UK Spectrum Policy Forum Cluster 1 - 30th June 2015 Simon Saunders, Director, Real Wireless Ltd and Chair, UK SPF Cluster 1 Introduction for Amateur Radio & Fixed Wireless Access/Transport More information at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum All rights reserved

1. Cluster 1: Fixed wireless & Amateur radio
Cluster 1 Meeting
30th June 2015
Prof. Simon Saunders – Cluster 1 Chair
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2. Agenda
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3. 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?
Steering
Board

4. Cluster 1 Terms of Reference
Overall 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.)
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5. Cluster 1 - Spectrum Applications and Demand
Cluster 1 progress
• Published the first edition of its deliverable “UK
Spectrum Usage & Demand” on 26th March. The
report includes the following sectors:
• Public Mobile
• Space
• Utilities
• Business Radio(PMR and emergency services)
• Meteorology
• The report was published at a launch event, with
speakers from the published sectors and a
keynote address from Philip Marnick of Ofcom
• Gained significant press coverage
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Available for download from this link

6. Cluster 1 next steps
• Cluster 1 has three priorities for 2015:
• To publish a second edition report,
covering additional sectors and providing
an overall summary
• To explore the spectrum needs of the
IoT/M2M
• To support efforts on spectrum for 5G
mobile
• The board approved the production of a
second edition of the report
• The 5G and IoT items will be further
progressed in the second half of the year
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Chapter
Executive summary
Short range wireless incl. Wi-Fi
Defence
Transportation
Broadcast and entertainment
Amateur radio
Fixed wireless access, wireless
transport
Summary of pinch points and
opportunities for collaboration
Second edition report: contents
additional to 1st edition

7. 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

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Fixed wireless

9. Fixed wireless: access and transport
• Access – direct consumer and
business access to wireless broadband
services
• Access issues:
• Last 5% access to broadband
• Competitive alternatives
• Cost-effectiveness
• UK context?
• Transport
– Connectivity between mobile base
stations and core networks
- Fixed links for high-reliability, long-range
connectivity between fixed points
• Transport issues:
• Higher capacity macrocells → higher
capacity backhaul
• More small cells → more transport
links deep in the urban clutter
• Changing radio architectures (C-RAN,
RAN virtualisation, CoMP etc) →
fronthaul/midhaul with much higher
rates and tighter synchronisation than
traditional backhaul
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10. Some key sources in wireless transport
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11. Macrocell backhaul
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12. Small cells
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13. Wide choice of bands with distinct benefits
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14. Lack of regulatory harmonisation
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15. Potential for conflict between access and backhaul?
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16. Summary – are these the key issues?
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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
All mobile networks
Underpin the contributions made by
mobile
Changing networks; new options
emerging; lack of spectrum clarity
Proliferation of cells; changing
architectures
Mainly proprietary; challenges with
economies of scale
More use of mmW; need for
harmonisation
Standards-based toolkit of spectrum
and technology options?

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Amateur radio

18. Contact
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