WRC-19 Papers

This page has additional background material on ITU-R World Radio Conference (WRC) Agenda Items and Proposals. Please scroll down for key topics:-

WRC-19 Results Overview

Spectrum Forum: WRC-19 Slides, Nov-2019
RadCom: Highlights & 50 MHz Success, Jan-2020

WRC-19 Background
Resolutions for relevant WRC-19 agenda items (as agreed in the WRC-15 Final Acts)

AI-1.1: 50- 54 MHz – Resolution 658
AI-1.7: Space Operations Service for non-GSO satellites – Resolution-659
AI-1.12: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) – Resolution-237
AI-1.13: Future IMT in 24.25-86 GHz – Resolution 238 (inc 24, 47 GHz)
AI-1.16: 5GHz Wireless Systems – Resolution 239
AI-1.15: 275-450 GHz – Resolution-767
AI-9.1.6: Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) – Resolution 958
AI-10: Future Agenda items – see below

A full list of agenda items is on the ITU Website

Recent news articles on WRC-19/23 are here
Click for Other Spectrum Forum Papers/Responses

Additional Background on Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)

AI-9.1.6 above covers the use of WPT for Electric Vehicles (WPT-EV), a high power application that can involve many kilowatts of power for wirelessly recharging cars or larger vehicles such as buses.

Ofcom Measurements:

Bletchley: 16(089), Presented at CEPT WGSE#74, Sep-2016
Canning Town: SE24(17)INFO18, Presented at CEPT SE24 M93, Dec-2017
NB: The above are at ~20kHz for large vehicles, not 79-90kHz for cars

IARU: WPT-Briefing Slides, June-2018

RSGB: Submission to CEPT re Draft ECC Report-289 on WPT, Nov-2018

CEPT: ECC Report 289 re WPT-EV in 79-90 kHz, Jan-2019

Additional Background on 50 MHz

AI-1.1 covers a formal amateur service allocation in Region-1, to support global harmonisation:-

The lead study group in CEPT is CEPT PTD
VHF Wind Profiler Radars – see our map
On air – Czech Pohotovostní Test – 13-Jun-2019

Proposed WRC-23 Agenda Items

As we get get closer to WRC-19, proposals for WRC-23 agenda items (that would need to be down-selected and agreed at WRC-19 for the next 2020-2023 cycle) are also in progress.

Currently of concern are the following that are being proposed in Europe/CEPT in a process that involved CEPT-PTA and the higher level CEPT-CPG groups:-

144-146 MHz: Proposal PTA(19)090R1 – aeronautical-mobile-applications
1240-1300 MHz: Proposal PTA(19)078 – re Galileo etc,
IARU Galileo Response: PTA(19)069
IARU: Detailed News Release on both of the above, 10-Jun-2019
CEPT: Extract of CEPT-PTA Meeting Minutes, 21-Jun-2019
IARU: Update after CEPT PTA meeting, 21-Jun-2019
CEPT: 144 MHz Extract in CEPT-PTA results, 27-Jun-2019

RSGB: President’s Letter – Excerpts and Appendices, 9-Jul-2019
RSGB: The WRC Process – a brief overview, 9-Jul-2019

CEPT CPG Meeting, 26-30 Aug-2019

This key meeting of the CEPT Conference Preparatory Group (CPG) agreed positions for WRC-19 Agenda Items and draft WRC-23 proposals:-

50 MHz: Proposal – CPG(19)106
144 -146 MHz:
- Aeronautical Proposal – CPG(19)103 extract
- IARU Response – CPG(19)115
- France Background – CPG(19)137
- German view – CPG(19)INFO108
1240 – 1300 MHz: Galileo etc
- France et-al Proposal – CPG(19)114
- IARU Response – CPG(19)116
mmWave: Proposals – 231.5-275-700 GHz from CPG(19)103

Outcomes

News: RSGB, IARU
Galileo: CEPT WRC-23 Proposal
RSGB: RadCom – CEPT Prepares – from RSGB Matters

Note: IARU and RSGB volunteers are fully engaged with the ongoing WRC process including the above in CEPT-CPG, CEPT-PTA (future items), CEPT-PTD (50 MHz, WPT, 5GHz) and CEPT-PT1 (24/47 GHz). At UK level, RSGB are members of the Ofcom IFPG groups that consider these matters.