UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Saunders, Real Wireless - Cluster 1 progress summary

Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications and Demand Short range devices (incl. Wi-Fi)Cluster 1 Meeting30th September 2014Prof. Simon Saunders

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Agenda


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

Cluster 3: Social Value of Spectrum

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

• How to assign value to uses of spectrum of benefit to society?

SteeringBoard

Cluster 1 Terms of ReferenceOverall 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.)



Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications & DemandProgress summary: September ‘14

• Cluster 1 has gathered views on spectrum needs from: space, broadcast, PMR, energy utilities and PMSE, plus a cross-sectoral examination of long-term UHF policy issues

• Scheduled meetings will address transportation, mobile, defence and short-range applications

• A deliverable report is planned to record these inputs, identify ‘pinch points’ and areas for progress, and to drive the work of the other clusters

• A subgroup led by Simon Pike with cross-sectoral inputs and supported by Ofcom has generated a UK vision for the needs of 5G, which has been presented to WP5D. The resulting diagrams have been incorporated in the working document and a further input is planned.

Cluster 1 Deliverable• Scope:

• Sectoral summary of UK spectrum needs• Identify ‘pinch points’ and ‘opportunities for

collaboration’ as input to SPF’s 2015 work programme

• Audience:• Government to inform future spectrum and

infrastructure policy• Spectrum users to foster mutual understanding

and cooperation• Cluster 3 to inform analysis of social and

economic benefits in common framework• First draft circulated to SPF Steering Board:

• Introductory chapters• Space sector chapter

• Remaining chapters to be completed by end December for publication early in the New Year


Data being gathered for each sector in Cluster 1

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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

Spectrum Usage Sectors

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Sector Status in Cluster 1Utilities 16/9/13

Private Mobile Radio- Business radio- Emergency services

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Public (cellular) mobile 26/3/14

Broadcasting and entertainment (Delivery and content creation) 26/3/14

Space 22/5/14

Short range devices (incl. Wi-Fi) 30/9/14

Defence 30/9/14

Public (cellular) mobile 11/12/14

Transportation (aviation, road, rail, maritime) 11/12/14

Sectors not addressed to date:- IoT / M2M- Amateur radio- Fixed broadband (and wireless front/backhaul)- Smart cities

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