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R.1-1 Final acts of world radiocommunication conferences, updated Radio Regulations
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| R.1-2 Final acts of regional radiocommunication conferences, regional agreements |
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R.1-3 Rules of Procedure adopted by Radio Regulations Board (RRB)
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R.1-4 Results of the processing of space notices and other related activities
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| R.1-5 Results of the processing of terrestrial notices and other related activities |
| R.1-6 RRB decisions other than the adoption of Rules of Procedure |
| R.1-7 Improvement of ITU-R software |
R.1-1 Final acts of world radiocommunication conferences, updated Radio Regulations
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) was held in Geneva from 2 to 27 November 2015. A total of 3,275 participants representing 162 Member States and 130 observer organizations attended WRC-15. The WRC-15 Final Acts are freely available to the public. The updated version of the Radio Regulations (RR-15) is to be produced during 2016.
R.1-2 Final acts of regional radiocommunication conferences, regional agreements
No regional radiocommunication conferences were organized during the considered period.
R.1-3 Rules of Procedure adopted by Radio Regulations Board (RRB)
The Radio Regulations Board adopted no new Rules of Procedure (RoPs) in 2015. The matters which had been discussed for possible adoption of a RoP, i.e. No 11.44B, satellite failure during the 90-day bringing into use period and submission of information under Resolutions 552 (WRC-12) and 553 (WRC-12), were referred to WRC-15, which took action on these issues.
R.1-4 Results of the processing of space notices and other related activities
The Space notices (API (785), CR/C (320 notices)), Notifications (89 space stations, 347 earth stations), AP30/30A Articles 4 and 5 (66 notices), AP30 B Articles 6, 7 and 8 (52 notices), Cost Recovery (CHF 6,667,441) have generally been treated within the statutory time-limit of the Radio Regulations (temporary excesses of up to 2.4 months were experienced following the submission of massive NGSO-FSS constellations). The assistance (97 cases for space stations, 341 cases for earth stations) under the various provisions of the Radio Regulations included 7 requests for assistance in resolving cases of harmful interference.
R.1-5 Results of the processing of terrestrial notices and other related activities
The BR continued to process notices relating to terrestrial services according to the procedures in the RR and Regional Agreements within the defined periods. In the reporting period, a total of 85,524 terrestrial notices have been processed.
The State of Palestine, in accordance with Resolution 99 and the GE06 Agreement, submitted 1,959 notices for the land mobile service stations operating in the band 790 – 862 MHz for inclusion in the GE06L List. These notices have been processed in June 2015 and are in the coordination stage under the procedure of the GE06 Agreement.
Following the end of the Transition period defined by the GE06 Agreement as 17 June 2015, all UHF and relevant VHF analogue entries have been cancelled from the GE06 Plan. Plan remarks with respect to these analogue entries ceased to apply. The corresponding analogue television assignments recorded in the MIFR have been reviewed. This review resulted in the suppression of 17,554 assignments of 28 administrations and modification of the findings of 26,330 assignments of 56 administrations.
The BR also reviewed the findings of 9,053 assignments to fixed service stations pursuant to Resolution 755 (WRC-12) and 6,151 assignments to mobile service stations in the GE06 bands following the change of the allocation situation on 17 June 2015.
During 2015, the BR processed 1,538 reports of harmful interference concerning terrestrial services; 86% of them triggered action by the Bureau.
R.1-6 RRB decisions other than the adoption of Rules of Procedure
The RRB met three times during the period June 2015 to February 2016. The Board received several requests for decisions from administrations and the BR relating to various satellite networks and cases of harmful interference. In relation to the satellite networks, the Board decided to:
- suppress the frequency assignments of two satellite networks from the Master Register due to the application of RR No. 13.6;
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extend the regulatory deadline for the bringing into use (BIU) date of two other satellite networks;
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accept the resubmission of a satellite network under RR No. 11.41 and to maintain the previous date of receipt;
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maintain the frequency assignments of one satellite network in the Master Register; and
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instruct the BR to continue to take into account the frequency assignments of a satellite network until 31 December 2015 and to report this matter to the WRC-15 for its final decision.
The Board also adopted its Report on Resolution 80 (Rev.WRC-07) which brought several issues to the attention, and for action of, WRC-15, on cases which were presented to the Board during the period 2012 – 2015.
The Board also regularly addressed the situation of harmful interference from the sound and television broadcasting transmitters of Italy to its neighbouring countries.
All of the Board’s decisions taken in the period 2012 – 2015 were noted and endorsed by WRC-15.
R.1-7 Improvement of ITU-R software
Concerning space application software, the Bureau continued the implementation of the recommendations of the RAG on the BR information Systems, in parallel with regular work on implementing user requests for features. The Bureau also continued implementing Res. 908 (Rev. WRC-15) (project SpaceWISC, in production as of June 2015, used by more than 50 administrations) and started implementing Res 186 (PP-14) (project SIRRS – Space Interference Reporting and Resolution System).
The Bureau continued its regular work on developing, updating and maintaining the various software modules needed to ensure the timely processing, examination and publication of the relevant terrestrial frequency notifications. The integration of the various terrestrial Plans in TerRaSys (GE06, GE75, RJ81) is also progressing.
The Bureau also continued to address the security related aspects of its databases, taking into account the RAG’s advice.
In addition, the Bureau developed two new applications:
- The ITU Radio Regulations Navigation Tool, which consists of an indexed, integrated electronic browser for the RR and other basic texts of the Union referred to in the RR. A free of charge trial version was made available to the membership in time for the WRC-15 and until the end of 2015
- A spectrum management tool to conduct detailed search and analysis on the Table of Frequency Allocations of Article 5 of the Radio Regulations, enabling filtering and reformatting by frequency range, service, category of service, footnote, country, etc
Work on these applications continues in order to take into account the feedback received, as well as WRC-15 decisions.
In consultation with the RAG, a database to enable ITU-R Recommendations to be searched and filtered by categories has been developed with financial support and participation by experts from the Japanese administration. This database is now being further enhanced to include ITU-R Questions, Reports and Resolutions as well as handbooks developed by the ITU-R.
The Bureau also developed and made available to the membership two mobile applications related to the schedule of meetings and associated documents for RA-15 and WRC-15. Following the positive feedback received, work started to make these applications available for all ITU-R meetings.
