1Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BROADCASTING-SATELLITE SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED FEEDER-LINK PLANS AND LISTS by Mark Griffin BR/SSD/SNP

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP2 Outline I.Introduction II.Frequency Bands III.Plans IV.Lists V.Compatibility Criteria VI.Main Regulatory Aspects VII.Actions of the Bureau post WRC-03 VIII.Technical Examinations IX.Appendix 30 and 30A Data

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP3 Frequency Bands The BSS and associated feeder-link Plans and Lists cover the following frequency bands: Region 1: GHz (space-to-Earth) GHz (Earth-to-space) GHz (Earth-to-space) Region 2: GHz (space-to-Earth) GHz (Earth-to-space) Region 3: GHz (space-to-Earth) GHz (Earth-to-space) GHz (Earth-to-space) 1 For countries outside Europe

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP4 Appendices 30 & 30A Plans PLAN REGIONFREQ.(GHz) YEAR Downlink / 2000 Downlink / 2000 Downlink / 1985 Feeder-link / 1985 Feeder-link 1 & / 2000 Feeder-link 1 & / 2000

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP5 Elements of Plans National assignments are included in: I.Articles 10 & 11 of Appendix 30 (downlink) II.Articles 9 & 9A of Appendix 30A (feeder-link) These Articles describe: orbital position, channels, polarisation, power levels, antenna patterns, emission designation, beam coverage, grouping...

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP6 Plan & List Beams

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP7 BSS and associated Feeder-Link Plans I.Appendix 30 Downlink Plans (12 GHz) Regions 1 and 3 Plan (234 beams) Region 2 Plan (238 beams) II.Appendix 30A Feeder-link Plans (14 & 17 GHz) Regions 1 and 3 Plans (308 beams) Region 2 Plan (238 beams)

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP8 WRC-2000 Plan WRC-2000 developed a new Plan that included: I.10 channels in Region 1 & 12 channels in Region 3; II.new national beams/assignments for East Timor and the Seychelles; III.5 extended-coverage national beams for 15 administrations; IV.30 "composite" beams; V.new protection ratios and other technical parameters; VI.orbital position preferences for 63 administrations; and VII.20 other national preferences.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP9 Regions 1 and 3 Lists Regions 1 and 3 Lists of Additional Uses: I.Downlink List 12 GHz List (currently 46 networks / 4914 assignments) II.Feeder-link List 14 GHz List (currently 4 networks / 84 assignments) 17 GHz List (currently 43 networks / 2912 assignments)

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP10 Elements of Lists I.Created at WRC II.Separated from the Plans and annexed to the Master Register (MIFR). III.Lists are evolving and are updated and published periodically by the Bureau. IV.Assignments in the Lists must be compatible with the Plans and other services. V.Digital modulation only. VI.Data elements submitted using Appendix 4. VII.Non-monopolisation provisions. VIII.15 year time limit. IX.Provisions for use of assignments on a non- interference basis in case of disagreements. X.Provision to accommodate assignments for new ITU Member States.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP11 Compatibility between Plan and List Assignments I.Plan assignments Regions 1 & 3 Plan based on EPM. Region 2 Plan based on OEPM. II.List assignments Regions 1 & 3 List based on EPM and also PFD for the downlink.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP12 Compatibility Criteria for Regions 1 & 3 Plan Assignments Equivalent Protection Margin (EPM) is used as compatibility criteria for the Regions 1 & 3 Plans as follows: Mi = protection margin = (dB) i = interference type (1=co-channel, 2 & 3 = upper & lower first adjacent channels); PRi = protection ratio for a given interference type i.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP13 Compatibility Criteria for Region 2 Plan Assignments Overall Equivalent Protection Margin (OEPM) is used as compatibility criteria for the Region 2 Plan as follows: Mi = protection margin = (dB) i = interference type (1=co-channel, 2&3=upper & lower first adjacent channels, 4&5= upper & lower second adjacent channels); PRi = protection ratio for a given interference type i.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP14 Compatibility Criteria for Regions 1 & 3 List Assignments I.Based on both EPM and PFD criteria. EPM criteria as per the Regions 1 & 3 Plan PFD criteria also used to identify affected assignments as per Annex 1 of Appendix 30

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP15 Main Regulatory Aspects I.BSS Downlink / Feeder-link Modification/Addition/Coordination (Article 4) Notification/Implementation (Article 5) II.Terrestrial Coordination / Notification (Article 6) III.FSS & non-planned BSS Coordination / Notification (Article 7) IV.Space Operation/TT&C in the Guardbands Coordination / Notification (Article 2A)

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP16 Article 2A Provisions (1) The main aspects of Article 2A (SOF) are as follows: I.Advance publication information (API) is not required. II.Incoming SOF assignments are to be coordinated with Plan/List/Article 4 assignments using the provisions of Article 7 of Appendices 30 and 30A. III.For the downlink, coordination among SOF assignments and services not subject to a Plan is effected using the provisions of Nos. 9.7, 9.17, 9.18 and the associated provisions of Section II of Article 9, or § d) or d) of Article 4 of Appendix 30, as appropriate. Coordination of modifications to the Region 2 Plan or assignments to be included in the Regions 1 and 3 List with SOF assignments shall be effected using § e) or e), as appropriate, of Article 4 of Appendix 30. IV.For the feeder-link, coordination among SOF assignments and services not subject to a Plan shall be effected using the provisions of Nos. 9.7, 9.17, 9.17A, 9.18, and the associated provisions of Section II of Article 9, as appropriate. Coordination of modifications to the Region 2 feeder-link Plan or assignments to be included in the Regions 1 and 3 feeder-link List, with SOF assignments shall be effected using § d) of Article 4 of Appendix 30A.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP17 Article 2A Provisions (2) I.Any SOF assignment supporting an Article 4 assignment shall be brought into use within the regulatory time-limit applicable to the corresponding Article 4 assignment. II.Any SOF assignment for the initial Plans (Region 2 Plans incorporated in the Radio Regulations at WARC Orb 85 and the Regions 1 & 3 Plan adopted at WRC 2000), shall be brought into use within the regulatory time-limit referred to in § or § of Article 4 from the date of receipt by the Bureau of the complete Appendix 4 data. III.SOF assignments are notified under Article 11. IV.Section II of Article 23 does not apply to SOF downlink assignments. V.The provisions of Resolution 49 (Rev.WRC-03) do not apply to SOF supporting the BSS and the associated feeder-link submitted under Article 2A of Appendices 30 and 30A. VI.Use of the coordination arc of Appendix 5 (WRC-03) was extended to include Article 2A submissions.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP18 Post WRC-03 Activities I.Update of the Reference Situation (EPM/OEPM) for Plan & List assignments; II.Processing of Articles 2A, 4 & 5 notices; III.New Version of SPS Database; IV.Implementation of the grouping concept in Regions 1 & 3 under Resolution 548; V.Implementation of Resolution 547.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP19 Technical Examinations I.Article 2A (TT&C) II.Article 4 (Coordination & enter into List) III.Article 5 (Notification of Plan/List assignments)

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP20 Article 2A Examination I.The GIBC software application is used to perform the various technical examinations on Article 2A space operation functions (SOF) networks. The PFD (terrestrial) component performs the examination of affected territories from the downlink under § d) / d) of Article 4 of Appendix 30. The PFD (Space) component performs the examination of affected space stations under § 3 and 6 of Annex 1 to Appendix 30 and Annex 4 to Appendix 30. The Appendix 8 component performs T/T calculations under § 2 of Annex 4 to Appendix 30A and coordination arc calculations under No.9.7.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP21 Article 4 Examination (Appendix 30, Regions 1 & 3) I.Protection of Regions 1 & 3 Plan and List SPS/MSPACE: EPM & PFD calculations II.Protection of Region 2 Plan GIBC(PXT)/GIMS: PFD III.Protection of Terrestrial Services GIBC/GIMS: PFD IV.Protection of Region 2 and Region 3 FSS GIBC(PXT)/GIMS: PFD

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP22 Article 4 Examination (Appendix 30A Regions 1&3) I.Protection of Regions 1&3 Plan and Lists SPS/MSPACE: EPM calculation II.Protection of Region 2 Plan GIBC(Appendix 8): delta T/T III.Protection of Terrestrial Services Appendix 7: Coordination contour IV.Protection of FSS earth station Annex 4: Coordination contour

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP23 ExistingService Require protection from incoming service SOF R1& MHz SOF R MHz SOF R MHz SOF R MHz SOF R MHz BSS R1**** Plan/List/Art MHz BSS R3**** Plan/List/Art MHz BSS R2**** Plan/Art MHz Other Space Services Terrestrial Service SOF R1& MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) e) (PXT) e) (PXT) No. 9.7* (AP8) No.9.18*** (AP7) SOF R MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) e) (PXT) e) (PXT) No. 9.7* (AP8) No.9.18*** (AP7) SOF R MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) e) (PXT) e) (PXT) No. 9.7* (AP8) No.9.18*** (AP7) SOF R MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) e) (PXT) e) (PXT) No. 9.7* (AP8) No.9.18*** (AP7) SOF R MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) e) (PXT) No. 9.7* (AP8) & No. 9.17A*** No.9.18*** (AP7) BSS R1**** Plan/List/Art MHz Article 7 (PXT)** a) & b) (MSPACE) a) & b) (MSPACE) a) & b) (PXT) AP30 Art.6 & 7 No.9.19 AP30 Article 6, An.3 BSS R3**** Plan/List/Art MHz Article 7 (PXT)** a) & b) (MSPACE) a) & b) (MSPACE) a) & b) (PXT) AP30 Art.6 & 7 No.9.19 AP30 Article 6, An.3 BSS R2**** Plan/Art MHz Article 7 (PXT)** c) (PXT) c) (PXT) c) (MSPACE) AP30 Art.6 & 7 No.9.19 AP30 Article 6, An.3 Other Space Services No. 9.7* (AP8) 4.1.1e) (PXT) e), f) (PXT) Articles 9, 11 & 22 No.9.18 (AP7) Terrestrial Services 4.1.1d) (PFD) &No.9.17*** 4.2.3d) (PFD) & No.9.17*** 4.1.1d) (PFD) & No.9.17*** 4.1.1d) (PFD) & No.9.17*** 4.2.3d) (PFD) & No.9.17*** 4.1.1d) (PFD) d) (PFD) Articles 9, 11 & 21(PFD) *and the associated provisions of Articles 9 and 11. **Annex 4 of AP30 criteria to be applied. ***This provision is applicable for specific earth stations. Assumes SOF is a non-BSS earth station. ****In the case of an assignment with a non-standard emission where the necessary bandwidth falls within a guardband. Table 1. Inter/intra-regional and inter/intra-service sharing coordination requirements between SOF, planned BSS, and other services at 12 GHz

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP24 Existing Service Require protection from incoming service SOF R1& MHz SOF R MHz SOF R1& MHz SOF R MHz FSS(BSS) R1&3 Plan/List/Art MHz FSS(BSS) R2 Plan/Art MHz Other Space Services SOF R1& MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) d) (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) SOF R MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) d) (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) SOF R1& MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) SOF R MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) d) (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) FSS(BSS) R1&3 Plan/List/Art MHz Article 7*** (AP8) a) & b) (MSPACE) a) & b) (AP8) Art. 7 of AP30A FSS(BSS) R2 Plan/Art MHz Article 7*** (AP8) c) (AP8) c) (MSPACE) Art. 7 of AP30A Other Space Services No. 9.7* (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) No. 9.17A** d) (AP8) Articles 9 & 11 Terrestrial Services No. 9.17** (AP7) *And the associated provisions of Articles 9 and 11. ** This provision is applicable for specific earth stations. ***Section 2 of Annex 4 of AP30A criteria to be applied. Table 2. Inter/intra-regional and inter/intra-service sharing coordination requirements between SOF, planned BSS feeder-links, & other services at 17 GHz

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP25 Table 3. Inter/intra-regional and inter/intra-service sharing coordination requirements between SOF, planned BSS feeder-links, & other services at 14 GHz Existing Service Require protection from incoming service SOF R1& MHz SOF R1& MHz FSS(BSS) R1&3 Plan/List/Art MHz Other**** Space Services SOF R1& MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) SOF R1& MHz No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) No. 9.7* (AP8) FSS(BSS) R1&3 Plan/List/Art MHz Article 7*** (AP8) a) & b) (MSPACE) Art. 7 of AP30A Other**** Space Services No. 9.7* (AP8) d) (AP8) Articles 9 & 11 Terrestrial Services No. 9.17** (AP7) * and the associated provisions of Articles 9 and 11. ** This provision is applicable for specific earth stations. *** Section 2 of Annex 4 of AP30A criteria to be applied. **** This sharing situation may occur with non-planned Region 2 feeder-links.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP26 Article 4 Examination: Same Date of Receipt I.In accordance with §3.1 of the RoP on Receivability, when more than one submission is received on the same date, all those submissions shall be mutually taken into account. II.Due to the different nature of treating Additions and Victims by the MSPACE software, it is necessary to perform: an initial MSPACE run to establish the reference situation for all incoming networks as Victims; and a second run for each incoming network as an Addition in order to properly assess the interference into other Victim/Plan/List assignments.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP27 Article 4 Examination: Grouped with Plan/List I.Application of the grouping concept in Regions 1 and 3 is explained in Resolution 548 and in Articles 11 & 9A of Appendices 30 & 30A respectively. II.Only the interference contributions from assignments that are not part of the same group are included. III.For the identification of affected administrations, each network in a group is examined separately without taking into account the other networks in the group. IV.when performing a technical examination using MSPACE, a special methodology is applied. The Plan and/or List assignments grouped with the incoming Article 4 network are removed from the database. The reference situation of all remaining assignments is re- calculated creating a virtual reference situation. The incoming Article 4 network is then examined against all assignments with this virtual reference situation in order to correctly identify affected administrations. The normal reference situation is then restored.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP28 Article 4 Examination: Part B I.In order to overcome unresolved disagreements and to fulfill coordination requirements to complete the coordination process, the Part A network characteristics are sometimes modified at the stage of Part B under § of Art 4 of Appendices 30 & 30A. II.In order to verify whether the coordination requirements have been fulfilled for successful completion of the Article 4 procedure, the Bureau performs a series of examinations under §4.1.11/ of Article 4 of Appendices 30 & 30A. III.The technical examinations verify whether objecting administrations are excluded from the list of affected administrations and that no additional interference is imposed on an administration that has not objected or has previously agreed after an objection.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP29 Article 5 Examination I.Conformity with the Convention, Table of Allocations, other provisions. II.Conformity with the Plan and List (except reduced e.i.r.p, reduced coverage etc.). III.Protection of other services in specific cases. IV.Notified technical characteristics have to be the same as those in the Plans or Lists except those allowed in provision d).

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP30 Processing of Article 4 Part A Submissions I.Special Sections, that contain the filed satellite network characteristics and potentially affected administrations, are being published in BR IFICs. II.Administrations should examine each BR IFIC to see if it s assignments are affected and respond within 4 months. III.Affected administrations that do not comment within the 4 month period are deemed to have agreed. IV.After the 4 month period has expired, the BR prepares a list of coordination agreements required and publishes this in a Part D Special Section. V.Results of the Bureau s MSPACEg calculations are also placed on the BR IFIC.

Geneva, 30 October - 3 November 2006 BR / SSD / SNP31 Appendix 30 and 30A Data I.Appendix 30 and 30A data can be found in the BR IFIC and on the ITU website at: II.Contained in the SPS database (SNS format). III.Contains the technical characteristics and reference situation for all Plan, List and pending Article 4 assignments. IV.Contains the technical characteristics for Article 2A (TT&C) assignments. V.Contains the due diligence information submitted under Resolution 49. VI.The SPS database is evolving and is updated regularly.