Final Acts of the Regional Radiocommunication Conference for planning of the digital terrestrial broadcasting service in parts of Regions 1 and 3, in the frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz (RRC-06) Geneva, 15 May - 16 June 2006
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Preamble
REGIONAL AGREEMENT* – Relating to the planning of the digital terrestrial broadcasting service in Region 1 (parts of Region 1 situated to the west of meridian 170° E and to the north of parallel 40° S, except the territory of Mongolia) and in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz
PREAMBLE
ARTICLES
ARTICLE 1 – Definitions
ARTICLE 2 – Execution of the Agreement
ARTICLE 3 – Annexes to the Agreement
ARTICLE 4 – Procedure for modifications to the Plans and procedure for coordination of other primary terrestrial services
4.1 Modifications to the Plans
4.1.2 Initiation of the modification procedure
4.1.3 Request for inclusion in the agreement-seeking process
4.1.4 Seeking agreement of the administrations which are considered to be affected and whose agreement has yet to be obtained
4.1.5 Completion of the modification procedure
4.1.6 Cancellation of an assignment or an allotment
4.1.7 Updating of the Plans
4.2 Coordination of assignments to other primary terrestrial services with the broadcasting service
4.2.2 Initiation of the coordination procedure
4.2.3 Request for inclusion in the agreement-seeking process
4.2.4 Seeking agreement of the administrations which are considered to be affected and whose agreement has yet to be obtained
4.2.5 Completion of the coordination procedure
4.2.6 Updating of the List
ARTICLE 5 – Notification of frequency assignments
5.1 Notification of frequency assignments to broadcasting stations
5.2 Notification of frequency assignments to other primary terrestrial services
ARTICLE 6 – Settlement of disputes
ARTICLE 7 – Accession to the Agreement
ARTICLE 8 – Scope of application of the Agreement
ARTICLE 9 – Approval of the Agreement
ARTICLE 10 – Denunciation of the Agreement
ARTICLE 11 – Revision of the Agreement
ARTICLE 12 – Entry into force, duration and provisional application of the Agreement
Declarations and Reservations
Additional Declarations and Reservations
ANNEXES
ANNEX 1 – Frequency Plans
1.1 T-DAB Plan assignments
1.2 T-DAB Plan allotments
1.3 DVB-T Plan assignments
1.4 DVB-T Plan allotments
1.5 Frequency Assignment Plan for Analogue Television Broadcasting in the frequency bands 174-230 MHz (for Morocco 170-230 MHz) and 470-862 MHz in the transition period (see Article 12 of the Agreement)
ANNEX 2 – Technical elements and criteria used in the development of the Plan and the implementation of the Agreement
CHAPTER 1 TO ANNEX 2 – Definitions
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1.1 Digital terrestrial broadcasting systems
1.1.1 Digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB)
1.1.2 Digital terrestrial sound broadcasting (DTSB)
1.2 Frequency management
1.2.1 Frequency bands
1.2.2 Coverage area
1.2.3 Service area
1.3 Network planning
1.3.1 Allotment planning
1.3.2 Assignment planning
1.3.3 Test points
1.3.4 Nuisance field strength
1.3.5 Minimum usable field strength/minimum field strength to be protected
1.3.6 Usable field strength
1.3.7 Reference field strength
1.3.8 Minimum power flux-density
j
min
(dB(W/m
2
))
1.3.9 Minimum median field strength E
med
(dB(
m
V/m))
1.3.10 Coordination trigger field strength
1.3.11 Fixed reception
1.3.12 Portable reception
1.3.13 Mobile reception
1.3.14 Multifrequency network (MFN)
1.3.15 Single-frequency network (SFN)
1.3.16 Reference planning configuration (RPC)
1.3.17 Reference network (RN)
1.3.18 Digital Plan entry
APPENDIX 1.1 – Definitions given in the Radio Regulations (RR) (Edition of 2004) and complemented by explanations in some relevant ITU-R Recommendations
CHAPTER 2 TO ANNEX 2 – Propagation information
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2.1 Overview
2.2 General description of the methodology
2.2.1 Propagation curves
2.2.2 Geographical division
2.2.3 Prediction of wanted field strengths
2.2.4 Prediction of interfering field strengths
2.2.5 Correction factors
2.3 Propagation information for assessing compatibility between the broadcasting service and other primary terrestrial services
2.3.1 Compatibility between the broadcasting service and other primary terrestrial services
2.3.2 Compatibility between the broadcasting service and airborne stations in the aeronautical services
APPENDIX 2.1 – The propagation prediction method
APPENDIX 2.2 – Tabulated values of field strength
APPENDIX 2.3 – Propagation curves
CHAPTER 3 TO ANNEX 2 – Technical basis for the terrestrial broadcasting service
3.1 Terrestrial broadcasting systems, frequency bands, channel spacing and channel distribution
3.1.1 Terrestrial broadcasting systems in Bands III, IV and V
3.1.2 Frequency bands, channel spacing and channel distribution
3.2 Reception modes for DVB-T and T-DAB
3.2.1 Fixed reception
3.2.2 Portable and mobile reception
3.2.3 Reference planning configurations
3.3 T-DAB and DVB-T receiver noise figure
3.4 Planning criteria
3.4.1 C/N values for planning
3.4.2 Protection ratios
3.4.3 Minimum signal levels for digital broadcasting systems
3.4.4 Minimum signal levels for analogue broadcasting systems
3.4.5 Location correction factors and percentage time
3.5 Power-sum method
3.6 Spectrum mask
3.6.1 Spectrum mask for T-DAB
3.6.2 Spectrum mask for DVB-T in 8 MHz and 7 MHz channels
APPENDIX 3.1 – DVB-T system variants
APPENDIX 3.2 – C/N values and minimum median field-strength values of different DVB-T system variants for different reception conditions
APPENDIX 3.3 – Protection ratios for terrestrial broadcasting systems
APPENDIX 3.4 – Calculation of minimum median field strengths
APPENDIX 3.5 – Reference planning configurations
APPENDIX 3.6 – Reference networks
APPENDIX 3.7 – Calculation of interference for single-frequency networks and allotments
CHAPTER 4 TO ANNEX 2 – Compatibility with other primary services
4 Introduction
4.1 Compatibility with other primary terrestrial services in the planned bands
4.1.1 Other primary services and sharing situations in the bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz
4.1.2 Protection of terrestrial services, including aeronautical stations of other primary terrestrial services, against transmissions of digital terrestrial broadcasting
4.1.3 Protection of digital terrestrial broadcasting against transmissions of stations of other primary terrestrial services.
4.2 Sharing situations with primary space services
APPENDIX 4.1 – Protection criteria for other primary services interfered with by T-DAB
APPENDIX 4.2 – Protection criteria for other primary services interfered with by DVB-T
ATTACHMENT TO APPENDIX 4.2 – Calculation of field strength of the allowed interfering television signal for generic cases of the fixed and mobile services used for the production of the Plan
APPENDIX 4.3 – Protection criteria for T-DAB interfered with by other primary services
APPENDIX 4.4 – Protection criteria for DVB-T interfered with by other primary services
APPENDIX 4.5 – Working assumptions concerning the other primary terrestrial services used for the development of the GE06 Plan for digital broadcasting
ANNEX 3* – Basic characteristics to be submitted in application of the Agreement
ANNEX 4
Section I of Annex 4 – Limits and methodology for determining when agreement with another administration is required
1 Introduction
2 Method for identifying potentially affected administrations
2.1 Identification of administrations potentially affected by modifications to the Plans
2.2 Identification of administrations potentially affected by assignments of other primary terrestrial services
3 Construction of coordination contours
3.1 Coordination contour requirements
3.2 Additional contours
4 Different coordination scenarios
4.1 Individual stations operating from a fixed and determined location
4.2 Typical transmitting stations operating from a fixed location within a specified service area
4.3 Broadcasting stations operating in a single-frequency network
4.4 Broadcasting allotments
4.5 Mobile (except aeronautical mobile) stations
4.6 Aeronautical radionavigation stations
5 Determination of the coordination trigger field strength
5.1 Modifications to the Plans
5.1.1 Protection of the broadcasting service
5.1.2 Protection of other primary terrestrial services
5.2 Coordination of an assignment to a station in another primary terrestrial service
5.2.1 Coordination of an assignment to a transmitting station in another primary terrestrial service
5.2.2 Coordination of an assignment to a receiving station in another primary terrestrial service
Appendix 1 to Section I
Appendix 2 to Section I – Basis for the determination of the coordination trigger field strengths for the broadcasting service
Appendix 3 to Section I – Position and orientation of the reference network for allotment
Section II of Annex 4 – Examination of conformity with the digital Plan entry
1 Introduction
2 General principles
3 Features of the method applicable to all digital Plan entries
3.1 Field-strength calculations
3.2 Construction of the geometrical contours and of the calculation points
4 Application of the method to each type of digital Plan entries
4.1 Digital Plan entry that comprises only an allotment
4.1.1 Location of the assignments derived from the digital Plan entry
4.1.2 Geometrical contours for the digital Plan entry
4.1.3 Interference envelope of the digital Plan entry
4.1.4 Interference field strength from digital Plan entry implementation
4.1.5 Cut-off field-strength contour for the digital Plan entry
4.2 Digital Plan entry comprising one assignment only
4.2.1 Location of the notified assignment
4.2.2 Geometrical contours for the digital Plan entry
4.2.3 Interference envelope of the digital Plan entry
4.2.4 Interference field strength from a digital Plan entry implementation
4.2.5 Cut-off field-strength contour for the digital Plan entry
4.3 Digital Plan entry comprising an allotment with linked assignments
4.3.1 Location of the assignments implementing the digital Plan entry
4.3.2 Geometrical contours for the digital Plan entry
4.3.3 Interference envelope of the digital Plan entry
4.3.4 Interference field strength from a digital Plan entry implementation
4.3.5 Cut-off field-strength contour for the digital Plan entry
4.4 Digital Plan entry comprising a set of assignments with a common SFN identifier
4.4.1 Location of the notified assignments
4.4.2 Geometrical contours for the digital Plan entry
4.4.3 Interference envelope of the digital Plan entry
4.4.4 Interference field strength from a digital Plan entry implementation
4.4.5 Cut-off contour for a set of assignments with common SFN identifier
4.5 Digital Plan entry comprising an assignment linked to an allotment with no SFN identifier
Appendix 1 to Section II – Construction of the geometrical contour for allotment Plan entries and allotment with linked assignments Plan entries
Appendix 2 to Section II – Positioning and orientation of the reference network for calculating the interference envelope of digital Plan entries comprising an allotment or an allotment with linked assignments
Appendix 3 to Section II – Construction of the cut-off field-strength contour
Appendix 4 to Section II – Terms used in this Annex
ANNEX 5 – List of assignments to other primary terrestrial services as referred to in § 1.15 of Article 1 of the Agreement
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION 1 (RRC-06) – Broadcasting-satellite service in the band 620-790 MHz
RESOLUTION 2 (RRC-06) – Characteristics for the coordination and the notification of primary terrestrial services in the bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz in the planning area