EUROPEAN COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Nansensgade 19 DK-1366 Copenhagen Denmark Telephone: Telefax: Web Site: European Communications Office Thomas Weber, Frequency Management EFIS ECO Frequency Information System Thomas Weber, ECO – Dublin, 13 July 2011

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 2Dublin, 13 July 2011 Summary EFIS management structure Quick history Overview of information available in EFIS Examples Summary

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 3Dublin, 13 July 2011 EFIS management structure CEPT ECC ECO EFIS MG (est 2002) WG FM EC

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 4Dublin, 13 July 2011 Quick history 2001 ECC Decision ECC/DEC(01)03* on EFIS 2002 Establishment of the ‘EFIS MG’ (EFIS Maintenance Group) 2005 Mandate to CEPT on the use of EFIS for publication and access to spectrum information within the Community 2006 Acceptance of final report from CEPT in response to EC Mandate 2007 Commission Decision of 16 May 2007 on harmonised availability of information regarding spectrum use within the Community (2007/344/EC)* 2010/11 2 amendments of the annex 2 of the ECC/DEC(01)03 application terms 2011 ECA database merged into EFIS * Replacing the 1997 ERC Decision ERC/DEC/(97)01 on the publication of national tables of frequency allocations

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 5Dublin, 13 July 2011 Quick History II On 31 January 2002 the ECO launched a new frequency information system called EFIS. EFIS is available to the public on the Internet either via the ECO website or directly under EFIS contributes to the CEPT policy objectives of harmonisation and transparency as well as the European Union policy objectives laid down in the Decision of the Council and European Parliament on Radio Spectrum Policy. In 2005, the European Commission issued a mandate to CEPT on the feasibility for EFIS to develop into a European portal for spectrum information. The response from CEPT is given in CEPT Report 11.mandate to CEPT EC Decision 2007/344/EC on harmonised availability of information regarding spectrum use within the European Community was published on the 16th of May 2007 and entered into force on 1st January In accordance with this EC Decision Member States shall input into EFIS information about the use of radio spectrum on their territory. EC Decision 2007/344/EC In EFIS you can search for and compare spectrum utilisation across Europe (allocations, applications, radio interfaces, rights-of-use) and find related information such as documents about CEPT activities and national or international regulations. With EFIS, ECO aims at providing a valuable service to all parties with an interest in spectrum utilisation. EFIS also includes information on other Regions. In addition, AFIS (an Asian EFIS) is under development within the APT.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 6Dublin, 13 July 2011 EFIS - in short EFIS MG: A number of CEPT administrations take active part in the work of the group EFIS data: Currently, 36 countries (incl. all EU Member States) publish frequency information in EFIS EFIS software: EFIS-3 went live 19 Dec ’08 and is constantly improved. Current version is EFIS 3.4.1, launched in April There is a constant process of amending the software and adding new features. EC-ECO: Regular contact on an ad hoc basis Report on EFIS to each RSC meeting * EFIS stats: For one month (May ’11): Total no of hits: ca , total no of visits: 7.000

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 7Dublin, 13 July 2011 EFIS – the data sets EFIS terms EC Dec: Mandatory info for each frequency band Allocations Service allocations as defined by the ITU Radio Regulations Applications Applications (according to Annex 2 of ECC/DEC/(01)03, taking into account future revisions) Radio interfaces Note: TCAM RIG II RIS template Radio Interface Specifications (according to format in EC Dec 2007/344/EC Annex 1) Right of use Note: Module available in EFIS since end of 2008 Right of Use (according to format in EC Dec 2007/344/EC Annex 2) identity of the right holder, expiry date/expected duration, geographical info, i.e. local, regional or nation-wide coverage, indication whether right is tradable) Note: Requirement from 1 Jan 2010 National contact point National contact point (to answer inquiries from the public of other national spectrum info) Documents National spectrum policy and strategy (if available; in the form of a report) and also other document types. Total May ’11: 60,000 documents and 1,400,000 remarks and notes attached to entries in the database

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 8Dublin, 13 July 2011 EFIS Statistics (I) Frequency TableApplicationsAllocationsDocumentsRadio InterfacesRight of Use - Europe (ECA) ITU (Region 1) Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 9Dublin, 13 July 2011 EFIS Statistics (II) Frequency TableApplicationsAllocationsDocumentsRadio InterfacesRight of Use Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Montenegro00100

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 10Dublin, 13 July 2011 Allocations/Applications For most countries this information is extracted directly from the NTFA (National Tables of Frequency Allocations). It is usually updated once or twice a year, with updates being reported to ECO and to the EFIS MG at its meetings. The Commission Decision 2007/344/EC stipulates that this information shall be updated twice a year by Member States. The ECA and ITU tables in EFIS are maintained by the Office. Allocations and applications show far fewer discrepancies in extent of use than before and are actually fully used nowadays by the administrations as well as EFIS database users. This also makes EFIS a good basis for analysis about the actual spectrum usage. Users of the EFIS database can search and/or compare both allocations, applications, and allocations + applications in EFIS.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 11Dublin, 13 July 2011 Compare Applications

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 12Dublin, 13 July 2011 Allocations/Applications II A next step to enhance this functionality is to also implement information from official questionnaires (e.g. online collection of information) about actual usage and market details in order to support detailed spectrum investigations. This information normally comes from industry and/or administrations in response to official ECC/WGFM questionnaires. Recent examples (e.g MHz or on the GPR/WPR national implementations) have demonstrated that it is possible to successfully collect this information via ECO. An online implementation is considered easy to implement in EFIS and can to some extent also support the evaluation of the responses. However, creation and overall evaluation of the questionnaires take considerable efforts. The collection process of the information also always needs expert knowledge about the best channels and sources from where to collect the information from the market.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 13Dublin, 13 July 2011 Example: Review existing MHz ECC WGFM adopted at their September 2010 meeting a questionnaire on the use of the frequency band MHz by Short Range Devices (SRD) In total, 76 responses were received at the European Communications Office (ECO). 24 responses representing > 1 million devices (e.g. one responder stating that it was rather 10 million instead of 1 million devices); 14 responses representing > devices; 25 responses representing less than devices (but more than 1 000): 10 responses representing less than devices (but more than 100); 1 response indicating less than 100 devices. -> per annum; in MHz, device population increases -> only those who responded (real numbers must be higher)

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 14Dublin, 13 July 2011 Example MHz Main market sectors All kinds of (smart) Metering:> 10 million Home automation (incl. all kinds of remote controls)> 10 million Alarms (incl. intrusion sensing)> 10 million Automotive> 5 million Industrial, including sensors in industry> 2 million Audio> 2 million RFID> readers with millions of tags Social/personal alarms> units annually The above is only to show the approximate weighting of the respective application field as represented in the responses. It is also to note that many answers indicated that they see a strong growth of their respective wireless device sector. Such statements were made across all the above application fields.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 15Dublin, 13 July 2011 Example: MHz Characteristics & Explosion of Apps Spectrum Access Modulation bandwidth Wireless Audio/ Cordless Audio/Audio/Tourguides Audio transceivers Audio & Imaging Remote Control 2-way communications Vehicle remotes Vehicle tracking Security Alarms Smoke detectors Home control Intrusion control Personal attack protection Personal security Social Alarms Telemetry Sensors/actuators/wireless com at machines/ industrial field Applications for prisons Healthcare Applications for elderly people RFID Readers & tags and associated applications Call points Wireless gateways Emergency lighting, lighting control, blind control, control of lighting load Building automation Payment transactions Access control People and goods tracking Digital signatures Applications

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 16Dublin, 13 July 2011 National Radio Interfaces The normative requirements for the information on National Radio Interface Specifications in Annex 1 of the EC Decision are as follows: – Member States shall provide either by reference to the relevant standard or descriptive text and any comments as necessary the following parameters: – 1. channelling; – 2. modulation/occupied bandwidth; – 3. direction/separation; – 4. transmit power/power density; – 5. channel access and occupation rules; – 6. authorisation regime; – 7. additional essential requirements according to Article 3(3) of Directive 1999/5/EC; – 8. frequency planning assumptions. All other information provided is voluntary and purely informative.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 17Dublin, 13 July 2011 Search radio interfaces

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 18Dublin, 13 July 2011 National Radio Interfaces Additional valuable information specific to a given country to be included in EFIS could be: – Positive restrictions, i.e. if a country allows more bandwidth or power or has less stringent medium access rules for spectrum sharing than defined for the European harmonised usage of a radio application in either an ECC or EC Decision; – Differences in the application of the regulations. One example is PPDR where countries in EU/EFTA themselves decide whether radio equipment is under the scope of the R&TTE Directive or specific usage regulation. Users are services or agencies, recognised and defined as such by the national administration, responsible for public safety; – Different tuning ranges mandated in various countries, e.g. for PMR or PMSE equipment; – Differences in antenna requirements for FS usage throughout Europe. It was also noted that the TCAM correspondence group on class 1 equipment subclasses is in a process of creating new subclasses based on the RIS implementation template for all frequency utilisations under an EC Decision. Similar to the inclusion of the EC Decisions in the EFIS database, it is to include the class 1 subclass documentation in EFIS.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 19Dublin, 13 July 2011 Rights-of-Use Information The intentions of Annex 2 of EC Decision were to focus on the bands of major economic interest or significance. The normative requirements for the information on rights of use as defined in the EC Decision are: – Information on rights of use may be limited to frequency bands used for the provision of electronic communications services which are tradable in accordance with Article 9.3 of Directive 2002/21/EC or which are granted through competitive or comparative selection procedures pursuant to Directive 2002/20/EC. For relevant frequency bands Member States shall provide in accordance with the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC and Community and national rules on business confidentiality, the following information:  1. identity of the radio frequency right holder;  2. expiry date of the right or, in the case where there is none, the expected duration;  3. geographic validity of the right by at least providing the information whether the right is local (i.e. one station), regional or nation-wide;  4. an indication of whether or not the right is tradable. All other information provided by the regulatory authority in EFIS is voluntary and purely informative. It should be noted that the contact provided in EFIS for the right of use information can also be a contact point from the administration. Specific national legislation or jurisdiction may make it difficult for a country to provide in specific cases more detailed information such as the exact location of a transmitting station or identities of licence holders and their related affiliations.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 20Dublin, 13 July 2011 Implementation Examples in EFIS Example 1: Right of Use information from Denmark – As of May 2011 Denmark has uploaded information about all individual licences. There are more than 25,000 licences provided to the EFIS system on a data set-by-data set basis, i.e. more than 25,000 entries. Example 2: Right of Use information from the United Kingdom – The United Kingdom provides in EFIS the link to the national Wireless Telegraphy Register ( The advantage of this solution is that it provides more detailed information and functionality. For example, one could search after licence types (i.e. applications) or in a specific geographical area. Both examples are considered as successful demonstrations of how the requirements from Annex 2 of the EC Decision can be fulfilled.

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 21Dublin, 13 July 2011 Some recent and ongoing Improvements in EFIS Amendment of the allocation and application selection windows, Change of the history update to show only one country per date and section, improvement of radio interface showing, Easier finding of related documents (frequency ranges, radio interfaces and applications are ”connected”), New comments fields in radio interfaces and right of use section, ‘Short comments’ fields are now all larger (consequently, related xml upload should work when having longer comments), it’s also noted that the larger fields are increasingly used by administrations. New info page with info from non-CEPT countries added. Export to CSV files improved Adding of EC Spectrum Decisions (by Sept ’11).

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 22Dublin, 13 July 2011 Summary Quality and depth of information provided by administrations is good and getting better. EFIS capabilities are constantly enhanced and can be further enhanced. Detailed spectrum inventories are currently performed by ECO based on a combination of detailed questionnaires AND a search in EFIS when requested by the EC, ECC or one of its Working groups (Recent examples: MHz, UHF RFID, GPR/WPR, FS usage, 169 MHz). Market information from industry and administrations could be added in EFIS to provide a more comprehensive picture of the real utilisation for spectrum inventories of individual frequency bands (e.g. online questionnaires, definition of additional data fields or document types to be added by administrations and ECO).

Thomas Weber / ECO Page 23Dublin, 13 July 2011 Questions ?? Thank you for your attention!