ADDENDUM 2:Regional digital radio planningResults of prediction and allotment studies for areas within 400 km of SydneyAUGUST 2016

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Introduction 1

SFN studies considering ABC local radio programming areas 2Methodology 2Baseline SFN configuration 3Modified SFN configuration (Gosford/Newcastle) 7Further modifications to the SFN configuration 8Final SFN configuration 8Summary of two block SFN configurations 10

Appendix A 14ABC programming areas 14

Appendix B 17Planning parameters 17

Appendix C 18Interference calculation settings 18

Appendix D 19Differential affected populations 19

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IntroductionThis Addendum to the report Regional digital radio planning - Results of prediction and allotment studies for areas within 400 km of Sydney provides the results of additional studies conducted using the revised planning parameters1.

The effect of planning for national SFNs that correspond to the ABC programming areas is analysed with the revised planning parameters. This planning, which takes into account the ABC radio local programming areas, is then used as a baseline for comparison with some additional modifications with the aim of reducing the number of people affected by interference.

1 The revised planning parameters are listed in Appendix B.

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SFN studies considering ABC local radio programming areasFurther to the state-wide national SFN studies presented in the main report, which had no regard to ABC local programming area boundaries, additional SFN configurations have been analysed in this Addendum using the reduced power1 DAB transmission parameters and the revised planning parameters.

There are 12 ABC local radio programming areas: Canberra, Central Coast, Central West, Illawarra, Mid North Coast NSW, New England North West, Newcastle, Riverina, South East Coast NSW, Sydney, Upper Hunter and Western Plains. The ABC was asked to identify which local radio programming area each DAB transmitter site (as used in other related studies) should belong to (see Appendix A).

MethodologyIn order to optimise the frequency allotments for each programming area, assuming only two frequency blocks are available, the matrix of the pairwise interference studies, i.e. Table 6 in Appendix D has been adopted as a starting point. While it is understood that the commercial licence areas do not align with the ABC local programming areas, the commercial licence areas were still used as the basic ’building blocks’ so that the existing interference studies between the licence areas could be re-used for this study.

Where multiple commercial licence areas fall within a programming area, the mutual interference between the relevant licence areas is assumed to be zero. That is, the corresponding entries in the pair-wise matrix of interference were set to zero (see Appendix D Table 7 and Table 8). In most cases this is sufficient for the algorithm to allot the licence areas within the same programming area to the same frequency block. However, the algorithm was not modified to force the assumed groupings within programming areas onto the same allotment, and, in some instances the algorithm determined that might be better for some local programming areas to be split across two frequency blocks. For instance, for the Bega and Cooma licence areas (which are both within the South East Coast NSW programming area), the interfered population count between these two licence areas was set to zero. However, after the optimisation, it appears that a better result is achieved when Bega and Cooma are allotted different frequency blocks. In all of the studies in this Addendum these two licence areas were allotted different frequency blocks by the optimisation algorithm.

Setting the appropriate entries of the pair-wise matrix of interference to zero, while not perfectly representative of the local programming areas, was shown to be a good approximation, since in many of the programming areas the overall estimated self-interference appeared to be rather low. For instance, in the Central West programming area (which extends over six individual licence areas), after adjusting the timing delays, it was estimated that the overall population affected by self-interference was only slightly above 3,000.

However, there is a couple of exceptions to this approach of setting the pair-wise interference to zero. One case is the New England North West area, where it was noticed that although the possible SFNs between the individual licence areas were estimated to improve interference counts to some extent, they were still relatively high. Therefore, instead of setting the interference to zero, as described above, the pair-wise self-interference counts were used. For instance, if they are not in an SFN, the co-channel interference between Gunnedah and Tamworth was estimated to 52,940. However, if they are in an SFN, the self-interference of the new Gunnedah/Tamworth SFN was estimated to 17,649, which is the figure which was used in the new updated matrix in Table 7 in Appendix D. The pair-wise SFN self-interference for Armidale/Tamworth was also slightly improved decreasing from 4,982 to 1,978. The pair-wise 1 i.e. Effective radiated powers (ERPs) capped at 5 kW

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SFN self-interference for Armidale/Gunnedah was estimated to be rather similar to the non-SFN case.

Another case is the Riverina programming area where an adjustment was made between Wagga Wagga and Young licence areas (both within Riverina programming area), where due to additional self-interference there was an estimated increase of 2,458 people , relative to the sum of the individual self-interference counts of the two licence areas. The reason for this adjustment is that it was noted that, due to its low level of interaction with other licence areas, Wagga Wagga may be allotted either block 9C or 8B. Therefore, in order to minimise the self-interference in the Riverina programming area, the above figure of 2,458 was used as the pair-wise interference (instead of 0), resulting in Wagga Wagga and Young areas being allotted different blocks after the optimisation.

Finally, it should also be noted that duplicated transmitters in Appendix A have only been used once. In Appendix A the site used is shown with an asterisk and the other is shown struck out. There are nine such sites with duplicate transmitters. For example, Wentworth Falls is listed under two licence areas – Katoomba and Lithgow and two programming areas – Central West NSW and Sydney. For the studies Wentworth Falls was considered to be part of the Sydney local programming area.

Baseline SFN configurationThe first SFN configuration analysed in this Addendum is based on the DAB transmitters being configured into national SFNs corresponding to the local programming areas as identified by the ABC, and this arrangement is referred to as the baseline SFN configuration.

Table 1 Optimised allotments for the baseline SFN configuration - revised planning parameters

Allotment 8 Allotment 7Armidale BathurstBega CoomaCampbelltown GosfordCanberra GoulburnDubbo/Mudgee GunnedahKatoomba KempseyMudgee2 (Mudgee/Magpie Hill Gulgong) LithgowNewcastle Mudgee (Kandos/Bocoble)Sydney MuswellbrookTamworth NowraYoung Orange Parkes Taree Wagga Wagga

Wollongong

2 It should be noted that ABC indicated (Appendix A) that the four transmitters in the Mudgee licence area belong in different programming areas, i.e. Mudgee and Magpie Hill Gulgong are part of Western Plains programming area, while Kandos and Bocoble are part of the Central West area.

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Figure 1 Interference study for frequency block 9C – baseline SFN configuration with revised planning parameters

- Block 9C allotments

- Block 8B allotments

The optimised frequency allotments for the baseline SFN configuration are shown in Table 1. The optimisation was based on the new matrix of pair-wise interference counts, which is shown in Table 7 in Appendix D. In this new matrix, the pair-wise interference counts between the licence areas within the same programming area were set to 0, as previously discussed. These allotments were then used in the CHIRplus software to estimate the overall interference count for the entire study area. The results of these studies are shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3. Figure 1 shows the result of the interference studies for Allotment 8 (block 9C), while Figure 2 shows the results for Allotment 7 (block 8B). Figure 3 is the combination of the two results which is obtained as the maximum of the C/I results. The overall affected population in Figure 3 is estimated to be 530,072 in the entire study area.

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Figure 2 Interference study for frequency block 8B – baseline SFN configuration with revised planning parameters

The most significant contributor to this count is interference between Sydney and Newcastle programming areas, where Newcastle sites are estimated to affect about 225,000 people in the Sydney programming area (counted within Sydney, Campbelltown and Katoomba licence areas only), while Sydney region sites (a combination of Sydney, Katoomba and Campbelltown) are estimated to affect about 165,000 people in the Newcastle licence area. These two counts are obtained by co-channelling Newcastle and the combined Sydney region transmitters and counting affected population within both the Newcastle licence area and the combined Sydney region licence areas. Limiting the count to within the licence areas avoids counting the affected population that would be covered by another programming area on a different frequency block (e.g. Illawarra and Central Coast NSW programming areas).

It should be noted that the co-channelling of the Sydney region with Newcastle is unavoidable since the alternatives are to either co-channel Gosford and Sydney, or Gosford and Newcastle. Both alternatives would result in co-channelling of immediately adjacent areas, which is estimated to cause even more interference.

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Figure 3 Interference study for frequency blocks 8B and 9C combined – baseline SFN configuration with revised planning parameters

Since the above affected population of about 530,000 people for the baseline SFN configuration is considered to be rather high and therefore likely to be unacceptable, further modifications have been considered in this Addendum which assume aggregation of some adjacent programming areas. These additional aggregations are introduced in steps and the overall interference counts were estimated after each step.

Modified SFN configuration (Gosford/Newcastle)The first modification assumed aggregation of the Gosford and Newcastle programming areas. In order to determine the optimised frequency allotment, the entry in the matrix that corresponds to the interference count between these two areas has been modified to 8,122 instead of zero (refer to Table 8 of Appendix D). The reason for not setting this entry to zero is that there would be an increase in the SFN self-interference of 8,122 people compared to non-aggregation self-interference within these two programming areas (this count excludes Sydney licence area). However, it should be observed that this adjustment had no practical implications since this new

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entry was so low it did not affect the outcome of the optimisation process (given high interference counts for co-channellings in this area).

After running the allotment optimisation algorithm, new allotments were obtained (refer to Table 2) and CHIRplus studies were performed. The CHIRplus result gave an overall interference count of 207,283 people. This represents a significant reduction compared to the baseline SFN configuration, which assumed no aggregation between Gosford and Newcastle.

Table 2 Optimised allotments for the configuration assuming Gosford/Newcastle aggregation - revised planning parameters

Allotment 8 Allotment 7Bega ArmidaleCampbelltown Bathurst/MudgeeCanberra CoomaDubbo GosfordGunnedah GoulburnKatoomba LithgowKempsey Mudgee (Kandos/Bocoble)Mudgee (Mudgee/Magpie Hill Gulgong) NewcastleMuswellbrook NowraSydney OrangeTaree ParkesYoung Tamworth Wagga Wagga

Wollongong

Further modifications to the SFN configurationThe next modification that was analysed included breaking up the baseline Central West SFN configuration by moving transmitters in the Goulburn licence area to the Illawarra SFN (Nowra and Wollongong transmitters). However, this modification offered a rather modest improvement of only about 5,000 people, i.e. the overall interference count was estimated to be 202,199 people.

Final SFN configurationThe final modification included aggregating the Muswellbrook programming area with the already aggregated Gosford and Newcastle programming areas, and after running the allotment optimisation algorithm, new optimised allotments were obtained. These allotments are presented in Table 3, and they were based on the matrix of pair-wise interference counts in Table 8 in Appendix D. This matrix includes changes to reflect that Goulburn licence area was moved to Illawarra SFN, and that Muswellbrook licence area was merged with Newcastle and Gosford. Therefore the pair-wise interference counts between Gosford and Muswellbrook, and Newcastle and Muswellbrook were set to zero.

In addition, some minor changes have also been made. First, the Murrurundi transmitter was moved to the Tamworth programming area, and second, the Gunning transmitter was moved to the Canberra programming area. These minor changes seemed rather natural given the close proximity of these two transmitters to the corresponding programming areas. Note that the same optimised allotments were used though, i.e. the ones obtained without these minor changes.

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After analysing this final SFN configuration in the CHIRplus software, an additional improvement of about 50,000 people was achieved, with the overall affected population estimated to be 152,334 people.

The interference study results of this final SFN configuration are shown in Figure 4 to Figure 6, for each frequency block (9C and 8B) individually as well as the combined results as the maximum C/I in Figure 6, which is obtained by combining the individual results in Figure 4 and Figure 5.

It should be noted that if the Gunning and Murrurundi transmitters were kept in the Illawarra and Hunter (Gosford/Newcastle/Muswellbrook) SFNs, respectively, only a slight degradation of additional 3,000 affected people was estimated to occur, i.e. the estimated overall affected population would be 155,384.

Table 3 Optimised allotments for the final SFN configuration - revised planning parameters

Allotment 8 Allotment 7Armidale Bathurst/MudgeeBega CoomaCampbelltown GosfordCanberra GoulburnDubbo/Mudgee GunnedahKatoomba KempseyMudgee (Mudgee/Magpie Hill Gulgong) LithgowSydney Mudgee (Kandos/Bocoble)Tamworth MuswellbrookTaree NewcastleYoung Nowra Orange Parkes

Wagga WaggaWollongong

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Summary of two block SFN configurationsFinally, a comparison of interference results is presented in Table 4, summarising how each modification affected the overall interference count.

Table 4 Estimated interference counts for different SFN configurations

SFN Configuration Affected population (CHIRplus estimates)

Baseline (as per indicated ABC programming) 530,072

Gosford/Newcastle aggregation 207,283

Goulburn moved from Central West to Illawarra 202,199

Muswellbrook aggregated with Gosford/Newcastle (and some transmitters moved between areas)

152,334

Main report result – no consideration of local programming areas 86,301

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Figure 4 Interference study for frequency block 9C – final SFN configuration with revised planning parameters

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Figure 5 Interference study for frequency block 8B – final SFN configuration with revised planning parameters

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Figure 6 Interference study for frequency blocks 8B and 9C combined – final SFN configuration with revised planning parameters

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Appendix AABC programming areas

DAB Transmitter Site ABC Area Licence AreaBlack Mountain Canberra Canberra RA1Yass Canberra Canberra RA1Tuggeranong Canberra Canberra RA1Lake George - Currawang Canberra Goulburn RA1Gundaroo Canberra Goulburn RA1Mt Penang Central Coast NSW Gosford RA1Mt Tangy Dangy Central Coast NSW Gosford RA1Umina - Bouddi Central Coast NSW Gosford RA1Wyrrabalong Central Coast NSW Gosford RA1Fraser Park Central Coast NSW Gosford RA1Blayney Central West NSW Bathurst RA1Monkey Hill Central West NSW Bathurst RA1Oberon* Central West NSW Bathurst RA1Mt Panorama Central West NSW Bathurst RA1Mt Gray Central West NSW Goulburn RA1Crookwell Central West NSW Goulburn RA1Gunning Central West NSW Goulburn RA1Marulan Central West NSW Goulburn RA1Lithgow Central West NSW Lithgow RA1Wentworth Falls Central West NSW Lithgow RA1Blackheath Megalong Central West NSW Lithgow RA1Springwood Central West NSW Lithgow RA1Oberon Central West NSW Lithgow RA1Kandos Central West NSW Mudgee RA1Bocoble Central West NSW Mudgee RA1Mt Canobolas Central West NSW Orange RA1Eugowra* Central West NSW Orange RA1Cowra Central West NSW Orange RA1Condobolin Central West NSW Parkes RA1Peak Hill Central West NSW Parkes RA1Parkes Central West NSW Parkes RA1Forbes Central West NSW Parkes RA1Eugowra Central West NSW Parkes RA1Boorowa Central West NSW Young RA1Grenfell Central West NSW Young RA1Mittagong Illawarra Nowra RA1Bombaderry Illawarra Nowra RA1Kiama Illawarra Nowra RA1Milton Illawarra Nowra RA1Kiama* Illawarra Wollongong RA1

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DAB Transmitter Site ABC Area Licence AreaBrokers Nose Illawarra Wollongong RA1Kempsey Town Mid North Coast NSW Kempsey RA1Port Macquarie Mid North Coast NSW Kempsey RA1Mt Cairncross Mid North Coast NSW Kempsey RA1Jolly Nose Hill Mid North Coast NSW Kempsey RA1Mt Yarrahapinni Mid North Coast NSW Kempsey RA1Mt Ganghat Mid North Coast NSW Taree RA1Taree (Careys Mountain) Mid North Coast NSW Taree RA1Gloucester Mid North Coast NSW Taree RA1Forster Mid North Coast NSW Taree RA1Johns River (Middle Brother) Mid North Coast NSW Taree RA1Dumaresq New England North West Armidale RA1Uralla New England North West Armidale RA1Walcha New England North West Armidale RA1Armidale North New England North West Armidale RA1Mt Dowe New England North West Gunnedah RA1Narrabri New England North West Gunnedah RA1Gunnedah New England North West Gunnedah RA1Coonabarabran New England North West Gunnedah RA1Manilla New England North West Gunnedah RA1Mt Soma Werris Creek New England North West Tamworth RA1Tamworth New England North West Tamworth RA1Quirindi New England North West Tamworth RA1Mt Sugarloaf Newcastle Newcastle RA1Newcastle Metro Newcastle Newcastle RA1Merewether Newcastle Newcastle RA1Nelson Bay Newcastle Newcastle RA1Wagga Wagga Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Wheel of Fortune Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Gundagai Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Tumut Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Cootamundra Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Junee Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Narrandera Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Temora Wargin Hill Riverina Wagga Wagga RA1Young Riverina Young RA1Cowra* Riverina Young RA1Temora Wargin Hill* Riverina Young RA1Cootamundra* Riverina Young RA1Harden Riverina Young RA1Mt Mumbulla South East NSW Bega RA1Bimmill Hill South East NSW Bega RA1Merimbula South East NSW Bega RA1Tathra South East NSW Bega RA1

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DAB Transmitter Site ABC Area Licence AreaBuckeridge Lookout South East NSW Bega RA1Mt Wandera South East NSW Bega RA1Batemans Bay South East NSW Bega RA1Mt Roberts South East NSW Cooma RA1Brown Mountain South East NSW Cooma RA1Bombala South East NSW Cooma RA1Jindabyne South East NSW Cooma RA1Perisher-Charlotte Pass South East NSW Cooma RA1Mt Crackenback (Thredbo) South East NSW Cooma RA1Cooma Town South East NSW Cooma RA1Braidwood South East NSW Goulburn RA1Razorback Ridge Sydney Campbelltown RA1Wentworth Falls* Sydney Katoomba RA1Mt Riverview Sydney Katoomba RA1Springwood* Sydney Katoomba RA1Winmalee Sydney Katoomba RA1St Marys Sydney Katoomba RA1Blackheath Sydney Katoomba RA1Sydney Sydney Sydney RA1Sydney Inner South Sydney Sydney RA1Sydney City Sydney Sydney RA1Sydney Northern Beaches Sydney Sydney RA1Campbelltown Sydney Sydney RA1Collaroy Plateau Sydney Sydney RA1Penrith (Winmalee)* Sydney Sydney RA1Helensburgh Sydney Wollongong RA1Mt Arthur Muswellbrook Upper Hunter Muswellbrook RA1Singleton Upper Hunter Muswellbrook RA1Merriwa Upper Hunter Muswellbrook RA1Scone Upper Hunter Muswellbrook RA1Murrurundi Upper Hunter Muswellbrook RA1Suppa Bulga Trig Western Plains Dubbo RA1Dubbo Town Western Plains Dubbo RA1Gilgandra Western Plains Dubbo RA1Fort Bourke Hill (Cobar) Western Plains Dubbo RA1Narromine Western Plains Dubbo RA1Wellington Western Plains Dubbo RA1Mudgee Western Plains Mudgee RA1Magpie Hill Gulgong Western Plains Mudgee RA1

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Appendix BPlanning parametersTowards the completion of the main report the TSC provisionally agreed to revise some of the planning parameters and these revised planning parameters are also shown in Table 5 alongside the standard planning parameters.

Table 5 Planning parameters

Parameter Standard planning parameters

Revised planning parameters

Location variation standard deviation

5.5 4.0

Protection Level 3A (FEC = ½) No change (NOC)

Receiver antenna height for interference modelling

10 m NOC

Rx antenna gain – mobile

-5 dBd -10 dBd

Height gain (1.5 m to 10 m)

13 dB 10 dB

Location availability 99% NOC

Time variability for interfering signal

1% NOC

Co-channel protection ratio

15 dB 12 dB

Minimum field strength for mobile reception (10 m agl)

63 dBµV/m 60 dBµV/m

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Appendix CInterference calculation settings The following parameters were used in the interference analysis for the revised planning parameters. The four main settings that have been revised are the standard deviation, E Min. Median, E Min. Equiv. and protection ratio. E Min. Equiv. is calculated from the E Min. Median, the standard deviation, and location probability. The bold values are the changed values from the previous or ‘standard planning parameters’

CHIRplus DAB network processor and other settings - revised planning parametersCalculation Mode WiMaResult Type CovRes_Freq. Band Band IIIReceiver Ht 10 mE Min. Median [dBuV/m] 50.7E Min. Equiv. [dBuV/m] 60.0E Minimum Lock [dBuV/m] 28.0Location Probability 99.00DAB Mode Mode IWin_To [us] 0.0Win_Tg [us] 246.0Win_Tu [us] 1000.0Sigma [dB] 4.0Receiver Sync. Main FocusSum. Proc. Wanted T-Log-NormalSum. Proc. Interf. T-Log-NormalAntenna Discr. NoPolarisation Discr. NoUser Protection Ratio Yes – [12 dB]Guard Interval DABUse User EMin No

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Appendix DDifferential affected populationsTable 6 Matrix M of interactions between licence areas. (Revised planning parameters and Reduced Power - CRC predict model, 9 Sec DEM)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

ARM BTH BEG CAM CBR COM DUB GOS GLB GDH KAT KEM LIT MUD MUS NEW NOW ORA PAR SYD TAM TAR WAG WOL YNG

1 ARM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9834 0 10680 0 25 600 913 0 0 0 0 4982 499 0 0 0

2 BTH 0 2 4 1555 901 2 3386 260 975 37 1640 0 16546 2343 696 1165 424 33765 1570 1630 14 0 206 1010 2019

3 BEG 0 4 559 491 349 19251 0 0 8144 0 39 0 133 0 0 0 44251 0 0 154 0 0 0 6872 10

4 CAM 0 1555 491 0 2856 0 0 127877 10216 0 431593 0 221936 236 17388 69796 184706 19817 0 2652128 5 733 0 101981 0

5 CBR 0 901 349 2856 0 18391 0 6 35533 0 182 0 1596 0 0 0 6949 7718 85 5189 0 0 5082 42 9734

6 COM 0 2 19251 0 18391 161 0 0 4568 0 74 0 4 0 0 0 3629 10 0 0 0 0 162 12 70

7 DUB 0 3386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2334 5 0 1521 6748 1325 0 0 58296 3583 30 250 0 0 0 411

8 GOS 0 260 0 127877 6 0 0 0 247 3 97079 202 39447 651 27876 435590 24709 299 0 752750 56 3551 0 18527 0

9 GLB 0 975 8144 10216 35533 4568 0 247 208 0 1755 0 3203 2 0 2 19218 5167 65 41541 0 0 898 788 1414

10 GDH 9834 37 0 0 0 0 2334 3 0 24 0 23 56 2133 8178 1261 0 257 37 0 52940 51 0 0 0

11 KAT 0 1640 39 431593 182 74 5 97079 1755 0 0 0 315469 94 10417 68576 212423 4825 0 2460067 5 1378 138 140128 0

12 KEM 10680 0 0 0 0 0 0 202 0 23 0 500 0 0 49 2065 0 0 0 0 0 74477 0 0 0

13 LIT 0 16546 133 221936 1596 4 1521 39447 3203 56 315469 0 0 1833 7853 43585 49488 15368 189 1627720 80 1837 2 53047 836

14 MUD 25 2343 0 236 0 0 6748 651 2 2133 94 0 1833 0 1886 2278 51 6045 599 37231 2235 29 0 127 381

15 MUS 600 696 0 17388 0 0 1325 27876 0 8178 10417 49 7853 1886 47 285085 1108 533 0 121290 18347 448 0 578 0

16 NEW 913 1165 0 69796 0 0 0 435590 2 1261 68576 2065 43585 2278 285085 0 7771 2417 0 366764 2070 30898 0 9401 0

17 NOW 0 424 44251 184706 6949 3629 0 24709 19218 0 212423 0 49488 51 1108 7771 155 3228 0 1594390 0 29 67 307583 334

18 ORA 0 33765 0 19817 7718 10 58296 299 5167 257 4825 0 15368 6045 533 2417 3228 0 18822 23370 214 0 2897 1376 37597

19 PAR 0 1570 0 0 85 0 3583 0 65 37 0 0 189 599 0 0 0 18822 27 0 0 0 1259 0 9906

20 SYD 0 1630 154 2652128 5189 0 30 752750 41541 0 2460067 0 1627720 37231 121290 366764 1594390

23370 0 12471 5 3150 0 1236420 10

21 TAM 4982 14 0 5 0 0 250 56 0 52940 5 0 80 2235 18347 2070 0 214 0 5 0 32 0 1 0

22 TAR 499 0 0 733 0 0 0 3551 0 51 1378 74477 1837 29 448 30898 29 0 0 3150 32 0 0 57 0

23 WAG 0 206 0 0 5082 162 0 0 898 0 138 0 2 0 0 0 67 2897 1259 0 0 0 144 0 27848

24 WOL 0 1010 6872 101981 42 12 0 18527 788 0 140128 0 53047 127 578 9401 307583 1376 0 1236420 1 57 0 0 0

25 YNG 0 2019 10 0 9734 70 411 0 1414 0 0 0 836 381 0 0 334 37597 9906 10 0 0 27848 0 28

Matrix M of interactions between licence areas – Baseline SFN configuration. (Revised planning parameters and Reduced Power - CRC predict model, 9 Sec DEM) –colours are used to indicate assumed SFN configuration

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

ARM BTH BEG CAM CBR COM DUB GOS GLB GDH KAT KEM LIT MUD MUS NEW NOW ORA PAR SYD TAM TAR WAG WOL YNG

1 ARM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9834 0 10680 0 25 600 913 0 0 0 0 1978 499 0 0 0

2 BTH 0 2 4 1555 901 2 3386 260 0 37 1640 0 0 2343 696 1165 424 0 0 1630 14 0 206 1010 2019

3 BEG 0 4 559 491 349 0 0 0 8144 0 39 0 133 0 0 0 44251 0 0 154 0 0 0 6872 10

4 CAM 0 1555 491 0 2856 0 0 127877 10216 0 0 0 221936 236 17388 69796 184706 19817 0 0 5 733 0 101981 0

5 CBR 0 901 349 2856 0 18391 0 6 35533 0 182 0 1596 0 0 0 6949 7718 85 5189 0 0 5082 42 9734

6 COM 0 2 0 0 18391 161 0 0 4568 0 74 0 4 0 0 0 3629 10 0 0 0 0 162 12 70

7 DUB 0 3386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2334 5 0 1521 0 1325 0 0 58296 3583 30 250 0 0 0 411

8 GOS 0 260 0 127877 6 0 0 0 247 3 97079 202 39447 651 27876 435590 24709 299 0 752750 56 3551 0 18527 0

9 GLB 0 0 8144 10216 35533 4568 0 247 208 0 1755 0 0 0 0 2 19218 0 0 41541 0 0 898 788 1414

10 GDH 9834 37 0 0 0 0 2334 3 0 24 0 23 56 2133 8178 1261 0 257 37 0 17649 51 0 0 0

11 KAT 0 1640 39 0 182 74 5 97079 1755 0 0 0 315469 94 10417 68576 212423 4825 0 0 5 1378 138 140128 0

12 KEM 10680 0 0 0 0 0 0 202 0 23 0 500 0 0 49 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 LIT 0 0 133 221936 1596 4 1521 39447 0 56 315469 0 0 1833 7853 43585 49488 0 0 1627720 80 1837 2 53047 836

14 MUD 25 0 0 236 0 0 0 651 0 2133 94 0 0 0 1886 2278 51 0 0 37231 2235 29 0 127 381

15 MUS 600 696 0 17388 0 0 1325 27876 0 8178 10417 49 7853 1886 47 285085 1108 533 0 121290 18347 448 0 578 0

16 NEW 913 1165 0 69796 0 0 0 435590 2 1261 68576 2065 43585 2278 285085 0 7771 2417 0 366764 2070 30898 0 9401 0

17 NOW 0 424 44251 184706 6949 3629 0 24709 19218 0 212423 0 49488 51 1108 7771 155 3228 0 1594390 0 29 67 0 334

18 ORA 0 0 0 19817 7718 10 58296 299 0 257 4825 0 0 6045 533 2417 3228 0 0 23370 214 0 2897 1376 37597

19 PAR 0 0 0 0 85 0 3583 0 0 37 0 0 0 599 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 1259 0 9906

20 SYD 0 1630 154 0 5189 0 30 752750 41541 0 0 0 1627720 37231 121290 366764 1594390

23370 0 12471 5 3150 0 1236420 10

21 TAM 1978 14 0 5 0 0 250 56 0 17649 5 0 80 2235 18347 2070 0 214 0 5 0 32 0 1 0

22 TAR 499 0 0 733 0 0 0 3551 0 51 1378 0 1837 29 448 30898 29 0 0 3150 32 0 0 57 0

23 WAG 0 206 0 0 5082 162 0 0 898 0 138 0 2 0 0 0 67 2897 1259 0 0 0 144 0 2458

24 WOL 0 1010 6872 101981 42 12 0 18527 788 0 140128 0 53047 127 578 9401 0 1376 0 1236420 1 57 0 0 0

25 YNG 0 2019 10 0 9734 70 411 0 1414 0 0 0 836 381 0 0 334 37597 9906 10 0 0 2458 0 28

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Table 8 Matrix M of interactions between licence areas – final SFN configuration. (Revised planning parameters and Reduced Power - CRC predict model, 9 Sec DEM) - colours are used to indicate assumed SFN configuration

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

ARM BTH BEG CAM CBR COM DUB GOS GLB GDH KAT KEM LIT MUD MUS NEW NOW ORA PAR SYD TAM TAR WAG WOL YNG

1 ARM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9834 0 10680 0 25 600 913 0 0 0 0 1978 499 0 0 0

2 BTH 0 2 4 1555 901 2 3386 260 975 37 1640 0 0 2343 696 1165 424 0 0 1630 14 0 206 1010 2019

3 BEG 0 4 559 491 349 0 0 0 8144 0 39 0 133 0 0 0 44251 0 0 154 0 0 0 6872 10

4 CAM 0 1555 491 0 2856 0 0 127877 10216 0 0 0 221936 236 17388 69796 184706 19817 0 0 5 733 0 101981 0

5 CBR 0 901 349 2856 0 18391 0 6 35533 0 182 0 1596 0 0 0 6949 7718 85 5189 0 0 5082 42 9734

6 COM 0 2 0 0 18391 161 0 0 4568 0 74 0 4 0 0 0 3629 10 0 0 0 0 162 12 70

7 DUB 0 3386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2334 5 0 1521 0 1325 0 0 58296 3583 30 250 0 0 0 411

8 GOS 0 260 0 127877 6 0 0 0 247 3 97079 202 39447 651 0 8122 24709 299 0 752750 56 3551 0 18527 0

9 GLB 0 975 8144 10216 35533 4568 0 247 208 0 1755 0 3203 2 0 2 0 5167 65 41541 0 0 898 0 1414

10 GDH 9834 37 0 0 0 0 2334 3 0 24 0 23 56 2133 8178 1261 0 257 37 0 17649 51 0 0 0

11 KAT 0 1640 39 0 182 74 5 97079 1755 0 0 0 315469 94 10417 68576 212423 4825 0 0 5 1378 138 140128 0

12 KEM 10680 0 0 0 0 0 0 202 0 23 0 500 0 0 49 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 LIT 0 0 133 221936 1596 4 1521 39447 3203 56 315469 0 0 1833 7853 43585 49488 0 0 1627720 80 1837 2 53047 836

14 MUD 25 0 0 236 0 0 0 651 2 2133 94 0 0 0 1886 2278 51 0 0 37231 2235 29 0 127 381

15 MUS 600 696 0 17388 0 0 1325 0 0 8178 10417 49 7853 1886 47 0 1108 533 0 121290 18347 448 0 578 0

16 NEW 913 1165 0 69796 0 0 0 8122 2 1261 68576 2065 43585 2278 0 0 7771 2417 0 366764 2070 30898 0 9401 0

17 NOW 0 424 44251 184706 6949 3629 0 24709 0 0 212423 0 49488 51 1108 7771 155 3228 0 1594390 0 29 67 0 334

18 ORA 0 0 0 19817 7718 10 58296 299 5167 257 4825 0 0 6045 533 2417 3228 0 0 23370 214 0 2897 1376 37597

19 PAR 0 0 0 0 85 0 3583 0 65 37 0 0 0 599 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 1259 0 9906

20 SYD 0 1630 154 0 5189 0 30 752750 41541 0 0 0 1627720 37231 121290 366764 1594390

23370 0 12471 5 3150 0 1236420 10

21 TAM 1978 14 0 5 0 0 250 56 0 17649 5 0 80 2235 18347 2070 0 214 0 5 0 32 0 1 0

22 TAR 499 0 0 733 0 0 0 3551 0 51 1378 0 1837 29 448 30898 29 0 0 3150 32 0 0 57 0

23 WAG 0 206 0 0 5082 162 0 0 898 0 138 0 2 0 0 0 67 2897 1259 0 0 0 144 0 2458

24 WOL 0 1010 6872 101981 42 12 0 18527 0 0 140128 0 53047 127 578 9401 0 1376 0 1236420 1 57 0 0 0

25 YNG 0 2019 10 0 9734 70 411 0 1414 0 0 0 836 381 0 0 334 37597 9906 10 0 0 2458 0 28