regional radiocommunication conference (rrc-06) 15 may - 16 june 2006, geneva, switzerland

Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06)Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06)15 May - 16 June 2006, Geneva, Switzerland15 May - 16 June 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

RRC-06 Planning Interface

Miroslav Ćosić, Andrea ManaraRadiocommunication Bureau

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OutlineOutline

IntroductionInput dataService areas/Coverage analysisGeneral analysis/Compatibility statusSynthesis resultsToolsFuture improvements

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RRC-06 Planning InterfaceRRC-06 Planning Interface

GUI application for Windows PCsRAD based on Microsoft .NET Formerly known as RRC06 Display 2Introduced during IPG1

(see document IPG-1/20-E)Ongoing improvements in features

and performance

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Installation Installation

Windows 2000 or XP Min. 1 GHz processor + 512 MB RAM Latest version available at:

http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-04/intersession/progs/RRC_output_display/rrc_display.zipor from the PCs in the CICG Cyber-Café (level -1)

No need for administrator privileges (only one time for .NET framework install)

In case of installation (or any other) problem, contact RRC06.software@itu.int

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Release Notes and HelpRelease Notes and Help

Release notes are in 5 languageshttp://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-04/intersession/progs/RRC_output_display/index.htmlhttp://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-04/intersession/progs/RRC_output_display/index-fr.htmlhttp://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-04/intersession/progs/RRC_output_display/index-es.htmlhttp://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-04/intersession/progs/RRC_output_display/index_ar.htmlhttp://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-04/intersession/progs/RRC_output_display/index-ru.html

or from the Help->Release Notes menu item in the application itself

Feature set evolves faster than the help can be updated and translated

Help is available in the main Help menu and in the PE and AD tools

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FeaturesFeatures

Input dataService areas/Coverage analysisCompatibility analysis/status/detailsSynthesis results/Coverage analysisPlanning exercise toolAdministrative declarations toolFuture improvements

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Auxiliary FeaturesAuxiliary Features

Exporting to HTML, CSV or ExcelExporting input data subset to MDBPrinting of graphics Per-table column positions, widths

and visible/hidden are rememberedPer-table sorting by up to 5 criteria

can be saved as preferences

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Input DataInput Data

– Viewing notices from MDB file– Viewing notices from online database– Subsets of input data• Digital requirements• Administrative declarations (if available)• Analogue TV broadcasting assignments• Other primary services assignments

– Allotment area displayed on map

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Selection of CNG Geo AreasSelection of CNG Geo Areas

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Types of RequirementsTypes of Requirements

There are 4 main types of standalone and “linked” requirements – Standalone allotment (DT2 or DS2)– Standalone assignment (DT1 or DS1)– Single Frequency Network (SFN)– Assignment linked to an allotment

(not an SFN) (DT2+DT1 or DS2+DS1)

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Linked Requirements - SFNLinked Requirements - SFN

To determine the service area and to investigate incompatibilities, SFNs can be subdivided into three types– SFN without assignments (SFN DT2/SFN DS2)

– SFN without an allotment (SFN DT1/SFN DS1)

– SFN with both an allotment and assignments (SFN DT2+DT1, SFN DS2+DS1)

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Requirements Statistics - DPRequirements Statistics - DP

Requirements for Planning Notice Type

Type (No. of Parts) No. of Sets DT1/DS1 DT2/DS2

DT2/DS2 standalone 17399 - 17399

DT1/DS1 standalone 38536 38536 -

SFN

DT2/DS2 (1) 5236 - 5236

DT1/DS1 (>1) 1191 3717 -

DT2 (1) + DT1(>1) or

DS2 (1) + DS1(>1)1781 5294 1781

DT2 (1) + DT1 (1) orDS2 (1) + DS1 (1) 633 633 633

Total per Notice Type - 48180 25049

Grand Total 64776 73229

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Service Areas – SFN DT1Service Areas – SFN DT1

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Input Data – Coverage AnalysisInput Data – Coverage Analysis

Coverage analysis provides the answer to the question “How many (linked) requirement’s service areas cover a given point?”

Since synthesis and MIG analysis results are not used, Band III (linked) requirements are subdivided into DVB-T and T-DAB

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Coverage AnalysisCoverage Analysis

DT2/DS2, DT2+DT1/DS2+DS1, SFN DT2/SFN DS2, SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2 +DS1:allotment area is total service area

DT1/DS1, SFN DT1/SFN DS1: (combined) assignment service area is total service area

Right-clicking in the map of coverage analysis display distinguishes among these 6 types and subtypes

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Coverage Analysis – SFN DT1Coverage Analysis – SFN DT1

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Compatibility AnalysisCompatibility Analysis

Starting points:– Input data summary table or SFN parts list

(new menu item available on right-click)– Compatibility status– Channel distribution statistics (if synthesis

results are available)– General analysis per requirement

General Analysis display for a particular requirement under investigation

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Compatibility StatusCompatibility Status

Lists all incompatibilities within one administration or between two adms

5 types of incompatibility:– Digital-to-Digital (d2d)– Analogue TV-to-Digital (a2d)– Digital-to-Analogue TV (d2a)– Other Services-to-Digital (o2d)– Digital-to-Other Services (d2o)

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Compatibility Status - UsabilityCompatibility Status - Usability

Sorting and hiding columns may be used to better manage the amount of data displayed

Right-click to access input data details or general analysis results

Convenient way to generate additional admin declarations

Draft Plan Case 1: > 6,7 M incompatibilities

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Compatibility Status - HintsCompatibility Status - Hints

To get the full status of Case 1 self- incompatibilities, do the 5 queries, for each band (i.e. total 10 queries)

To get the status of compatibility with another adm, do the 10 queries for B to A (i.e. administration A is submitting/affected) and then another 10 for A to B (i.e. 20 in all)

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Channel Distribution StatisticsChannel Distribution Statistics

Quick access to lists of requirements which did not get a channel assigned

Future improvements– Distinguish between requirements with

no assigned channel and those with no available channel, in a new column

– Improve support for different types of linked sets of requirements

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General AnalysisGeneral Analysis

All direct incompatibilities for a requirement at a glance

Easy access to input data and general analysis results of others

Improved support for linked setsConvenient way to generate new

Digital-to-Digital admin declarations for one requirement (other types TBD)

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General Analysis – DT2/DS2General Analysis – DT2/DS2

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General Analysis – DT1/DS1General Analysis – DT1/DS1

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GA – DT2/DS2 Part of SFN DT2/SFN DS2GA – DT2/DS2 Part of SFN DT2/SFN DS2

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Parts of SFN DT2/SFN DS2Parts of SFN DT2/SFN DS2

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GA – DT1/DS1 Part of SFN DT1/SFN DS1GA – DT1/DS1 Part of SFN DT1/SFN DS1

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Parts of SFN DT1/SFN DS1Parts of SFN DT1/SFN DS1

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GA – DT2/DS2 Part of SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2+DS1GA – DT2/DS2 Part of SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2+DS1

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Parts of SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2+DS1Parts of SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2+DS1

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GA – DT1/DS1 Part of SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2+DS1GA – DT1/DS1 Part of SFN DT2+DT1/SFN DS2+DS1

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GA – DT2/DS2 Part of DT2+DT1/DS2+DS1GA – DT2/DS2 Part of DT2+DT1/DS2+DS1

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GA – DT1/DS1 Part of DT2+DT1/DS2+DS1GA – DT1/DS1 Part of DT2+DT1/DS2+DS1

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GA – Detailed AnalysisGA – Detailed Analysis

For any incompatibility, additional data can be calculated in real-time by right-clicking on “Detailed analysis”

For d2a details, the directory with the pre-calculated analogue reference situation binary file must be given (if not detected in the same directory as the results database)

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Detailed Analysis – d2d (incoming)Detailed Analysis – d2d (incoming)

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Detailed Analysis – d2d (incoming) (2)Detailed Analysis – d2d (incoming) (2)

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Detailed Analysis – d2aDetailed Analysis – d2a

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DA – Reference Situation for d2aDA – Reference Situation for d2a

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Detailed Analysis – d2a (3)Detailed Analysis – d2a (3)

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General Analysis - HintsGeneral Analysis - Hints

All incompatibilities are presented in all cases (1, 2, 3 and 4), even if they have administrative declarations

Sorting may be used to focus on those without declarations

Sorting on “descending” values of margin and CNFS will place rows with missing values first, since these are cases of service area overlaps and “Tx inside”

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General Analysis – More HintsGeneral Analysis – More Hints

In cases 1/2/3, some d2d results shown have no adverse effect, since there are no common or overlapping available channels

Draft Plan Case 1: 2,8 M (or 52 %) d2d incompatibilities with no effect because of less available spectrum

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GA Case 1– No Common Av. Ch.GA Case 1– No Common Av. Ch.

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Synthesis ResultsSynthesis Results

Channel distribution statistics Coverage analysis – option to limit the

display to assigned channels Service areas – option to limit the display

to assigned channels Future work: right-click menu must show

the available channels/blocks and the assigned channel/block in addition to the acceptable channels/blocks

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Planning Exercise ToolPlanning Exercise Tool

GUI for EBU TD planning softwareSupports 5 types of analysis and

(optional) synthesisSupports new format of admin

declarations (CR/254 addendum 1)If using admin declarations, a new

window will show which declarations have been validated/pair-checked

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PE Tool – Input DataPE Tool – Input Data

Input data can come from input data or results MDB files from BR web site

RRC_Requirements must be used to edit/merge digital requirements data

For d2a analysis, it is possible to use pre-calculated analogue TV reference situation binary files provided by BR

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PE Tool – Admin DeclarationsPE Tool – Admin Declarations

Administrative declarations can be copied from a results database, or taken from one or more CSV files, or both (a CSV file must be for one adm)

For testing, the PE tool can consider all declarations to be pair-checked, or it can enforce strict pair-checking

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PE Tool d2d Example - InputPE Tool d2d Example - Input

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PE Tool d2d Example – Input (2)PE Tool d2d Example – Input (2)

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PE Tool d2d Example – Input (3)PE Tool d2d Example – Input (3)

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PE Tool d2d Example – Input (4)PE Tool d2d Example – Input (4)

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PE Tool – d2d Example – Step 1PE Tool – d2d Example – Step 1

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PE Tool – d2d Example – Step 2PE Tool – d2d Example – Step 2

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PE Tool – Review ADsPE Tool – Review ADs

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PE Tool – d2d Example – RunPE Tool – d2d Example – Run

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PE Tool – Digital Reqs ValidationPE Tool – Digital Reqs Validation

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PE Tool – d2d – Must Include AnaloguePE Tool – d2d – Must Include Analogue

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PE Tool – d2d Example – Step 2 (2)PE Tool – d2d Example – Step 2 (2)

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PE Tool – d2d Example – Run (2)PE Tool – d2d Example – Run (2)

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PE Tool – Analogue ValidationPE Tool – Analogue Validation

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PE Tool – d2d Example – OKPE Tool – d2d Example – OK

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PE - Compatibility Status PE - Compatibility Status

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PE - Compatibility Status (2)PE - Compatibility Status (2)

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PE Tool - HintsPE Tool - Hints

For the next PE, the previous small results MDB can now serve as the input MDB

After selecting an admin declarations CSV file, make sure to click on “Add file”

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 PE Tool – d2d Example 2

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (2)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (2)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (3)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (3)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (4)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (4)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (5)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (5)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (6)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (6)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (7)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (7)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (8)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (8)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (9)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (9)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (10)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (10)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (11)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (11)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (12)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (12)

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PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (13)PE Tool – d2d Example 2 (13)

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Administrative Declarations ToolAdministrative Declarations Tool

Supports new format of admin declarations (CR/254 addendum 1)

Supports editing comments in placeSupports opening a file in the old

format and saving in the new formatCan ensure creation of all possible

1-to-1 declarations among parts of sets of linked requirements

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AD Tool – AD RulesAD Tool – AD Rules

File must have only one administration code on the left

Conditional self-declarations are saved to file as un-conditional

Declarations for analogue assignments only created for those assignments included in the planning (BC6=TRUE)

Can ensure creation of all possible declarations among 2 sets of linked requirements, if requested

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AD Tool – AD Rules (cont’d)AD Tool – AD Rules (cont’d)

Self-declarations are saved to file only in one direction, the other direction being considered as a duplicate

Creating new duplicate declarations updates the intent (ADD/MOD/SUPP), the conditional flag, and the remark for the existing declaration

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AD Tool – AD Rules for 1-to-1AD Tool – AD Rules for 1-to-1

D2D/O2D/D2O must have common or overlapping bandwidths

A2D/D2A must have adjacent or common/overlapping bandwidths

Self-declarations within a linked set are not created

A2D/D2A declarations not created when D is a conversion from A

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AD Tool - HintsAD Tool - Hints

The AD tool can be used to quickly generate many syntactically correct declarations, but that doesn’t mean it should be used that way

Exporting reciprocal declarations, importing (reciprocal) declarations are time-saving features found in the File menu

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Future ImprovementsFuture Improvements

Display of each requirement’s worst MIG according to the RSD (%) criteria

Display of MIGs for an administration– Global MIGs with admin declarations– Global MIGs without self-declarations– Internal MIGs with admin declarations– Internal MIGs without self-declarations

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Future Improvements (cont’d)Future Improvements (cont’d)

Complementary analysis resultsReal-time calculation of the contour

corresponding to a user-provided F/S

CNG support improvements– Saving maps to graphics file– Generating maps of assigned/non-

assigned requirements per channel

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Rectangular Area SelectionRectangular Area Selection

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Future Future ImprovementsFuture Future Improvements

Some form of terrain data displayOther conference decisions as

necessaryGeneva hotel room reservation

system – ensure equitable access

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Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention

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Good Night and Good LuckGood Night and Good Luck