International Foundation For Telemetering

International ConsortiumFor Telemetry Spectrum

37th Annual International Telemetering Conference Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas NV, 25 October 2001

International Foundation For Telemetering

MR. TIM CHALFANT

Air Force Flight Test Center

Edwards AFB, California USA

To Ensure the Future Availability of

Electromagnetic Spectrum for Telemetering.

MISSION:



FACTORS Radio Frequency utilization increasing.

Telemetry critical to economic/security goals.

Telemetry bands reallocated or threatened.

Increased demand for Telemetry & Commercial Spectrum.

More Telemetry band allocations difficult.



COMMON CONCERNS Science of Telemetry little understood. Telemetry economic benefits hard to quantify. No cohesive Telemetry advocate group for Regional/World Conferences . National Delegations Telemetry-naive. Telemetry spectrum technically attractive for reallocation.



OBJECTIVES To create a forum for information exchange on Telemetry issues. To inform spectrum managers of the economic/ security importance of Telemetry. Invite open participation of all Telemetry practitioners. Share information on the use/research & development of new Telemetry technologies.



International Foundation for Telemetering Board of Directors

Region I (Europe/Africa)CoordinatorJ. M. Berges

Region II (Americas)Coordinator

M. Ryan

Region III (Asia)CoordinatorV. Crouch

ICTSChair

V. Crouch

ICTSSecretary/Treasurer

G. Mayer

ICTSVice ChairT. Chalfant

Region IMembers

Region IIMembers

Region IIIMembers

I C T S




REGION I

(EUROPE-AFRICA) FREQ BAND (MHz) ALLOCATION USAGE COMMENTS

GERMANY 36.615-36.785 GOV/NON-GOV Land Mobile/Fixed & Mobile/Mobile

Short Range TM & TC

37.015-37.185 GOV/NON-GOV Land Mobile/Fixed & Mobile/Mobile

Short Range TM &TC


Short Range TM & TC

150.05-150.24 NON-GOV Land Mobile/Fixed

Wildlife TM


Short Range TM & TC


Biomedical TM


Short Range TM & TC


Short Range TM & TC Reallocation in progress.


Short Range TM & TC CEPT/ERC harmonized spectrum.

1474.00-1481.80 GOV/NON-GOV Air-to-Ground, Mobile/Fixed

ATM Threatened by S-DAB.

2300.00-2320.00 GOV/NON-GOV Air-to-Ground, Mobile/Fixed

ATM CEPT/ERC Harmonized spectrum. 2300-2330: Primary use, 2330-2400: Propose

2400.00-2483.5 NON-GOV Land Short Range TM & TC CEPT/ERC harmonized spectrum.

5725.00-5875.00 NON-GOV Land Short Range TM & TC CEPT/ERC harmonized spectrum.

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR TELEMETRY FREQUENCIES WORLDWIDE TELEMETRY USAGE MATRIX


FRANCE 2200-2290 (LOWER S-BAND)

GOV/NON-GOV Army & Civilian use

Fixed, Mobile Derogation for aeronautical telemetry

2310-2360 (UPPER S-BAND1)

GOV Defense

Aeronautical Telemetry Manned aircraft

2360-2400 (UPPER S-BAND2)

GOV Defense

Aeronautical Telemetry Manned aircraft

2700-2750 NON-GOV Civilian aircraft Aeronautical Telemetry Airbus 34/600 & 380

SPAIN

UNITED KINGDOM410-430 MOD Land mobile comms Range applications RA strategy - release spectrum for TETRA/ PAMR.

1427 - 1452 (L-BAND)

Training/Telemetry/Video Range Telemetry No changes planned in medium term.

2310 - 2450 (S-BAND)

Telemetry/Data/Airborne video link

Range Telemetry/ Video links

SOUTH AFRICA

AUSTRIA

SWITZERLAND

NORWAY

SWEDEN


REGION II

(AMERICAS) FREQ BAND (MHz) ALLOCATION USAGE COMMENTS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1435-1525 (L-BAND)

GOV/NON-GOV ATM for manned aircraft

ATM for F-14, V-22, JSF, BOEING 777

Threatened by DAB (1452-1492 MHz) .

1710-1850 GOV Mobile/Fixed MISC Video TM

Used little. No new TM assignments allowed. Lost 1710-1755 MHz to OBRA-93.

2200-2290 (LOWER S-BAND)

GOV Mobile/Fixed ATM for unmanned aircraft

UAVs, miissiles, drones

2310-2390 (UPPER S-BAND)

GOV/NON-GOV Mobile/Fixed Amateur

ATM for F/A-18 E/F, X-31

NIB to DAB in 2310-2360 MHz. DAB satellite launches JUN/OCT/NOV 2000. Lost 2385-2390 MHz to BBA-97 (takes effect JAN 2005).

CANADA

BRAZIL

MEXICO


REGION III (ASIA-PACIFIC) FREQ BAND (MHz) ALLOCATION USAGE COMMENTS

AUSTRALIA 406-550 (UHF)

Civil Spectrum Command/Destruct PGMs, SLVs

Secondary NIB. 3 allocations @ 0.5MHz at specific test ranges proposed.

1435-1525 (L-BAND)

Aeronautical Telemetry has priority over other mobile users.

ATM for F/A-18, F-111C, F-111G, Hawk, Blackhawk, PC-9, PGM's, SLV's, Sounding Rockets

Lost to DAB (1452-1492 MHz).

2200-2290 (LOWER S-BAND)

Secondary User NIB ATM for missiles, sounding rockets, SLV's

National Embargo [No.23] on any further assignments.

2310-2390 (UPPER S-BAND)

Secondary User NIB ATM for missiles, sounding rockets, SLV's

JAPAN

KOREA

1.) ATM: AERONAUTICAL TELEMETRY 8.) OBRA-93: OMNIBUS RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993

7.) NIB: NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS

3.) DAB: DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING4.) GOV: GOVERNMENT5.) JSF: JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER6.) MISC: MISCELLANEOUS

KEY

2.) BBA-97: BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 10.) PGM: PRECISION GUIDED MUNITIONS11.) RA: RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS AGENCY12.) SLV: SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE13.) TETRA: TERRESTRIAL TRUNKED RADIO ACCESS14.) TM: TELEMETRY15.) UAV: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

9.) PAMR: PUBLIC ACCESS MOBILE RADIO

WRC-2005/6 Agenda Item 2.12: to consider spectrum requirement for wideband aeronautical telemetry in the band between 3 GHz and 30 GHz. ICTS Working Group formed to develop a paper addressing the feasibility of new bands. ICTS Members to conduct country studies to identify candidate frequency bands & bandwidths. Next ICTS Meeting: ETC 2002/Garmisch Germany/ 27-30 May 2002

ICTS WORKING GROUP



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