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This page gathers information on the activities relating to Digital Dividend within CEPT.
Background
WRC-07 allocated the band 790 - 862 MHz to the Mobile Service on a Primary basis in Region 1 including Europe. This resulted in a call for compatibility studies with other primary services (WRC-11 Agenda Item 1.17).
In April 2008, further to the first Mandate on Digital Dividend, EC issued a second Mandate to the CEPT on technical considerations regarding “harmonisation options for the digital dividend in the European Union”.
Taking due account of the ECC work in response to the EC Mandates on Digital Dividend, the European Commission has adopted the following deliverables:
28 October 2009
European Commission Recommendation 2009/848/EC on "Facilitating the release of the digital dividend in the European Union"
6 May 2010
Commision Decision 2010/627/EU on harmonised technical conditions of use in teh 790-862 MHz frequency bands for terrestial systems capable of providing electronic communications services in the European Union.
Outcomes of the ECC work
The work within the ECC in response to the 2nd EC Mandate on Digital Dividend has been carried out by its sub-ordinate groups ECC TG4, ECC PT1 and WGSE PT42 and resulted in the following CEPT Reports finally approved by the 23rd (22-26 June 2009, Isle of Man, UK) (CEPT Report 29) and 24th (26-30 October 2009, Skopje, FYR of Macedonia) (CEPT Reports 30-32) ECC meetings:
· CEPT Report 29 on ‘Guideline on cross border coordination issues between mobile services in one country and broadcasting services in another country’
· CEPT Report 30 on ‘The identification of common and minimal (least restrictive) technical conditions for 790 - 862 MHz’
· CEPT Report 31 on ‘Frequency (channelling) arrangements for the 790-862 MHz band’
· CEPT Report 32 on ‘Recommendation on the best approach to ensure the continuation of existing Program Making and Special Events (PMSE) services operating in the UHF (470-862 MHz), including the assessment of the advantage of an EU-level approach’.
Within the framework of ECC activities on Digital Dividend the following two ECC deliverables have been approved:
- ECC Decision (09)03 on ‘Harmonised conditions for mobile/fixed сommunications networks (MFCN) operating in the band 790 - 862 MHz’, developed in co-operation between ECC PT1 and WGSE PT42 and approved by the 24th ECC meeting (26-30 October 2009, Skopje, FYR of Macedonia)
- ECC Report 148: DVB-T performance in the presence of LTE (6-7 June 2010, Marseille)
- Revised ECC Report 138: Measurements on the performance of DVB-T receivers versus mobile systems (6-7 June 2010, Marseille)
- ECC Report 142 on ‘Rearrangement activities for broadcasting services in order to free the sub-band 790 - 862 MHz‘, approved by the 1´5th meeting of ECC TG4 (8-10 February 2010, Cork, Ireland)
Within ECC, CPG PTD is the lead group for the CEPT preparations for the WRC-11 Agenda Item 1.17 on sharing studies between the mobile service and other services in the band 790-862 MHz in Regions 1 and 3. CPG PTD is contributing to ITU-R JTG 5-6 on this agenda item on behalf of the CEPT. |
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ECC TG4 corner:
16th ECC TG4 in Marseille, 6-7 June 2010 further considered the second mandate of the EU on Digital Dividend. It achieved the following results:
Drafting Group on ECC Reports Protection Ratio (Mr. Alexandre Kholod)
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Draft ECC Report 148 on Protection ratio LTE into DVB-T: the comments received during the Public Consultation of ECC Report 148 were considered and a revised version of the document was endorsed by the group.
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Revision of ECC Report 138 (Measurements on the performance of DVB-T receivers in the presence of interference from the Mobile Service (especially from UMTS)): no change to the output of the previous meeting.
The meeting included Key note presentations on “The ultimate co-operation: hybrid networks a 2020 reality?” (presentations are available in the TG4 document area and in the minutes (see also below)).
This completed the activities of TG4.
Consult the minutes of the meeting.
CPG PTD corner:
Last meeting of CPG PTD was in Helsinki, Finland (3-5 November 2009) on the following items:
Agenda item 1.17 CEPT Coordinator, Mr Jean-Philippe Millet (France): to consider results of sharing studies between the mobile service and other services in the band 790-862 MHz in Regions 1 and 3, in accordance with Resolution 749 (WRC‑07), to ensure the adequate protection of services to which this frequency band is allocated, and take appropriate action. The draft CEPT brief on WRC-11 agenda item 1.17 was updated subject to further refinement at the future meetings of PTD. Several contributions were approved for sending to the ITU-R JTG 5-6 as CEPT contributions:
- proposals towards modifications of sections 5 and 6 (methods to satisfy the AI restricted to the broadcast/mobile and fixed/mobile cases) of the document towards the Draft CPM report,
- correlation between the IMT mobile parameters and the generic case for mobile of GE-06,
- updated JTG5-6 propagation model,
- description of the procedures relating to the notification of a station in the mobile service.
Relating to Digital Dividend, the results relating to Agenda item 1.5 CEPT Coordinator, Mr Christoph Hildebrand may be considered to consider worldwide/regional harmonization of spectrum for electronic news gathering (ENG), taking into account the results of ITU‑R studies, in accordance with Resolution 954 (WRC‑07). The draft CEPT brief on WRC-11 agenda item 1.5 was further developed subject to further revision at the future meetings of PTD. List of the bands excluded by CEPT from the consideration under AI 1.5 was developed and kept within the draft CEPT Brief. Multi-country contribution to WP 5C on proposed frequency bands for tuning ranges for ENG was agreed.
Minutes of CPG-PTD meeting are available here.
ECC corner:
The ECC met from 26th to 30th October in Skopje, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Committee approved a significant set of deliverables which are key to unlocking the benefits of the Digital Dividend (frequencies made available by the replacement of analogue TV signals with digital).
These ’CEPT Reports’ have been transmitted to the European Commission for consideration in its Radio Spectrum Committee. In addition, the ECC Decision (09)03, adopted on the mobile services aspect of the ECC's work provides a framework for non EU countries to apply the measures concerned.
ECC WGSE PT42 corner:
At its meeting in Mainz (6-8 October 2009), SE42 considered the regulatory provisions on the 790-862 MHz band, and filled in the RIG II template with the scope to provide an example to cover the case of BSs for the fixed/mobile service. This example is intended to illustrate how national radio interface can be notified by an administration within the EFIS database. SE42 reported its experience by sending a LS to WG RA, RA RIS Correspondence Group and EFIS management group.
The work relating to Digital Dividend is completed within SE42.
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List of meetings related to digital dividend.
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ECO contact for Digital Dividend related enquiries: Marc Le Devendec (ECO) e-mail "ledevendec@ero.dk" or phone +45 33 89 63 22
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