Preliminary views on World Radiocommunications Conference 2007 (W...
Preliminary views on World Radiocommunications Conference 2007 (WRC-07) on satellite services and high altitude platform stations (HAPS) will be ready for a planned Nov. meeting of the Inter-American Telecom Commission (CITEL), an informal working group (IWG) on the WRC-07,…
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agreed. The IWG on satellite services and HAPS met Wed. at FCC hq to approve terms of reference for WRC-07 and to discuss views on agenda items. The consensus was that views on the 9 relevant agenda items weren’t solid enough to prepare for a spring CITEL meeting. Responding to a question on how solid the views had to be, attorney Stephen Baruch, chmn. of the satellite services IWG, said the views could be altered. At WRC-03, “the preliminary views were maintained all the way to the end of the working group cycle, but these views are alive,” he said. An issue that interested much of the group was agenda item 1.19, which would study spectrum requirements for global broadband satellite systems for possible harmonized fixed satellite service (FSS) bands for Internet applications. The item is the only satellite issue that had no relevant resolution at WRC-03. Other WRC-07 agenda items identified as relevant to the IWG included: (1) A study of current satellite allocations that could support modernization of the civil aviation telecom system (item 1.6). (2) Sharing between mobile satellite service (MSS) and space research services in the 1668-1668.4 MHz band and between MSS and fixed or mobile services in the 1668.4-1675 MHz band (item 1.7). (3) Potential use of the 27.5-28.35 GHz and 31-31.3 GHz and of 47.2-47.5 GHz and 47.9-48.2 GHz bands for HAPS -- systems providing wireless telecom and broadcasting services from aircraft (item 1.8). (4) Sharing between nongeostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) and fixed satellite service (FSS) in the 17.7-19.7 GHz bands (item 1.18) (5) Analysis of compatibility between radio astronomy and active space services (item 1.21). The IWG’s next meeting tentatively is scheduled for March 17.