The RRS-21-Americas will be held online over the period 26 April - 7 May 2021 (please see the Draft Programme) with
3-hour daily sessions (weekdays only).
- A pre-seminar web tutorial is available on this page. This tutorial will provide the basic concepts of spectrum management at national and international levels, their links with ITU Radio Regulations (RR), ITU and ITU-R structures and functions, including the study groups and BR departments, and ITU basic texts, with emphasis on the RR and their associated Rules of Procedure (RoP). A good understanding of the pre-seminar web tutorial concepts is required in order to be able to participate actively in the Seminar.
- The first part of the Seminar will cover concepts related to international spectrum management and the procedures for recording of frequency assignments in the Master International Frequency Register (MIFR). This will be followed by a review of the modifications to the RR, associated World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) Resolutions and ITU-R Resolutions decided by the last WRC (WRC-19) and Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19), as well as a review of the agenda of the upcoming WRC-23. These two days will also cover the current regulatory framework for international frequency management and the ITU-R Recommendations and best practices regarding the use of spectrum for both terrestrial and space services. This will include basic training on ICT tools developed by ITU for frequency notifications for those services and for the technical examinations. In addition, information on BR and BDT spectrum management activities will be provided.
- During the following part, tutorials will be carried out on the use of these tools for terrestrial stations and space stations. These tutorials will enable the participants to get experience with ITU notification procedures as well as with the software and electronic publications made available by the Radiocommunication Bureau to the Administrations of Member States and to the ITU-R Sector Members.
- RRS-21-Americas will conclude with a Forum on: “Modern spectrum management in the Region”.
Languages
The lectures and discussions during RRS-21-Americas will be in Spanish (please note that some material such as presentations and software tools will be in English only).
Format
The Seminar will follow an online format, with daily sessions from 0800 to 1115 (UTC - 5H); an e mail with all instructions about the platform to be used and how to access it will be sent before the event.
The Seminar will be conducted in a “paperless” environment, i.e. the seminar documentation will be available on this page. Given the amount of practical work expected during the workshops, participants are required to install the necessary tools on their laptops in advance; laptops should be able to perform the set of minimal specifications detailed on the Laptop Requirements document.
Registration
ITU Member States and Academia as well as ITU-R Sector Members and Associates are invited to attend the
RRS-21-Americas. Attendance is free of charge for their representatives.
Advance registration of all participants is required. Registration will be carried out exclusively online and will require the approval of the corresponding Designated Focal Point (DFP) for ITU-R event registration.
Participants will find the necessary information on registration at: www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/information/events.
