignments/allotments
Definition of existing and planned assignments of
other primary services

• Assignments notified to the BR and recorded in
  the MIFR by 31 December 1989 with a favourable
  finding with respect to the applicable provisions
  of the RR, and without complaint of harmful
  interference received by the BR
• Assignments notified to the BR and recorded or
  considered as being recorded in the MIFR between
  31 December 1989 and 10 May 2004 with a
  favourable finding with respect to the applicable
  provisions of the RR, and without complaint of
  harmful interference received by the BR5
• Assignments notified to the BR after 10 May 2004
  which have been successfully coordinated by 31
  October 20056, 7.

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Definition of existing and planned assignments of
other primary services
6 Applicable coordination criteria and
procedures are given in Resolution GT PLEN/3. 7
Such assignments should not claim more
protection from digital assignments/allotments in
the new plans than they already have from the
relevant existing and planned assignments.
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Specific detail from Chapter 2

• Provides the propagation model based on a
  modification of ITU-R Rec. P.1546
• Subdivided the planning area into 9 propagation
  zones
• Provides propagation curves for the different
  zones and standard parameters
• Step-by-step method for the application of the
  propagation model.

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Specific detail from Chapter 2 continued
Geographical division of the propagation zones
Zone 1 temperate and subtropical regions Zone
2 desert regions, displaying propagation
conditions found in regions having low humidity
and small annual variations in climate Zone
3 equatorial regions, displaying propagation
conditions found in regions with hot and humid
climates
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Specific detail from Chapter 2 continued
Geographical division of the propagation zones
Zone 4 maritime regions, displaying propagation
conditions found over warm seas and in one
terrestrial zone (referred to as coastal land
in Annex 2.1) at low altitude bordering warm
seas, where superrefraction conditions
occasionally occur (Caspian Sea and all the seas
around the African continent are Zone 4 except
Zones A and B designated below) Note Black Sea
is Zone 4 Zone 5 maritime regions, displaying
propagation conditions found over cold seas Zone
A maritime zone at low latitudes, frequently
displaying superrefractivity
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Geographical division of the propagation zones
Zone B maritime zone at low latitudes,
displaying superrefractivity to a lesser extent
than Zone A Zone C maritime zone from the
junction of the coastline of Iran with its border
to Pakistan westward along the coastlines of Iran
and of Iraq, through point 48 E, 30 N along the
coastline of Kuwait, the eastern coastline of
Saudi Arabia, the coastlines of Qatar, the United
Arab Emirates and Oman down to the intersection
with parallel 22 N Zone D land strip of
maximum depth of 100 km surrounding Zone C.
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Specific detail from Chapter 5

• Provides general detail concerning the principles
  and approaches to planning
• Provides specific information on the conversion
  of analogue broadcasting assignments into digital
  broadcasting requirements
• Detail information on compatibility analyses.

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Plans associated with the new agreement

• A digital plan comprising two parts
• Part 1, digital broadcasting in 174 - 230 MHz
  (T-DAB and DVB-T)
• Part 2, digital broadcasting in 470 - 862 MHz
  (DVB-T).
• Contain existing and planned assignments and
  allotments ( 1.7) and assignments and allotments
  approved by RRC-06.
• An analogue plan comprising two parts
• Part 1, for analogue broadcasting in 174 -
  230 MHz
• Part 2, for analogue broadcasting in 470 -
  862 MHz.
• Contain existing and planned analogue assignments
  ( 1.7).

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Salient points concerning planning

• Based on the principle of equitable access to
  frequency resources (No. 196 of Article 44 of the
  ITU Constitution)
• Band III (174 - 230 MHz) available for both DVB-T
  and T-DAB planning
• Subject to equitable access, the planning should
  be able to deal with
• a) different network structures, MFN, SFN and a
  mixture, using the appropriate system variants
  and location probabilities
• b) different reception modes, fixed reception,
  portable (outdoor and indoor) reception and
  mobile reception, using a limited number of
  appropriate system variants and location
  probabilities

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Salient points concerning planning

• Ensure the compatibility of the existing or
  planned assignments/allotments (according to
  their definitions in section 1.7 of the RRC-04
  report) in the establishment of the plan or not
  taking into consideration any existing or
  planning assignments/allotments in the
  establishment of the plan, or a mixture of the
  above two approaches
• Based on allotments and assignments
• Bilateral and multilateral agreements should be
  taken into account in the establishment of the
  plan
• A reasonable number of allotments or assignments
  for non-participating administrations
• Both lattice and non-lattice based methods

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Salient points concerning planning

• Methods for the conversion of analogue television
  assignments into digital allotment or assignment
  requirements are provided
• For non-lattice based planning two processes of
  analysis and synthesis are proposed and described.

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Analysis and synthesis
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Specific detail from Chapter 7

• Provides the detail on the new agreement and the
  transition period
• The date of entry into force of the new
  agreement, to be decided by the second session
• Should not be earlier than 12 months after the
  end of the second session
• Final acts of the second session to provide for
  provisional application of the new agreement (or
  parts of it) as from the date of the end of the
  second session, provided that such provisional
  application does not constrain the resolution of
  any incompatibility not resolved during the
  second session

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• On the aspect of transition the RRC-04 decided
  that
• During the transition period, the existing and
  planned analogue assignments will continue to be
  used and protected by the new digital plan. After
  this period, analogue assignments may continue to
  be used, provided that
• protection is afforded to the new digital plan
  and its modifications and
• no protection is claimed from the new digital
  plan and its modifications.

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• Transition starts at the date of entry into force
  of the new agreement and ends on a date to be
  agreed by the second session of the conference.
• Two options
• Option 1
• As early as possible and preferably not later
  than 2015.
• Longer or shorter transition periods may be
  agreed multilaterally if this does not affect
  other administrations concerned
• Option 2
• No earlier than 2028 and no later than 2038
  Shorter transition periods may be agreed
  multilaterally. Each administration to decide on
  the date as of which its analogue transmissions
  will cease.

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• Administrations to indicate
• Existing and planned broadcasting
  assignments/allotments not to be taken into
  account
• Existing and planned assignments of other primary
  services to take into account
• Administrations that do not participate
• All existing and planned assignments/allotments
  shall be protected.
• Administrations to submit requirements in
  electronic format.

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• Establish IPG to
• Monitor intersessional planning activities
• Take into account bi- and multilateral
  negotiations submitted to the IPG
• Review the planning exercise and draft plan
• Take into account ITU-R studies
• Prepare a report after each IPG meeting
• Review and revise the time schedule if needed.

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• Concerning the IPG
• Chaired by an expert of a State Member from the
  planning area
• Assisted by four vice-chairmen each representing
  a regional group
• IPG to meet twice, July 2005 and February 2006
  for a maximum of ten working days
• Participation on the same basis as the RRC
• Steering group is created, composed of the
  chairman and four vice-chairmen
• Steering group will meet as necessary
• Administrations to indicate an IPG contact person
  to the BR.

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Specific detail from Resolution PLEN-1

• Establish the RPG
• Prepare suitable regulatory text for the new
  agreement and the revision of GE89 and ST61
  Agreements
• Prepare a report to the RRC-06 and the two short
  conferences
• RPG working party created to meeting for
  approximately four days in October/November 2004
• RPG to meet for four working days in the last
  quarter of 2005
• Participation on the same basis as the RRC.

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Specific detail from Resolution COM5/2 and
Council Resolution 1224

• Duration of the RRC-06 is set to 5 weeks, 15 May
  16 June 2006
• RRC-06 to be convened in Geneva
• Agenda for the RRC-06 contained in the two
  resolutions
• Regulatory and procedural aspect relating to the
  use of the bands 174 230 MHz and 470 862 MHz
  by broadcasting services and the sharing between
  broadcasting and other primary services
• Relation between the RRC-06 agreement and the
  GE89 and ST61 Agreements
• Consultation procedure of 15 September 2004
  failed to obtain majority
• Second consultation of 19 November 2004 underway.

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Specific detail relating to the short conferences

• RRC-04 Resolution GT-PLEN/1 and Council
  Resolution 1225 agenda for the revision of parts
  of the ST61 Agreement
• RRC-04 Resolution GT-PLEN/2 and Council
  Resolution 1226 agenda for the revision of parts
  of the GE89 Agreement
• Two short conferences associated in time and
  venue with the RRC-06
• First consultations of 15 September 2004 failed
  to obtain majority
• Second consultation of 19 November 2004 underway.

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