Analogue to Digital TV Transition

							Digital Dividend and Analogue to
      Digital TV Transition



     (Noumea, 11-15 April 2011)
             Cristian Gomez, ITU
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Overview
        Digital Dividend ≠ Digital Divide!
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  Overview
                          Digital Dividend: digital terrestrial TV

Use spectrum more
efficiently: more TV in
less spectrum




More spectrum for mobile
broadband: 4G


                                Innovative radio
                                technologies: white space
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  Introduction to Broadcasting
              plans

   Allocations (ITFA)




       Allotments (Plans)




          Assignments (MIFR)




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       Allotments (Plans)




   Signatory countries agree on the adoption of:
   -a common frequency band and technical parameters
   - rules for modification of the plan, coordination and
   notification.

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   Broadcasting plans: agreements
• ST61 – In its glory days, ST61 Agreement covered nearly the
  whole VHF/UHF broadcasting bands in the European Broadcasting
  Area.

• GE75 – Regional Agreement concerning the use by the
  Broadcasting Service of frequencies in the Medium Frequency
  Bands in Regions 1 and 3 and in the Low Frequency Bands in
  Region 1

• RJ81 – Regional Agreement concerning the use by the
  broadcasting service of frequencies in the medium frequency bands
  in Region 2.
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  Broadcasting plans: agreements
• GE84 – FM band for the countries of Region 1 as defined in No.
  393 of the Radio Regulations together with the Democratic
  Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

• RJ88 – Regional Agreement concerning the use by the
  Broadcasting Service of frequencies in the Medium Frequency
  Bands in Regions 2.

• GE89 – covered the whole VHF/UHF broadcasting bands in
  African Broadcasting Area and neighboring countries. In 2006 it
  "transferred" the frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz
  to the new GE06 Agreement
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 Europe + Africa: GE06
 agreement for digital broadcasting
• 2001 – ITU Council decided to plan for digital
  broadcasting in the European Broadcasting Area
  (ST61)

• 2002 – decided to include countries in Africa and
  Middle East

• 2002 – RCC countries included by Plenipotentiary
  conference (Marrakesh)
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Europe + Africa: GE06
agreement for digital broadcasting.
Plan for 120 countries
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Europe + Africa: GE06
Agreement
TV frequency bands in question:

VHF Band III: 174-230 MHz

UHF Bands IV & V: 470-862 MHz

Technology: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T)
For television with four reception modes of fixed,
mobile, portable indoor and outdoor
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 In Europe + Africa: GE06
 Agreement. Objectives
- Agree on date for Transition to Digital
- Establish a digital frequency plan
- Adopt an Agreement that sets out the procedures for
  making changes to the frequency plan and to bring
  the frequency assignments into operation.
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 Europe + Africa: GE06
 Agreement
The Agreement entered into force on 17 June 2007

Transition: 17 June 2015, but some countries preferred
an additional five-year extension for the VHF band
(174-230 MHz).

At the end of the transition period, countries may
continue to operate analogue broadcasting stations
provided that these stations
   do not cause unacceptable interference
   do not claim protection
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             Transition map



                    UHF: 17/6/2015
                    VHF:
                      17/6/2015
                      17/6/2020
                      17/6/2020




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World overview: DTT adoption
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Analogue switch off: spectrum decisions for
mobile broadband
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 Overview
At the 2007 World Radio Conference (WRC -07), the
ITU identified additional spectrum for use by IMT
systems within the 698-862 MHz UHF band and
allocated this spectrum to the mobile service. More
specifically, for each ITU Region:

Region 1: 790-962 MHz
Region 2: 698-962 MHz
Region 3: 790-962 MHz*

*Although 790-960 MHz was identified for IMT in Region 3, Bangladesh, China, Korea
(Rep. of), India, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore also
identified the band 698-790 MHz to align with Region 2. The frequency arrangements for
the respective regions are found in the document ITU-R M.1036-2
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 Implications: hardware availability



More digital TV…
less analogue
hardware



 New mobile technologies…
 market choices
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US band plan
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4G mobile broadband landscape

USA: 698 – 806 MHz
(2 x 12 MHz blocks + 2 x 11 MHz blocks)


Europe: 790 – 862 MHz
(2 x 30 MHz blocks with 11 MHz center gap)


Asia Pacific: 698 – 806 MHz
(2 x 45 MHz blocks with 10 MHz center gap)
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4G mobile broadband landscape

LTE & WiMax
(channel sizes up to 20 MHz for maximum data rate
≈ 100 Mbps)


4G roaming considerations


Markets for sourcing handsets
and base stations
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