The second meeting of WG FM project team (PT) 47 was held last 27 and 28 August in Copenhagen, chaired by Emmanuel Faussurier. PT 47 was established at the 65th WG FM meeting, held last 9-13 February in Cascais, Portugal, and which focused on issues associated to UWB (ultra wide band) technology. This project team is in charge of responding to the second European Commission (EC) mandate on SRR (short range radars), composed of two parts, and to the 4th EC mandate on UWB technology based radio applications.
Participants in this PT 47 meeting completed the CEPT final report in response to part 1 of the second EC mandate on SRR, concluding that the existing regulatory solution for SRR 24 GHz should not be modified and that SRR 79 GHz should continue to be seen as a long term solution.
Work continues on the Impact Assessment (IA) report on SRR, mainly its phase 6 (''Assess the Impacts and Choose the Best Option''), based on responses to the questionnaire on SRR approved at the last WG FM meeting and whose response deadline was 31 July 2009. This report will serve to ground the response to part 2 of the second EC mandate on SRR, which proposes studying alternative bands/technologies for SRR.
Compatibility studies between the proposed SRR systems (SRR 26G & NB-24G with WLAM - Wide Band Low Activity Mode) and the affected radiocommunication services are being developed by working group ECC WG SE PT 24.
Regarding the new specific UWB applications, which were presented at the last PT 47 meeting, it must be stressed that:
- At its last meeting in May 2009, WG FM approved the questionnaire on LAES (Location Tracking Application for Emergency Services) produced by PT 47, whose main goal is to evaluate whether the administrations are interested in such systems. Based on the responses received it was concluded that there was interest in such systems, mainly for fire-fighting and rescue services;
- The regulatory solution for systems involving Location Tracking and Sensor Applications for Automotive and Transportation Environments operating in the 3.1-4.8 GHz and 6-8.5 GHz bands in exterior spaces remains under study. It was concluded that whatever solution is developed first, PT 24 will have to carry out studies to assess the likelihood of interference and a possible light-licensing system should only be considered if eventually requested.
All the necessary compatibility studies between specific UWB applications and the affected radiocommunication services are being developed by PT 24. Also in public consultation until last 6 September was the proposed CEPT Report 34, in response to the fourth EC mandate on UWB.
