UK Spectrum Policy Forum Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications and Requirements Simon Saunders

28th January 2013

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum

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UK Social and Economic

Value

Cluster 1: Applications and Sector

needs

Cluster 2: Spectrum

release and access

mechanisms

Government and Ofcom: • Political, Economic, Legal

and Social Context

Goals, policy and regulation

• Sector needs • Current spectrum

usage • Future evolution

• Spectrum allocation

• Spectrum assignment modes

• Technology evolution

Requirements and options

Roadmap options and required changes

Cluster 1 Terms of Reference

Overall goal: • To promote a joined-up understanding of current and future spectrum needs

across UK users, thereby assisting in maximising associated benefits (social and economic) and by ensuring spectrum supply can be efficiently matched to those needs.

Specific Aims • To identify and characterise the UK private and public sectors which have distinct

dependencies on spectrum • To determine the current needs and usage of spectrum and associated technology • To determine the expectations of change in sector service needs and associated

usage of spectrum • To determine the potential level of flexibility for modes of spectrum access

amongst licenced, licence-exempt and intermediate modes (e.g. licensed shared access, cognitive access etc.)

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Data sought for each sector

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Scope of the sector

Contributions to social and economic value

Current and recent past status

Sector trends

Usage of technologies and spectrum

Expected changes to tech and spectrum

Longer-term (10-20 years) tech and spectrum needs and options

Sectors and status

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Sector Status

Utilities 16th September

Private Mobile Radio - Business radio - Emergency services

11th December

Public (cellular) mobile

Transportation (aviation, road, rail)

Broadcasting and entertainment (Delivery and content creation)

Fixed broadband

Defence

Radio amateurs

Industrial, medical, scientific

Space

Utilities

• Presentation 16/9/13 from Adrian Grill, Joint Radio Company

• Spectrum needs of the utilities

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Private Mobile and Business Radio

• Presentations 11/12/13 from:

- Tetra and Critical Communications Association

- Airwave

- Federation of Communication Services

- Ofcom

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Roadmap for future meetings

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Focus on UHF policy Broadcasting, PMSE, white space and cellular

Transportation: aviation, rail, road

Space, scientific, medical

Public mobile

M2M incl. home/office networking

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