2015-1
Steering Group on Radio Frequency Coordination
A meeting of the Steering Group for Radio Frequency Coordination (SG-RFC) will be held from 22-25 September 2015 in Meteo Swiss, Payerne, Switzerland.Working hours: 9:00am -5:30pm
Contacts
Chair: Jose Arimatea de Sousa Brito (Brazil)Host: Maxime Hervo (Meteo Swiss)
WMO: David Thomas
Information for participants
Output documents
- WMO Position Paper on WRC-15 Agenda
- Working Arrangements at WRC-15**
- Summary of Regional Positions**
- Final Report
Input Documents
- Doc0i - Introduction by Dominique Ruffieux
- Doc01r5 - Agenda (Draft)
- Doc02 - Report on EESS (active) Issues (Bryan Huneycutt)
- Doc03 Link to the Space Frequency Coordination Group Objectives (SFCG) for WRC-15
- Doc04 - SFCG_WRC_Objectives with status report **
- Doc05 - CPM Report for WRC15 ## or (Doc05 Zip) for zip file**
- Doc06 - APT preliminary proposal on WRC-15 AI.10
- Doc07 - Space Wx proposal for WRC-23 (AI.10)
- Doc08 - MetSat 460-470MHz-Upgrade proposal for WRC-19 (AI.10)
- Doc09 - Report on Issues Related to Radars
- Doc10 - ATU WRC-15 Common Position
- Doc11 - Report on issues related to Lightning Detection
- Doc12 - Report on Meteorological Aids Spectrum Issues
- Doc13 - Report on Wind Profiler Radar Spectrum
- Doc14r4 - Working Document - Draft update on WMO Position Paper **
- Doc15 - Extracts on RFC from the report on Cg17
- Doc16 - Proposal for 40-50 MHz EESS(active) AI 10
- Doc17 - Extracts on RFC from the report on CBS Ext.(2014)
- Doc18 - Report of 4th ATU preparatory meeting for WRC15
- Doc19 - Space weather Tech and Operational Characteristics ICTSW Members
- Doc20 - Report on MetSat and related EESS (passive & active) Issues
- Doc21r1 - Membership with contact details **
- Doc22 - Report of CITEL WRC -15 Preparation
- Doc23 - Doc23-PPT - Requirements Summary - Observing Systems Capability Analysis And Review Tool? (OSCAR)
- Doc24 - Final Report of SG-RFC 2014-2
- Doc25r2 - RCC WRC-15 Common Position
- Doc26r2 - Summary of Regional Positions **
- Doc27 - Report on CEPT Activities
- Doc28 - Final Report of SG-RFC 2014-1
- Doc29 - Report on APT Positions WRC15
- Doc30 - Guide to Participation in Radio-frequency Coordination (WMO-No. 1159) (English PDF)
- Doc31 - CEPT-CPG Draft ECP AI 10 **
- Doc32 - CITEL-P2!R-4000-10K-6GHz **
- Doc33 - CITEL-P2!R-4000-10B-5GHz **
- Doc34 - CITEL-P2!R-4000-10F-HAPS **
- Doc35 - Working Arrangements at WRC-15 **
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Agenda
| Item | Document No. | |
| 1 | ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING | |
| 1.1 | Opening of the meeting | |
| 1.2 | Approval of the agenda | Doc01 |
| 1.3 | Working arrangements | |
| 2 | WMO support to radio-frequency spectrum activities | |
| 2.1 | Outcomes of the 17th World Meteorological Congress | Doc15, Doc30 |
| 2.2 | Decisions of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) related to radio frequency coordination activities | Doc17, Doc30 |
| 2.3 | Organization of the Steering Group on Radio Frequency Coordination | |
| 2.3.1 | SG-RFC Members, Associates and Observers | Doc21, Doc24, Doc28 |
| 2.3.2 | SG-RFC regional activities | Doc24, Doc28 |
| 2.3.3 | Responsible persons for specific issues | Doc24, Doc28 |
| 2.4 | Coordination with other organizations | Doc03 |
| 2.4.1 | SG-RFC cooperation with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) | Doc15 |
| 2.4.2 | SG-RFC activities in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | |
| 2.4.3 | SG-RFC coordination with CGMS | Doc20 |
| 2.4.4 | Cooperation with the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) and the Space Frequency Coordination Group (SFCG) in preparation for WRC-15 | Doc03* |
| 2.4.5 | SG-RFC relations with the Commission for Instruments and Methods for Observations (CIMO) | |
| 3 | WMO/SG-RFC preparation for the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly 2015 (RA-15) on 26 - 30 October and the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-15) on 02?-?27?November 2015 | |
| 3.1 | Report on regional preparation to RA-15/WRC-15 | Doc10, Doc18, Doc22, Doc25, Doc26*, Doc27, Doc29, Doc31*, Dcc32*, Doc33*, Doc34* |
| 3.2 | WMO position and input to RA-15 | |
| 3.3 | Preparation of WMO input to WRC-15 (WMO position on WRC-15 Agenda) | Doc04*, Doc05*, Doc06, Doc14*, Doc07, Doc08, Doc09, Doc16, Doc20, Doc26* |
| 3.4 | WMO strategy and priority areas at WRC-15 (Plenary meetings, Committees and Working Group meetings, etc.) | |
| 4 | Spectrum issues related to meteorological and Earth exploration applications/systems | |
| 4.1 | Applications in the meteorological aids service | Doc11, Doc12 |
| 4.2 | Applications in the meteorological-satellite service | Doc02, Doc20 |
| 4.3 | Spaceborne remote sensing applications | Doc02, Doc20 |
| 4.4 | Issues related to weather radars and wind-profiler | Doc09, Doc13 |
| 4.5 | Issues related to ?Space Weather? | Doc07, Doc19 |
| 4.6 | Other radio-frequency spectrum issues | |
| 5 | Contributions to ITU Radiocommunication Sector | |
| 5.2 | WMO contributions to RA-15 and WRC-15 | |
| 6 | Further activities (list of actions, next meetings, etc.) | |
| 7 | Any other business | |
| 7.1 | Observing Systems Capability Analysis And Review Tool (OSCAR) | Doc23 |
| 8 | Closure of the meeting | |
Participants
| Name | Representing | Attending |
| Jose Arimatea DE SOUSA BRITO | Brazil (Chair) | Yes |
| Gilles FOURNIER | Canada (Vice-chair) | Yes |
| Maxime HERVO | Switzerland (Host) | Yes |
| Jorg KLAUSEN | Switzerland | Yes |
| Bryan HODGE | Australia | Yes |
| Ming ZHANG | China | No |
| Philippe TRISTANT | EUMETNET | Yes |
| Markus DREIS | EUMETSAT | Yes |
| Eric ALLAIX | France | Yes |
| Vadim NOZDRIN | ITU | Yes |
| Henry N. KARANJA | Kenya | Yes |
| Neil BEWLEY | UK | Yes |
| David FRANC | USA | Yes |
| James MENTZER | USA | Yes |
| Robert LECK | USA | Yes |
| Alexandre VASSILIEV | WMO | Yes |
| David THOMAS | WMO (Secretariat) | Yes |
