- Vision [1]
- The Committee provides advice, technical support, and recommends proposals to assist the FCC in its preparation for World
Radiocommunication Conferences, which occur every three to four years under the auspices of the International Telecommunication
Union. The last World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) was held from October 22 through November 16, 2007. The next
World Radiocommunication Conference will be held in 2012 (WRC-12). The WRC-12 Advisory Committee will address a broad range
of topics concerning all steps necessary to assemble information to provide advice, technical analyses, and specific recommended
proposals on matters relating to WRC-12 and future related conferences, with particular emphasis on the following: (1) requests
from administrations to delete their country footnotes or to have their country name deleted from footnotes, if no longer
required, taking into account Resolution 26 (Rev.WRC 07); (2) enhancing the international regulatory framework; (3) spectrum
requirements and possible regulatory actions, including allocations, to support the safe operation of unmanned aircraft systems
(UAS) in accordance with Resolution 421 (WRC 07); (4) regulatory measures to facilitate introduction of new aeronautical mobile
(R) service (AM(R)S) systems in the bands 112-117.975 MHz, 960-1 164 MHz and 5 0005 030 MHz in accordance with Resolutions
413 (Rev.WRC 07), 417 (WRC 07) and 420 (WRC 07); (5) worldwide/regional harmonization of spectrum for electronic news gathering
(ENG), in accordance with Resolution 954 (WRC 07); (6) review No. 5.565 of the Radio Regulations to update the spectrum use
by the passive services between 275 GHz and 3 000 GHz, in accordance with Resolution 950 (Rev.WRC 07) and to consider possible
procedures for free space optical-links, in accordance with Resolution 955 (WRC 07); (7) ensure long-term spectrum availability
and access to spectrum necessary to meet requirements for the aeronautical mobile-satellite (R) service, and to take appropriate
action on this subject, while retaining unchanged the generic allocation for the mobile-satellite services in the bands 1
525-1 559 MHz and 1 626.5-1 660.5 MHz; (8) technical and regulatory issues relative to the fixed service in the bands between
71 GHz and 238 GHz, taking into account Resolutions 731 (WRC 2000) and 732 (WRC 2000); (9) revise frequencies and channelling
arrangements of Appendix 17 to the Radio Regulations in accordance with Resolution 351 (Rev.WRC 07) to implement new digital
technologies for the maritime mobile service; (10) examine frequency allocation requirements with regard to operation of safety
systems for ships and ports, in accordance with Resolution 357 (WRC 07); (11) consider a primary allocation to the space research
service (Earth-to-space) within the band 22.55-23.15 GHz, in accordance with Resolution 753 (WRC 07); (12) protect the primary
services in the band 37-38 GHz from interference resulting from aeronautical mobile service operations, in accordance with
Resolution 754 (WRC 07); (13) spectrum usage of the 21.4-22 GHz band for the broadcasting-satellite service (BSS) in accordance
with Resolution 551 (WRC 07) and the associated feeder-link bands in Regions 1 and 3; (14) requirements for new applications
in the radiolocation service and review allocations or regulatory provisions for implementation of the radiolocation service
in the range 30-300 MHz, in accordance with Resolution 611 (WRC 07); (15) possible allocations in the range 3-50 MHz to the
radiolocation service for oceanographic radar applications, in accordance with Resolution 612 (WRC 07); (16) the needs of
passive systems for lightning detection in the meteorological aids service, including the possibility of an allocation, in
the frequency range below 20 kHz, in accordance with Resolution 671 (WRC 07); (17) consider results of sharing studies between
the mobile service and other services in the band 790-862 MHz in Regions 1 and 3, in accordance with Resolution 749 (WRC 07),
to ensure the adequate protection of services to which this frequency band is allocated, and take appropriate action; (18)
extending the existing primary and secondary radiodetermination-satellite service (space-to-Earth) allocations in the band
2 483.5-2 500 MHz (space-to-Earth) to make a global primary allocation, and to determine the necessary regulatory provisions,
in accordance with Resolution 613 (WRC 07); (19) regulatory measures and their relevance in order to enable the introduction
of software-defined radio and cognitive radio systems, in accordance with Resolution 956 (WRC 07); (20) the results of ITU-R
studies and spectrum identification for gateway links for high altitude platform stations (HAPS) in the range between 5 850-7
075 MHz to support operations in the fixed and mobile services, in accordance with Resolution 734 (Rev.WRC 07); (21) a primary
allocation to the radiolocation service in the band 15.4-15.7 GHz, in accordance with Resolution 614 (WRC 07); (22) examine
the effect of emissions from short-range devices on radiocommunication services, in accordance with Resolution 953 (WRC 07);
(23) consider an allocation of about 15 kHz in parts of the band 415-526.5 kHz to the amateur service on a secondary basis,
taking into account the need to protect existing services; (24) consider the existing allocation to the meteorological-satellite
service in the band 7 750-7 850 MHz with a view to extending this allocation to the band 7 850-7 900 MHz, limited to non-geostationary
meteorological satellites in the space-to-Earth direction, in accordance with Resolution 672 (WRC 07); (25) consider possible
additional allocations to the mobile-satellite service, in accordance with Resolution 231 (WRC-07); (26) to examine the revised
ITU R Recommendations incorporated by reference in the Radio Regulations communicated by the Radiocommunication Assembly,
in accordance with Resolution 28 (Rev.WRC 03), and to decide whether or not to update the corresponding references in the
Radio Regulations, in accordance with principles contained in the Annex 1 to Resolution 27 (Rev.WRC 07); (27) to consider
such consequential changes and amendments to the Radio Regulations as may be necessitated by the decisions of the Conference;
(28) in accordance with Resolution 95 (Rev.WRC 07), to review the resolutions and recommendations of previous conferences
with a view to their possible revision, replacement or abrogation; (29) to review, and take appropriate action on, the Report
from the Radiocommunication Assembly submitted in accordance with Nos. 135 and 136 of the Convention; (30) to identify those
items requiring urgent action by the Radiocommunication Study Groups in preparation for the next world radiocommunication
conference; (31) to consider possible changes in response to Resolution 86 (Rev. Marrakesh, 2002) of the Plenipotentiary Conference:
“Advance publication, coordination, notification and recording procedures for frequency assignments pertaining to satellite
networks”, in accordance with Resolution 86 (Rev.WRC 07); (32) in accordance with Article 7 of the ITU Convention: (a) to
consider the Report of the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau: (i.) on the activities of the Radiocommunication Sector
since WRC 07; (ii) on any difficulties or inconsistencies encountered in the application of the Radio Regulations; and (iii)
on action in response to Resolution 80 (Rev.WRC 07); (b) to recommend items for inclusion in the agenda for the next WRC,
and to give its views on the preliminary agenda for the subsequent conference and on possible agenda items for future conferences,
taking into account Resolution 806 (WRC 07), (33) other WRC-12 agenda items, issues related to recommended WRC-12 agenda items,
or preliminary agenda items for the following World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15). In FY2009 the committee will begin
preparations for WRC-12.
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