Meeting of working parties WP1A and WP1B - June 2017

The third meetings of working parties 1A (WP1A) and 1B (WP1B after the 2015 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-2015) were held last 13-20 June in Geneva.

Main results of the WP1A meeting are indicated below:

• The proposed recommendation ITU-R SM.[WPT] on frequency ranges for global or regional operation and human hazards of non-beam wireless power transmission (WPT) systems, which only includes non-beam technologies, was finalised and submitted to the meeting of Study Group 1 (SG1) last 21 June. Note that for the time being only the 6765-6795 kHz frequency band (for magnetic resonant technology for mobile devices) is proposed for regional or global harmonisation of WPT systems;
• The proposed revision of report ITU-R SM.2303-1 http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-SM.2303-1-2015 on wireless power transmission using technologies other than radio frequency beam, which has been done based on new contributions, was finalised and submitted to the aforementioned SG1 meeting;
• Work was done on the proposed revision of the report ITU-R SM.2351 http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-SM.2351 on smart grid utility management systems, based on contributions from the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), with the aim of updating the 3GPP technologies (e.g. long-term evolution machine type communication (LTE-eMTC)) for such applications. The document was approved and submitted to the SG1 meeting;
• A decision was made to submit for the consideration of SG1 (at the aforementioned meeting) the revision proposals made at the November 2016 WP1A meeting for the report ITU-R SM.2028-1 on Monte Carlo simulation methodology for use in sharing and compatibility studies between different radio services or systems, which was based on a contribution from the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) meant to update information concerning the Spectrum Engineering Advanced Monte Carlo Analysis Tool.

The main results of the WP1B meeting were the following:

• The new proposed recommendation ITU-R SM.[SRD CATEGORIES] on global harmonization of SRD categories was finalised. It develops common definitions for some low-power short range device (SRD) applications and was submitted to the SG1 meeting last 21 June;
• Revision of the report ITU-R SM.2153-5http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-SM.2153-5-2015 on technical and operating parameters and spectrum requirements for short-range devices and its submission to the SG1 meeting;
• The new proposed recommendation ITU-R G.wnb-freq on narrowband wireless home networking transceivers – specification of spectrum related components – was finalised and submitted to the SG1 meeting;
• The new report ITU-R SM.[CRS SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES] on spectrum management principles, challenges and issues related to dynamic access to frequency bands by means of radio systems employing cognitive capabilities was finalised and submitted to the SG1 meeting. This work item originated with the issue of white spaces in the UHF band based on cognitive techniques and evolved to become a more generic subject via systems that employ cognitive techniques;
• The new report on innovative regulation tools, ITU-R SM.[ REGULATORY TOOLS] on regulatory tools to support enhanced shared use of the spectrum, was finalised and submitted to the SG1 meeting. It includes the concept of licensed shared access developed by CEPT;
• The proposed revision of recommendation ITU-R SM.1046 on definition of spectrum use and efficiency of a radio system, worked on for three years, was deemed stable and submitted to the SG1 meeting.