NTIA Acting Dir. Michael Gallagher still must approve and sign a ...
NTIA Acting Dir. Michael Gallagher still must approve and sign a report on improvements to the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) preparation process before the report is passed on to Congress, said Darlene Drazenovich of the NTIA Office of Spectrum…
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Management. Drazenovich’s comments were made during a meeting of WRC Informal Working Group 1 (IWG-1) Tues. NTIA asked for comments on the process in Oct. (CD Oct 24 p6) and has since submitted a draft report exceeding 40 pages to the International Radiocommunications Advisory Committee (IRAC), the FCC and the State Dept., Drazenovich said. Some recommendations concerned methods to improve Radio Conference Subcommittee (RCS) liaison with the WRC Advisory Committee (WAC) and the IWGs, and what the RCS liaisons can or should do to provide information on the status of the RCS. Drazenovich said the report recommended including private sector observers in the core WRC delegation. Meanwhile, the group declined to approve new preliminary views for inclusion in the June 8 WAC meeting. The view that was presented, on agenda item 1.2, dealt with the “feasibility of sharing between meteorological satellites [Metsats] operating in the space-to-Earth direction and the fixed service [FS] and fixed satellite service [FSS] in the space-to-earth direction in the band 18.0-18.4 GHz.” While the preliminary proposal would “meet the Metsat data transmission bandwidth requirements in the already established 18.1-18.3 GHz contiguous FSS allocation,” there was doubt whether Metsats would meet FSS criteria for communications with Earth stations. Another proposal was expanding the Metsat allocation to 18-18.3 GHz. IWG-1 Chmn. Jennifer Warren suggested document edits be circulated electronically for inclusion at the June 8th WAC meeting.