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BATS (317533) D8.3.2

D8.3.2

Radio Spectrum Feasibility Technical Report

Instrument Collaborative Project

Topic ICT-2011.1.1

Project Title Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite

Systems

Project Number 317533

Project Acronym BATS

Contractual Delivery Date M36

Actual Delivery Date 25/08/2015

Contributing WP WP8

Project Start Date 01/10/2012

Project Duration 36 months

Dissemination Level PU

Editor ADS

Contributors

Ref. Ares(2017)4280329 - 01/09/2017

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Disclaimer

This document reflects the contribution of the participants of the research project BATS. The European Union and its agencies are not liable or otherwise responsible for the contents of this document; its content reflects the view of its authors only. This document is provided without any warranty and does not constitute any commitment by any participant as to its content, and specifically excludes any warranty of correctness or fitness for a particular purpose. The user will use this document at the user's sole risk.

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Document History

Version Date Modifications Source

1.0 25/08/15 Document completed ADS

1.01 11/09/15 Document published AVA

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Table of Contents

List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ iv

List of Tables .......................................................................................................................... v

List of Acronyms .................................................................................................................... vi

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 1

1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3

2 The Questionnaire .......................................................................................................... 5

Description .............................................................................................................. 5 2.1

Summary of Results ................................................................................................ 5 2.2

3 Implementation of the CEPT/ECC Decisions .................................................................. 8

17.3-20.2 GHz ......................................................................................................... 8 3.1

17.3-17.7 GHz .................................................................................................. 9 3.1.1

17.7-19.7 GHz .................................................................................................12 3.1.2

19.7-20.2 GHz .................................................................................................18 3.1.3

27.5-30.0 GHz ........................................................................................................21 3.2

27.5-27.8285 GHz ...........................................................................................22 3.2.1

27.8285-28.4445 GHz .....................................................................................24 3.2.2

28.4445-28.8365 GHz .....................................................................................26 3.2.3

28.8365-28.9485 GHz .....................................................................................28 3.2.4

28.9485 - 29.4525 GHz ...................................................................................30 3.2.5

29.4525 - 29.5 GHz .........................................................................................32 3.2.6

29.5-30.0 GHz .................................................................................................34 3.2.7

4 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................37

5 References ....................................................................................................................41

Annex A - BATS Questionnaire........................................................................................43

BATS project Executive Summary ....................................................................................46

Presentation of the Questionnaire ...................................................................................... 1

The Questionnaire ............................................................................................................. 2

PART 1 – ECC DECISIONS IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................... 2

PART 2 – KA-BAND (17.3 – 22 GHz) DEPLOYMENT.................................................... 7

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List of Figures

Figure 2-1 – Final status of the responses received .............................................................. 6

Figure 3-1 – Summary of ECC Decisions scope .................................................................... 8

Figure 3-2 – Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)08 Implementation in 17.3-17.7 GHz .....................10

Figure 3-3 – Current usage of the 17.3-17.7 GHz band by Satellite and Terrestrial services 11

Figure 3-4 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(00)07 Implementation in 17.7-19.7 GHz ......................13

Figure 3-5 - Current usage of the 17.7-18.1 GHz band by Satellite and Terrestrial services .14





Figure 3-10 - Current usage of the 19.3-19.7 GHz band by Satellite and Terrestrial services .............................................................................................................................................16

Figure 3-11 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)08, ECC/DEC/(06)02 & ECC/DEC/(06)03 Implementation in 19.7-20.2 GHz .........................................................................................19


Figure 3-13 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 27.5-27.8285 GHz .............23

Figure 3-14 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 27. 8285-28.4445 GHz ......25

Figure 3-15 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 28.4445-28.8365 GHz .......27




Figure 3-19 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 29.5-30.0 GHz ...................35

Figure 4-1: 17.7-19.7 GHz band current usage in the questioned CEPT member States .....37

Figure 4-2: 17.7-19.7 GHz band protection of User Terminals in the questioned CEPT member States .....................................................................................................................38

Figure 4-3: 17.7-19.7 GHz band licensing regime in the questioned CEPT member States .38

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List of Tables

Table 2-1 – Final status of the Questionnaire ........................................................................ 5

Table 3-1 – CEPT Member States responses to 17.3-17.7 GHz questionnaire ..................... 9

Table 3-2 - CEPT Member States responses to 17.7-19.7 GHz questionnaire .....................12

Table 3-3 - CEPT Member States responses to 19.7-20.2 GHz questionnaire .....................18

Table 3-4 - CEPT Member States responses to 27.5-27.8285 GHz questionnaire ...............22

Table 3-5 - CEPT Member States responses to 27.8285-28.4445 GHz questionnaire..........24




Table 3-9 - CEPT Member States responses to 29.4525-29.5 GHz questionnaire ...............32

Table 3-10 - CEPT Member States responses to 29.5-30.0 GHz questionnaire ...................34

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List of Acronyms

BATS Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

BS Broadcasting Service

BSS Broadcasting Satellite Service

CEPT European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations

DCA Dynamic Channel Allocation

ECC Electronic Communication Committee

EESS Earth Exploration Satellite Service

E.I.R.P. Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power

EPFD Equivalent Power Flux Density

ESOMP Earth Stations on Mobile Platforms

FS Fixed Service

FSS Fixed Satellite Service

GSO Geostationary Orbit

GW Gateways

HEST High E.I.R.P. Satellite Terminals

HDFSS High Density FSS

ITU International Telecommunication Union

LEST Low E.I.R.P. Satellite Terminals

MS Mobile Service

MTO Meteorological Satellite Service

N/A Not Answered

NGSO Non-Geostationary Orbit

NRA National Regulatory Authority

PFD Power Flux Density

RED Radio Equipment Directive

ROES Receive Only Earth Stations

RR Radio Regulations

SRS Space Research Service

STFSS Standard Time and Frequency Satellite Service

UT User Terminal

VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal

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Executive Summary

Due to the dominant use of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band by terrestrial systems, potential

deployment issues of BATS systems might be encountered. In order to anticipate these

difficulties, an overview of the current European regulatory situation and radio-

communication services usage is necessary. A Questionnaire was used to contact CEPT

member States to gather information on the use of the Ka-band on their respective territory.

The Questionnaire covers two different aspects; first the theory of the Regulations by

interrogating countries on their implementation status of the ECC Decisions, then the

practical aspects of these implementations by questioning the CEPT member States about

the current systems deployed in their country. As in all Questionnaires, the conclusions

reflect the data provided by the questioned administrations

The purpose of the document is to process and synthesize the data provided through this

Questionnaire by administrations in order to formulate recommendations on the use of the

Ka-band by the future BATS systems.

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1 Introduction

The Radio Regulations of the ITU defines, in general terms, the management of the radio

electric spectrum all over the world. However, some flexibility exists in the actual usage of

the frequency bands at the regional and the national levels.

In Europe, at the regional level, the CEPT keeps the European Common Allocation (ECA)

Table up to date with the long term goal of harmonizing the radio electric spectrum usage

over the 48 member countries. Each country has at its disposal its own frequency allocation

table managed by the National Regulatory Authority (NRA). Usually this table follows the

Radio Regulations but can have, to a certain extent, some national specificity.

In order to reach its requested high capacity, the BATS project aims at using a large

percentage of the Ka-band (in the exclusive bands as well as in the shared bands). In the

purpose of reducing to a minimum the risk of harmful interference to the terrestrial services

by the BATS systems, information about the operational situation and the regulatory situation

(present and future) of the terrestrial services is necessary.

This questionnaire is submitted under cover of the European Commission BATS project. Its

main objective is to perform accurate sharing studies between Fixed Satellite Service and the

other services within the Ka-band.

This questionnaire is divided into two sections. Both sections focus on the “shared Ka-band”

(17.3 – 20.2 GHz) and the unplanned BSS band (21.4-22.0 GHz).

The aim of the first section is to get an overview of the possible service deployment

throughout the European Region. This assessment is done via analysing the detailed

implementation of all ECC Decisions concerning the Ka-band in the CEPT member States.

The second section’s goal is to assess the current and planned usage of the Ka-band in the

CEPT Member States territory.

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2 The Questionnaire

Description 2.1






The Questionnaire main objective is to perform accurate sharing analysis between Fixed

Satellite Service and the other services within the Ka-band.

The Questionnaire is set up in two sections:

First section deals with pure regulatory aspects. Its purpose is to get a precise

overview of the implementation of the ECC decisions and licensing conditions by

each administration;

The second section deals with the service allocations and associated applications in

the band 17.3-22.0 GHz in each administration.

The Questionnaire is attached in Annex A

Summary of Results 2.2

The table below gives the final status of the BATS Questionnaire received for all the CEPT

Member States.

Table 2-1 – Final status of the Questionnaire

CEPT Members

Questionnaire Status

CEPT Members


CEPT Members


Albania Not Contacted Germany Answered Norway Answered

Andorra Not Contacted Greece Answered Poland Answered

Austria Answered Hungary Answered Portugal Answered

Azerbaijan Not Contacted Iceland Not Contacted Romania Sent

Belarus Not Contacted Ireland Answered Russia Sent

Belgium Sent Italy Sent San Marino Not Contacted

Bosnia i Herzegovina

Not Contacted Latvia Answered Serbia Answered

Bulgaria Sent Liechtenstein

Not Contacted Slovak Republic

Answered

Croatia Answered Lithuania Answered Slovénia Answered

Cyprus Sent Luxembourg Answered Spain Answered

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CEPT Members


CEPT Members


CEPT Members


Czech Republic

Answered Macedonia (FYROM)

Sent Sweden Answered

Denmark Answered Malta Sent Switzerland Answered

Estonia Answered Moldavia Not Contacted Turkey Sent

Finland Answered Monaco Not Contacted Ukraine Not Contacted

France Answered Montenegro Not Contacted United kingdom

Answered

Georgia Not Contacted Netherlands Answered Vatican City Not Contacted

The countries in blue are part of the European Union.

BATS partners country are highlighted in blue

Figure 2-1 – Final status of the responses received

As it can be noted in the Table 2-1 – Final status of the Questionnaire several

administrations were not contacted, and a certain number of contacted administrations did

not give response to the Questionnaire. The section below provides some explanations on

the reasons those abstentions:

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European Union

Answered

Not answered

Not contacted

CEPT Members

Answered

Not answered

Not contacted

Contacted CEPT Members

Answered

Not answered

Statistics on the answers received from the European Union.

Airbus Defence and Space focused onto the administrations part of the European Union as

the Questionnaire is under the cover of the European Commission. Among the European

Union Administrations:

1 administration (Iceland) could not be contacted due to

the lack of contact point* (4 %)

21 answered Questionnaires out of 28 administrations

(75 %)

6 administrations out of 28 have not answered (21 %).

The main reason provided was that the administration’s

work power was not sufficient to perform the requested task.

Statistics on the answers received from the CEPT member states

Airbus Defence and Space tried to enlarge the scope of the Questionnaire in order to have a

more consistent view of the deployment possibilities in Europe in the shared Ka-band by

sending the Questionnaire to CEPT Member administrations which are not part of the EU:

14 administrations could not be contacted due to the

lack of contact point* (29 %) mainly small

administrations such as Andorra.


(52 %)

9 administrations out of 48 have not answered (19 %)

Statistics on the answers received from the CEPT

member states which were contacted


(74 %)

9 administrations out of 34 have not answered (26 %)

* This is due to the fact that some administrations don’t have the resource to participate

to the ITU and CEPT working Groups and so Airbus Defence and Space was not in a

position to obtain a contact point to whom send the Questionnaire.

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3 Implementation of the CEPT/ECC Decisions

The ECC Decisions are published in an effort to harmonize the use of the spectrum at the

European level. However the implementation of the Decisions is free to each Member States.

A Decision can be either fully implemented or partially implemented or, in some cases, not

implemented at all depending on the national regulatory framework. In the case of a decision

partially implemented, no information is provided concerning the part of the Decision to which

it applies. The Questionnaire presented to CEPT Member States enables thus to determine

which part of the ECC Decisions of interest are or are not implemented.

Figure 3-1 – Summary of ECC Decisions scope

17.3-20.2 GHz 3.1

The downlink Ka-band is segmented into three portions depending on the type of services

which uses it:

17.3-17.7 GHz exclusively designated for Fixed Satellite Service;

17.7-19.7 GHz shared between Fixed Satellite Service and Terrestrial Services,

with a “super-priority” of terrestrial services over the Satellite Uncoordinated User

Terminals;

19.7-20.2 GHz also exclusively designated for Fixed Satellite Service.

The following sections summarize the results received from CEPT administrations to the

Questionnaire PART 1 dealing with the free circulation of user terminals and the licensing

regime of such terminals for each sub-bands.

DOWNLINK

UPLINK

48

[Coordinated FSS & Uncoordinated FSS]


[Coordinated FSS & other FSS on non-interferenc, non protection basis wrt FS]


20.217.7 18.8 19.3 19.7

500 MHz

Teledesic Band MSS feeder

18.8 19.3 19.6

500 MHz

500 MHz

Spectrum

Designation

Individual Licensing

Exemption

17.3

27.5

400 MHz

328.5 MHz 616 MHz 392 MHz 112 504 MHz

27.8285 28.4445 28.8365

500 MHz

3028.9485 29.4525 29.5

500 MHz

500 MHz

Teledesic Band MSS feeder

28.6 29.1 29.5

LegendECC exclusive designation for FS.

ECC exclusive designation for FSS without prejudice to FS systems

licensed in this band before the adoption of ECC/DEC(05)01

FSS exclusive allocation

ECC exclusive designation for FSS

Spectrum

Designation

ECC/DEC(05)01

ECC/DEC(05)08

Individual Licensing

Exemption

ECC/DEC(00)07

ECC/DEC(05)08

ECC/DEC(06)02 LEST

ECC/DEC(06)03 HEST

ECC/DEC(06)02 LEST

ECC/DEC(06)03 HEST

2000 MHz

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17.3-17.7 GHz 3.1.1

The ECC Decision ECC/DEC/(05)08 [1] assimilates the frequency bands 17.3-17.7 GHz to

the use of high density applications for FSS subject to the market demand, this use is

exempt from individual licensing. However, this assimilation does not establish the priority or

the usage exclusion among the users of the primary services assigned to these bands. The

table below shows the application of this ECC Decision throughout the CEPT members.

Q1: Is the band available for high density FSS?

Q2: Are UT exempted from individual licensing1?

Q3: Is the deployment of UT authorised?

Table 3-1 – CEPT Member States responses to 17.3-17.7 GHz questionnaire

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3 CEPT

Members Q1 Q2 Q3

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany N N N Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece N N N Poland Y N Y

Austria Y Y Y Hungary Y Y Y Portugal Y Y Y

Azerbaijan N/A N/A N/A Iceland N/A N/A N/A Romania N/A N/A N/A

Belarus N/A N/A N/A Ireland Y Y Y Russia N/A N/A N/A

Belgium (from NTFA)

N N/A N Italy (from NTFA)

N N/A N San Marino N/A N/A N/A


N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y Serbia Y N N

Bulgaria N/A N/A N/A Liechtenstein N/A N/A N/A Slovak Republic

N N N

Croatia Y Y Y Lithuania Y N N Slovenia Y N N

Cyprus N/A N/A N/A Luxembourg Y Y Y Spain Y Y Y

Czech Republic

Y N N Macedonia (FYROM)

N/A N/A N/A Sweden Y N N

Denmark Y Y Y Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y Y Y

Estonia Y N Y Moldavia N/A N/A N/A Turkey N/A N/A N/A

Finland Y Y Y Monaco N/A N/A N/A Ukraine N/A N/A N/A

France Y Y Y Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y Y Y

Georgia N/A N/A N/A Netherlands Y N N Vatican City N/A N/A N/A

1 License-exempt regime: No individual authorisation or co-ordination is required and no fee payable for using

the spectrum. Access is regulated solely by adherence to pre-defined regulatory conditions. [2]

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The figure below shows the authorized deployment of FSS user terminals in the band 17.3-

17.7 GHz throughout the CEPT member countries:

Figure 3-2 – Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)08 Implementation in 17.3-17.7 GHz

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The following figure shows the current use of Fixed Satellite Service (downlink) and Terrestrial Services in each CEPT Member States:

Figure 3-3 – Current usage of the 17.3-17.7 GHz band by Satellite and Terrestrial services

The Figure 3-3 confirms that this band is free of terrestrial deployment. Besides, Most of the

countries allow deployment of FSS uncoordinated Earth stations in this band. This authorized

usage seems to be matched by the current use of the band by satellite systems.

No Answers OR Out of Process

Terrestrial Service Use Unknown

Satellite Service Use Unknown

Terrestrial Service in Use



No Satellite Service in Use

No Terrestrial Service in Use

Miscellaneous

Satellite Service in Use


Terrestrial Service in Use (Shared)

No Satellite Services in Use





No Terrestrial Services in Use





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17.7-19.7 GHz 3.1.2

The 17.7-19.7 GHz frequency band is shared between terrestrial and space services.

However the Uncoordinated Earth stations of the FSS shall not claim protection of the

terrestrial services according to the ERC/DEC/(00)07 [3]. This section analyses the possible

deployments of uncoordinated and coordinated FSS earth stations throughout CEPT

Member States.


Q2: Are UT exempted from individual licensing?

Q3: Can Gateways receive protection from terrestrial services?

Q4: Can UT receive protection from terrestrial services?

Table 3-2 - CEPT Member States responses to 17.7-19.7 GHz questionnaire

*: User Terminal’s reception is exempted from individual licensing depending on the transmitting characteristic of the terminal. Refer to the section 3.2 of the document.

CEPT Members

Q1/Q2

Q3 Q4 CEPT

Members Q1 Q2 Q3

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany TBD Y N Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece Y/Y* Y N Poland Y/

N/A Y Y

Austria N/N Y N Hungary Y/Y* Y N Portugal Y/Y Y N


Belarus N/A N/A N/A Ireland N/N Y N Russia N/A N/A N/A

Belgium N/A N/A N/A Italy N/A N/A N/A San Marino N/A N/A N/A


N/A N/A N/A Latvia N/A Y N Serbia Y/

N/A Y Y


N/A N N

Croatia Y/Y* N/A N Lithuania Y/Y N/A N Slovenia Y/Y Y N

Cyprus N/A N/A N/A Luxembourg Y/Y* Y N Spain Y/Y Y N

Czech Republic

Y/Y* Y N Macedonia (FYROM)

N/A N/A N/A Sweden TBD Y N

Denmark Y/Y* N N Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y/N N N

Estonia Y/Y* Y Y Moldavia N/A N/A N/A Turkey N/A N/A N/A

Finland Y/Y* Y N Monaco N/A N/A N/A Ukraine N/A N/A N/A

France Y/Y* Y N Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y/Y* Y N

Georgia N/A N/A N/A Netherlands Y/Y* Y N Vatican City N/A N/A N/A

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Figure 3-4 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(00)07 Implementation in 17.7-19.7 GHz

The following maps (Figure 3-5 to Figure 3-10 inclusive) show the current usage at different frequency bands.

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Figure 3-5 - Current usage of the 17.7-18.1 GHz band by Satellite and Terrestrial services










Miscellaneous














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Miscellaneous














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Miscellaneous














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Most of CEPT countries authorize the deployment of uncoordinated FSS earth stations in a

non-protected basis on their territory. The maps in Figure 3-5 to Figure 3-10 show that this

deployment is shared with Terrestrial systems, mainly consisting of backhauling links for

Hand Mobile Systems. Consequently a FSS user terminal can be interfered without recourse

at any time (see also the compliance matrix in BATS report D8.3.1).

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19.7-20.2 GHz 3.1.3

The ECC Decision ECC/DEC/(05)08 assimilates the frequency bands 19.7-20.2 GHz to the

use of high density applications for FSS subject to the market demand, this use is exempt

from individual licensing. However, this assimilation does not establish the priority or the

usage exclusion among the users of the primary services assigned to these bands. The table

below shows the application of this ECC Decision throughout the CEPT members.





CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3 CEPT

Members Q1 Q2 Q3

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany N N N Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece Y Y Y Poland Y N Y




Belgium (from NTFA)

Y N/A Y Italy (from NTFA)

San Marino N/A N/A N/A


N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y Serbia Y N Y


N Y Y

Croatia Y Y Y Lithuania Y Y Y Slovenia Y Y N


Czech Republic

Y Y Y Macedonia (FYROM)

N/A N/A N/A Sweden Y N Y

Denmark Y Y Y Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y N/A Y



France Y N Y Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y Y Y

Georgia N/A N/A N/A Netherlands Y Y N Vatican City N/A N/A N/A

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Figure 3-11 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)08, ECC/DEC/(06)02 & ECC/DEC/(06)03 Implementation in 19.7-20.2 GHz

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Figure 3-12 confirms that this band is free of terrestrial services deployment. It is also to be

noted that most European countries allow deployment of FSS uncoordinated earth stations

on their territory. Some of the countries do not exempt the FSS terminals from individual

licensing even if the band is on satellite exclusive use. This is due to the fact that broadband

terminals are not “receive only” terminals and do emit in another band. Such emission is

under licensing procedure.









Miscellaneous














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27.5-30.0 GHz 3.2

The ECC Decision ECC/DEC/(05)01 [4] sets the conditions for which specific segments of

the 27.5-29.5 GHz spectrum are for use by uncoordinated earth stations (user terminals for

example) whereas other parts of the 27.5-29.5 GHz spectrum are for use by terrestrial links

of the Fixed Service.

In accordance to this Decision:

The bands 27.5-27.8285 GHz (328.5 MHz), 28.4445-28.8365 GHz (392 MHz) and

29.4525-29.5 GHz (47.5 MHz) are dedicated to the use of uncoordinated earth

stations operating in the Fixed-Satellite Service;

The bands 27.8285-28.4445 GHz (616 MHz) and 28.9485-29.4525 GHz (504 MHz)

are dedicated to the use of Fixed Service systems;

The band 28.8365-28.9485 GHz (112 MHz) is also designated for the use of

uncoordinated Fixed-Satellite Service earth stations, without prejudice to the Fixed

Service systems licensed in this band in some countries prior to Mars 2005.

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27.5-27.8285 GHz 3.2.1

The responses to the questionnaire for this band were analysed in two steps. On the first

hand the questions concerning the satellite user terminal deployment were treated (Q1/Q2)

then those concerning fixed stations deployment (Q3/Q4).



Q3: Is the band free of FS stations?

Q4: Is the deployment of FS stations authorized in this band?


CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany N N N/Y Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece Y Y Y/N Poland Y N N/N

Austria Y N Y/N Hungary Y Y Y/N Portugal Y Y Y/N


Belarus N/A N/A N/A Ireland Y Y Y/N Russia N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y/N Serbia Y N Y/Y


Y N Y/N

Croatia Y Y Y/N Lithuania N N N/Y Slovenia Y Y N/Y

Cyprus N/A N/A N/A Luxembourg Y Y Y/N Spain Y Y N/N

Czech Republic

Y N N/N Macedonia (FYROM)

N/A N/A N/A Sweden Y N Y/N

Denmark Y N Y/N Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y Y Y/N

Estonia Y N Y/Y Moldavia N/A N/A N/A Turkey N/A N/A N/A

Finland N N Y/N Monaco N/A N/A N/A Ukraine N/A N/A N/A

France N N Y/N Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

* * *

Georgia N/A N/A N/A Netherlands Y Y Y/N Vatican City N/A N/A N/A

* UK :

27.5-27.8185 GHz Y Y Y/N

27.8185 -27.8285 GHz N N N/Y

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Figure 3-13 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 27.5-27.8285 GHz

Although the deployment of FS stations is not authorized anymore in this part of the band,

some administrations allow further developments of these systems, namely Estonia,

Lithuania, Serbia and Slovenia. This has to be taken care of for future deployment of satellite

terminals. It is also to be noted that the United Kingdom has a particular spectrum

segmentation. The upper 100 MHz does not allow FSS uncoordinated earth stations

deployment at the contrary to the CEPT Decision.

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27.8285-28.4445 GHz 3.2.2

The responses to the questionnaire for this band were analysed in two steps. On the first

hand the questions concerning the fixed stations usage of the band (Q1) then the satellite

earth station deployment were treated (Q2/Q3).

Q1: Exclusive FS use?

Q2: Is the deployment of FSS UT authorized?

Q3: Is the deployment of FSS GW authorized?


CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3 CEPT

Members Q1 Q2 Q3

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany Y N Y Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece N N Y Poland Y N N

Austria Y N N Hungary N N N Portugal N N Y


Belarus N/A N/A N/A Ireland Y *** N N Russia N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y N Y Serbia N N N


Y N N

Croatia Y N Y Lithuania Y N N Slovenia N N Y

Cyprus N/A N/A N/A Luxembourg N N Y Spain Y N N

Czech Republic

Y N N Macedonia (FYROM)


Denmark N Y* N/A Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y N N

Estonia N Y Y Moldavia N/A N/A N/A Turkey N/A N/A N/A

Finland Y N Y Monaco N/A N/A N/A Ukraine N/A N/A N/A

France ** ** ** Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

N N Y


*: In the band 27.8285-28.0525 GHz only ***: Within the band 27.9405-28.4445 GHz only

** France:

27.8285-27.9485 GHz N N Y

27.9485-28.1925 GHz Y N N

28.1925-28.45 GHz N N Y

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Figure 3-14 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 27. 8285-28.4445 GHz

Although this band is designated for exclusive use by the FS systems (except FSS gateway

usage) two countries allow the ubiquitous deployment of FSS user terminals on an

uncoordinated basis on the territory (Denmark and Estonia).

However, only few countries allow deployment of FSS Gateways on their territory (Croatia,

Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Sweden

and United Kingdom).

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28.4445-28.8365 GHz 3.2.3

As in section 3.2.1, the responses to the questionnaire for this frequency band were

analysed in two steps. On the first hand the questions concerning the satellite user terminal

deployment were treated (Q1/Q2) then those concerning fixed stations deployment (Q3/Q4).






CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany Y N Y/N Norway N/A N/A N/A







N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y/N Serbia Y N Y/N


Y N Y/N



Czech Republic

Y N Y/N Macedonia (FYROM)





France N N N/Y Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y Y Y/N


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Most of questioned CEPT member states authorize deployment of FSS uncoordinated earth

stations on their territory except France, Finland and Lithuania. It is also to be noted that

even if this band is theoretically reserved for satellite usage exclusively, some countries still

allow deployment of terrestrial systems. Other country have already deployed FS links but

their deployment is not authorized anymore

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28.8365-28.9485 GHz 3.2.4




This band has the particularity of having fixed services stations already deployed. However

the Decision ECC/DEC/(05)01 states that deployment of terrestrial services shall not be

authorized anymore.






CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany Y N N/Y Norway N/A N/A N/A


Austria N N N/Y Hungary Y Y Y/N Portugal Y Y Y/N





N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y/N Serbia N N Y/N


N N Y/Y



Czech Republic

Y N N/N Macedonia (FYROM)

N/A N/A N/A Sweden N/A N Y/N

Denmark N N N/Y Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y Y Y/N



France N N N/Y Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y N ?/Y


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Most of the questioned CEPT countries authorize deployment of uncoordinated FSS earth

stations on their territory in this frequency band. However more than half of the questioned

countries have FS links already deployed or continue to allow terrestrial services deployment

on their territory. Difficulties are to be expected for the deployment of emitting FSS user

terminals.

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28.9485 - 29.4525 GHz 3.2.5

As in section 3.2.2, the responses to the questionnaire for this band were analysed in two

steps. On the first hand the questions concerning the fixed stations usage of the band (Q1)

then the satellite earth station deployment were treated (Q2/Q3)

Q1: Exclusive FS use?

Q2: Is the deployment of FSS UT authorized?

Q3: Is the deployment of FSS GW authorized?


CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3 CEPT

Members Q1 Q2 Q3

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany N N Y Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece N N Y Poland Y N N

Austria Y N N Hungary N Y Y Portugal N N Y


Belarus N/A N/A N/A Ireland Y N N Russia N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y N Y Serbia N N N


Y N N

Croatia N Y Y Lithuania Y N N Slovenia N Y Y

Cyprus N/A N/A N/A Luxembourg N N Y Spain Y N N

Czech Republic

Y N Y Macedonia (FYROM)


Denmark * * * Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y N N

Estonia N Y Y Moldavia N/A N/A N/A Turkey N/A N/A N/A

Finland Y N Y Monaco N/A N/A N/A Ukraine N/A N/A N/A

France ** ** ** Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

N Y Y


*Denmark:

** France:

28.9485-29.0605 GHz N Y Y

29.0605-29.4525 GHz Y N Y

28.9485-29.2005 GHz Y N N

29.2005-29.4525 GHz Y N Y

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Although this band is designated for exclusive use by the FS systems (except FSS gateway

usage) six countries allow the ubiquitous deployment of FSS user terminals on an

uncoordinated basis on the territory (Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, United

Kingdom).

However, only few countries allow deployment of FSS Gateways on their territory (Croatia,

Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg,

Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom).

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29.4525 - 29.5 GHz 3.2.6









CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany Y N Y/N Norway N/A N/A N/A







N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y/N Serbia Y N Y/N


Y N N/Y



Czech Republic

Y N Y/N Macedonia (FYROM)





France N N ?/? Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y Y N/Y


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Most of the questioned CEPT countries authorize deployment of uncoordinated FSS earth

stations on their territory in this frequency band except Finland and Lithuania. However eight

of the questioned countries have FS links already deployed or continue to allow terrestrial

services deployment on their territory. Some minor difficulties are to be expected for the

deployment of transmitting FSS user terminals.

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29.5-30.0 GHz 3.2.7

This frequency band is on exclusive use for the Satellite services. The corresponding

responses to the questionnaire for this frequency band are presented below.





CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3 CEPT

Members Q1 Q2 Q3

CEPT Members

Q1 Q2 Q3

Albania N/A N/A N/A Germany Y N Y Norway N/A N/A N/A

Andorra N/A N/A N/A Greece Y Y Y Poland Y N Y




Belgium (from NTFA)

Y N/A Y Italy (from NTFA)

N/A N/A N/A San Marino N/A N/A N/A


N/A N/A N/A Latvia Y Y Y Serbia Y N N


N Y Y

Croatia Y Y Y Lithuania Y Y Y Slovenia Y Y Y


Czech Republic

Y Y Y Macedonia (FYROM)

N/A N/A N/A Sweden Y Y Y

Denmark Y Y Y Malta N/A N/A N/A Switzerland Y Y Y



France N/A N Y Montenegro N/A N/A N/A United kingdom

Y Y Y

Georgia N/A N/A N/A Netherlands Y Y Y Vatican City N/A N/A N/A

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All CEPT administrations except two (The Netherlands and Serbia) allow deployment of FSS

uncoordinated earth stations on their territory. However four of them do not exempt these

terminals from individual licensing (France, Germany, Poland & Estonia).

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4 Conclusions

Deployment of user terminals is possible over most of the European countries in the band

17.7-19.7 GHz.

Terrestrial system deployment is dominant over satellite receiver deployment in Europe as it

can be seen on Figure 3-5 - Current usage of the 17.7-18.1 GHz band by Satellite and

Terrestrial services to Figure 3-10 - Current usage of the 19.3-19.7 GHz band by Satellite

and Terrestrial services and summarised below in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1: 17.7-19.7 GHz band current usage in the questioned CEPT member States

In 70% of the questioned countries they have satellite and terrestrial services sharing

spectrum on their territory. Another 15% of the questioned administrations have terrestrial

links on their territory using the frequency band but have no information concerning a

potential satellite usage. Finally the left 15% of the CEPT member States interrogated have

no satellite systems currently deployed over their territory.

In order to allow usage of the 17.7-19.7 GHz frequency band for BATS terminals two

additional measures are necessary:

Deployment of terminal under an unprotected basis;

Exemption from individual licensing of the terminals.

Current usage

Terrestrial only

Terrestrial vs unknown Satelliteusage

Shared betweenSatellite and Terrestrial

Statistics performed on the results of the received questionnaires (24 )

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Unprotected Deployment

This band is open in reception to user terminal deployment on an unprotected basis (i.e. a

terminal may be interfered without notice or recourse by a neighbouring terrestrial link should

such situation occur). In such case a BATS terminal may either have to change coding or

dynamically switch channel to a non-interfered carrier in the allocated satellite beam or to

switch to the exclusive Ka-band (i.e. 17.7-19.7 GHz), etc…

Figure 4-2: 17.7-19.7 GHz band protection of User Terminals in the questioned CEPT member States

In practice, 90% of the questioned administrations follow the principle of the deployment of

user terminals on an unprotected basis vis-à-vis of terrestrial links interferences as previously

described. A 10% of the administrations set the user terminals on a protected basis.

Licensing Regime

Terminals operating in the 17.7-19.7 GHz are broadband terminal which licensing regime is

driven by the situation in the uplink frequency bands.

Figure 4-3: 17.7-19.7 GHz band licensing regime in the questioned CEPT member States

Protection of User Terminals from Terrestrial links

UT protected

UT not protected


Licensing Regime

lndividual licensing exemptionwithout condition on TX

lndividual licensing exemption withconditions on TX

No individual licensingexemption

unknown


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More than half of the questioned countries (63%) exempt the user terminals from individual

licensing. Among these, three quarter of the administrations have set conditions on the

exemption through the transmit characteristics of the terminal. The other quarter seems to

not impose any burden on the exemption from individual licensing. The remaining

administrations either do not exempt the terminal from individual licensing or did not provide

any detail on the licensing regime of user terminals over their territory.

The use of earth stations such as Gateways can be done over the whole Ka-band but will

have to go through a process of coordination with the Fixed Services and with NGSO

satellites systems (some bands only). This coordination process may impose minor technical

and/or geographical limitations of these stations (minor constraint (see Report D8.3.1).

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5 References

[1] Electronic Communication Committee, “ECC/DEC/(05)08 – The availability of

frequency bands for high density applications in the Fixed-Satellite Service (space-to-

Earth and Earth-to-space)”, June 2005

[2] Electronic Communication Committee, “ECC Report 132 – Light licensing, License-

exempt and Commons”, June 2009

[3] European Radiocommunication Committee, “ERC/DEC/(00)07 - The shared use of the

band 17.7 – 19.7 GHz by the Fixed Service and Earth stations of the Fixed-Satellite

Service (space-to-earth)”, October 2000

[4] Electronic Communication Committee, “ECC/DEC/(05)01 – The use of the band 27.5-

29.5 GHz by the Fixed Service and the uncoordinated Earth stations of the Fixed-

Satellite Service (Earth-to-space)”, March 2005

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Annex A - BATS Questionnaire

Questionnaire to National Regulatory authority

Instrument Collaborative Project

Topic ICT-2011.1.1

Project Title Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

Project Number 317533

Project Acronym BATS

Contractual Delivery Date

Actual Delivery Date 15/11/2013

Contributing WP WP 8.3

Project Start Date 01/10/2012

Editor EADS Astrium

Contributors

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From:

Email:

Tel:

Fax:

KLAEYLE Axel, GARDEY Jonathan

[email protected]

[email protected]

+33 (0)5 62 19 89 85 (AK)

+33 (0)5 62 19 62 59 (JG)

+33 (0)5 62 19 94 94

Organization: ATB3

Reference: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023

Date: February 2013

Disclaimer

This document reflects the contribution of the participants of the research project BATS. The European Union and its agencies are not liable or otherwise responsible for the contents of this document; its content reflects the view of its authors only. This document is provided without any warranty and does not constitute any commitment by any participant as to its content, and specifically excludes any warranty of correctness or fitness for a particular purpose. The user will use this document at the user's sole risk.

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Document History

Version Date Modifications Source

0.0 10/02/13 Creation of document Astrium

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BATS project Executive Summary

The research project BATS (Broadband Access via integrated Terrestrial & Satellite systems) addresses the delivery of BroadBand (BB) future services in Europe according to the EC Digital Agenda objective to reliable deliver >30Mbps to 100% of European households by 2020.

In order to accommodate the areas of Europe which are 'unserved' and 'underserved' in terms of BB availability, an Ultra High Throughput Satellite System is researched that provides order of magnitude cost/bit reductions and solutions to existing market barriers of bandwidth and latency limitations. BATS proposes a novel architecture which combines the flexibility, large coverage and high capacity of future multi-spot beam satellites, the low latency of fixed DSL lines, and the pervasiveness of mobile/wireless access. The BB service will be delivered via an Intelligent User Gateway (IUG), dynamically routing each traffic flow according to its service needs through the most appropriate delivery mechanism to optimise the Quality of Experience (QoE). To cope with such integrated scenario, BATS will provide a unified network management framework.

High Level Architecture

As shown in Figure 1, the choice of networks available at some location may be limited. These are described as "unserved" where there is no BB access and “under-served where there is BB access which falls below the 30Mb/s target and even below the lower 2Mbps level.

In urban areas, cable, fibre and mobile networks will meet the majority of needs. However satellite may have an important role as a resilient back up for users that require high availability or for which lack of connectivity would be disastrous, satellite can also deliver multicast application.

As illustrated in Figure 2, the BATS architecture includes diversity of routing at both the Intelligent User Gateway at the user's premises and within the core network to allow routing via the most suitable ground station and the "feeder link" when satellite communications is used.

Figure 1 – network diversity and availability

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Considering the satellite feeder link diversity first: terabit/s satellite systems will use multiple high-gain spot beam antennas to give smaller, controllable areas of geographical coverage. This will enable frequency re-use for the spectrum used to communicate with a very large number of IUG. These satellites may not include on-board routing of individual data packets: all communications from or to IUG will be consolidated within other traffic and routed to or from a ground station via a "feeder link".

The feeder links are likely to use higher frequency radio spectrum because it can yield greater capacity. The feeder link may use Ka-band (17.7-20.2 GHz & 27.5-30 GHz), but is more likely to use the Q/V bands (37.5-38.5 GHz & 40.5-41.5 GHz) with a possibility that the feeder links could also operate at optical frequencies.

In order to reach the high capacity aimed by the BATS system, a large percentage of the Ka-band will have to be used (in the exclusive bands as well as in the shared bands). To reduce to a minimum the interference risk between the terrestrial services and the BATS systems.

Figure 2 – BATS architecture

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Questionnaire to National Regulatory authority

CONSORTIUM

From:

Email:

Tel:

Fax:

KLAEYLE Axel

[email protected]

+33 (0)5 62 19 89 85

+33 (0)5 62 19 94 94

GARDEY Jonathan

[email protected]

+33 (0)5 62 19 62 59

+33 (0)5 62 19 94 94

Organization: ATB3



http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#avanti

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#eads

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#climate

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#dlr

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#fraunhofer

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#gradiant

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#mavigex

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#mulsys

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#optare

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#rcabley

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#stm

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#Tfrance

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#turktelekom

http://www.batsproject.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=321#surrey

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Table of Contents

List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ iv

List of Tables .......................................................................................................................... v

List of Acronyms .................................................................................................................... vi

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 1

1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3

2 The Questionnaire .......................................................................................................... 5

Description .............................................................................................................. 5 2.1

Summary of Results ................................................................................................ 5 2.2

3 Implementation of the CEPT/ECC Decisions .................................................................. 8

17.3-20.2 GHz ......................................................................................................... 8 3.1

17.3-17.7 GHz .................................................................................................. 9 3.1.1

17.7-19.7 GHz .................................................................................................12 3.1.2

19.7-20.2 GHz .................................................................................................18 3.1.3

27.5-30.0 GHz ........................................................................................................21 3.2

27.5-27.8285 GHz ...........................................................................................22 3.2.1

27.8285-28.4445 GHz .....................................................................................24 3.2.2

28.4445-28.8365 GHz .....................................................................................26 3.2.3

28.8365-28.9485 GHz .....................................................................................28 3.2.4

28.9485 - 29.4525 GHz ...................................................................................30 3.2.5

29.4525 - 29.5 GHz .........................................................................................32 3.2.6

29.5-30.0 GHz .................................................................................................34 3.2.7

4 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................37

5 References ....................................................................................................................41

Annex A - BATS Questionnaire........................................................................................43

BATS project Executive Summary ....................................................................................46

Presentation of the Questionnaire ...................................................................................... 1

The Questionnaire ............................................................................................................. 2

PART 1 – ECC DECISIONS IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................... 2

PART 2 – KA-BAND (17.3 – 22 GHz) DEPLOYMENT.................................................... 7

List of Figures

Figure 2-1 – Final status of the responses received .............................................................. 6

Figure 3-1 – Summary of ECC Decisions scope .................................................................... 8

Figure 3-2 – Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)08 Implementation in 17.3-17.7 GHz .....................10

Figure 3-3 – Current usage of the 17.3-17.7 GHz band by Satellite and Terrestrial services 11

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Figure 3-4 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(00)07 Implementation in 17.7-19.7 GHz ......................13







Figure 3-11 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)08, ECC/DEC/(06)02 & ECC/DEC/(06)03 Implementation in 19.7-20.2 GHz .........................................................................................19



Figure 3-14 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 27. 8285-28.4445 GHz ......25





Figure 3-19 - Snapshot of ECC/DEC/(05)01, Implementation in 29.5-30.0 GHz ...................35

Figure 4-1: 17.7-19.7 GHz band current usage in the questioned CEPT member States .....37

Figure 4-2: 17.7-19.7 GHz band protection of User Terminals in the questioned CEPT member States .....................................................................................................................38

Figure 4-3: 17.7-19.7 GHz band licensing regime in the questioned CEPT member States .38

List of Acronyms

BATS Broadband Access via integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

DEC Decision

EC European Commission

ECC European Communication Committee

E/S Earth-to-space

FS Fixed Service

FSS Fixed-Satellite Service

HEST High E.I.R.P Satellite Terminal

HDFSS High Density Fixed-Satellite Service

LEST Low E.I.R.P Satellite Terminal

RX Receive

S/E space-to-Earth

TX Transmit

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Presentation of the Questionnaire






This questionnaire is submitted under cover of the European Commission BATS project. Its

main objective is to perform accurate sharing studies between Fixed Satellite Service and the

other services within the Ka-band.

This questionnaire is divided into two sections.

- 1st Section:

Focus on the “shared Ka-band” (17.3 – 20.2 GHz) and the Unplanned BSS band

(21.4-22.0 GHz). Their objective is to assess the level of interference generated

by terrestrial services onto the BATS user terminals for downlink signals, to

compute the QOS.

- 2nd Section:

Aims at gathering information on the implementation of the different ECC/ERC

Decisions in the 17.3-20.2 GHz and the 27.5-30.0 GHz frequency bands in order to

obtain a general understanding of the regulatory situation in each country.

Case (a): worst case – main lobe interference

low elevation satellite

Case (b): basic case – main lobe interference

high elevation satellite

Figure 3 – Interference cases

In order to complete the study on time,

please return this document by 20th December 2013

Interfering signal Wanted signal

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PART 1 – ECC DECISIONS IMPLEMENTATION

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BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


ECC/DEC(99)26 “On Exemption from Individual Licensing of Receive Only Earth Stations (ROES) “

ECC/DEC(00)07 “On the shared use of the band 17.7 - 19.7 GHz by the fixed service and Earth stations of the fixed-satellite service (space-to-Earth)”

ECC/DEC(05)01 “On the use of the 27.5 – 29.5 GHz by Fixed Services and uncoordinated earth stations of the Fixed-Satellite Service (Earth-to-space)”

ECC/DEC(05)08 “On the availability of frequency bands for high density applications in the Fixed-Satellite Service (space-to-Earth and Earth-to-space) “

ECC/DEC(06)02 LEST "On exemption from individual Licensing of low e.i.r.p. satellite terminals operating within the frequency bands 19.7 – 20.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 29.5 – 30 GHz (Earth-to-space)”

ECC/DEC(06)03 HEST "On exemption from individual Licensing of high e.i.r.p. satellite terminals operating within the frequency bands 19.7 – 20.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 29.5 – 30 GHz (Earth-to-space)”

The following set of information would be greatly appreciated

Yes No No Info

17.3 – 17.7 GHz

Is this band available for HDFSS in your country? [ECC/DEC(05)08]

Is this band exempted from individual licensing?

[ECC/DEC(05)08]

Is the deployment of uncoordinated FSS earth stations authorized in this band?

[ECC/DEC(05)08]

17.7 – 19.7 GHz

Are ROES (Receive Only Earth Stations) exempted from individual licensing in your country in this band?

[ECC/DEC(99)26]

Do coordinated Earth stations in the fixed-satellite service (space-to-Earth) receive protection from stations of the fixed service?

[ECC/DEC(00)07]


[ECC/DEC(00)07]

Are uncoordinated FSS earth stations exempted from individual licensing in your country in this band? [ECC/DEC(00)07]

Can uncoordinated Earth stations in the fixed-satellite service (space-to-Earth) receive protection from stations of the fixed service?

[ECC/DEC(00)07]

Do FS stations implement Automatic Transmitter Power Control ?

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


[ECC/DEC(00)07]

Yes No No Info

19.7 – 20.2 GHz

Is this band available for HDFSS in your country? [ECC/DEC(05)08]


[ECC/DEC(05)08]

Is the deployment of uncoordinated FSS earth stations authorized in this band? [ECC/DEC(05)08]

Are the LESTs exempted from individual licensing in your country in this band? [ECC/DEC(06)02]

Are the HESTs exempted from individual licensing in your country in this band?

[ECC/DEC(06)03]

What is the maximum E.I.R.P of the HESTs in your country?

[ECC/DEC(06)03]

……………..dBW

27.5 – 27.8285 GHz

Can uncoordinated FSS earth stations be used in your country in this frequency band? [ECC/DEC(05)01]

Is this band exempted from individual licensing for FSS earth stations?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Is the deployment of FS stations authorized in this band?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Are there currently FS stations deployed on your territory in this band? [ECC/DEC(05)01]

Is the deployment of FS stations planned on your territory in the future? [ECC/DEC(05)01]

27.8285 – 28.4445 GHz

Is this band designated for the exclusive use of FS systems in your country?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Is the deployment of coordinated FSS earth stations authorized in this band?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]


[ECC/DEC(05)01]

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


Are power reduction mechanisms used on the new FWA stations?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Yes No No Info

28.4445 – 28.8365 GHz



[ECC/DEC(05)01]


[ECC/DEC(05)01]



28.8365 – 28.9485 GHz



[ECC/DEC(05)01]


[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Are there FS stations currently deployed on your territory in this band? [ECC/DEC(05)01]

Is your country planning to deploy FS stations in this band in the future? [ECC/DEC(05)01]

28.8365 – 29.4525 GHz

Is this band designated for the exclusive use of FS systems in your country?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Is the deployment of coordinated FSS earth stations authorized in this band?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]


[ECC/DEC(05)01]

Are power reduction mechanisms used on the new FWA stations?

[ECC/DEC(05)01]

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


Yes No No Info

29.4525 – 29.5 GHz



[ECC/DEC(05)01]


[ECC/DEC(05)01]



29.5 – 30.0 GHz

Is this band available for HDFSS in your country?

[ECC/DEC(05)08]


[ECC/DEC(05)08]


[ECC/DEC(05)08]

Are the LESTs exempted from individual licensing in your country in this band?

[ECC/DEC(06)02]

Are the HESTs exempted from individual licensing in your country in this band? [ECC/DEC(06)03]

What is the maximum E.I.R.P of the HESTs in your country? [ECC/DEC(06)03]

……………..dBW

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


PART 2 – KA-BAND (17.3 – 22 GHz) DEPLOYMENT

The following set of information would be greatly appreciated

Are the following services into use or planned to be into use in your country?

Which applications are covered under these services?

In Use Planned

Yes No No Info Yes No No Info

17.3-17.7 GHz

FIXED-SATELLITE (E/S)

FIXED-SATELLITE (S/E)

Radiolocation

Military Radars

OTHERS:

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

17.7-18.1 GHz



FIXED

P-P

Backbone networks

Infrastructure support network

Broadcasting infrastructure

P-MP

Backbone networks



FWA

Others

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

OTHERS

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


In Use Planned


18.1-18.4 GHz



FIXED

P-P

Backbone networks



P-MP

Backbone networks



FWA

Others

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

METEOROLOGICAL-SATELLITE (S/E)

OTHERS

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

18.4-18.6 GHz


FIXED

P-P

Backbone networks



P-MP

Backbone networks



FWA

Others

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

OTHERS

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


In Use Planned


18.6-18.8 GHz


FIXED

P-P

Backbone networks



P-MP

Backbone networks



FWA

Others

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (S/E)

OTHERS

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

18.8-19.3 GHz


FIXED

P-P

Backbone networks



P-MP

Backbone networks



FWA

Others

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

OTHERS

Precise: ………………………………. ……………………………….

BATS (317533) Ref: 2013/ATB3/XI/13-023


In Use Planned


19.3-19.7 GHz



FIXED

P-P

Backbone networks



P-MP

Backbone networks



FWA

Others

Precise : ………………………………. ……………………………….

OTHERS

Precise: ………………………………. ……………………………….

19.7-20.1 GHz


Mobile-satellite (S/E)

OTHERS

Precise: ………………………………. ……………………………….

20.1-20.2 GHz


MOBILE-SATELLITE (S/E)

OTHERS

Precise: ………………………………. ……………………………….

21.4-22.0 GHz

BROADCASTING-SATELLITE

Others

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