how can etsi help?

24 May 2004 Michael Sharpe, ETSI Secretariat Radio Competence Centre

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How can ETSI help?

The regulatory environment for RFID

Michael Sharpe


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Key issues for RFID

Free circulation of equipment

Harmonised technical

requirements

Interoperable protocols

Harmonised spectrum

allocations


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Relevant Directives & Regulations (EU)

Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

Directive (1999/5/EC)

Radio Spectrum Decision

676/2002/EC


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Directives & regulations

How can ETSI help?


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What is ETSI?

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

European Standards Organisation (98/34/EC)

Association of Industry players…

… with direct participation

…manufacturers, network operators, service providers,

administrations, users, industry associations…


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Directives & regulations (equipment)

Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

Directive (1999/5/EC)


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What does a manufacturer need to do?

Meet the “essential requirements”health & safetyelectromagnetic compatibilityavoidance of harmful interference (radio equipment only)possibly others, if invoked by the Commission

Carry out « essential radio test suites »

Inform member state (if using non-harmonised radio spectrum)

Meet national radio interface regulations

Declare conformity


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How can ETSI help (1/3)?

Harmonised Standards

Harmonized Standards??

Are there any others?

How do I meet essential

requirements?


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Other essential requirements

Access to emergency services (3.3e) Ships using inland waterways

(EC Decision 2000/637/EC) Marine distress & safety equipment

(EC Decision 2000/638/EC) Marine Identification System

(EC Decision 2003/213/EC)

Avalanche beacons (EC Decision 2001/148/EC)

None of these apply to RFID


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Where apparatus meets the relevant harmonised standards or parts thereof whose reference numbers have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, Member States shall presume compliance with those of the essential requirements referred to in Article 3 as are covered by the said harmonised standards or parts thereof. [Article 5.1]


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European Standards (EN) Produced under a mandate from the European

Commission And adopted by Member States (98/34 committee)

Identifies technical requirements to meet essential requirements of a « New Approach » Directive

Identifies « Essential Radio Test Suites » (RTTE) Cited in the Official Journal of the European Union Member states

required to presume conformity


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MSG: GSMDECT: DECT

TETRA: TETRA

ERM/MSG TFES:

IMT-2000

TM4: Fixed Radio Links

SES: Satellite Earth Stations

ERM:Land-mobile radio,

Amateur Radio, Citizens’ Band,

RFID (ERM TG34)

ERM: 2,45 GHz RLAN

BRAN:HIPERACCESS,

5 GHz RLAN


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ERM: Marine radio,

Short-range devices

(ERM TG28),Paging,

Cordless telephones,

Radar,Medical Implants,Road Transport & Traffic Telematics

ERM:Electromagnetic Compatibility,

Meteorological Aids,Avalanche Beacons,

Ultra Wide Band (ERM TG31a),

Broadcast transmitters,professional audio/video


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Co-ordinated by OCG Steering Committee

OCG_RTTED


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Harmonised Standards for RFID

Generic Short Range Devices:EN 300 330: inductive devices & devices operating

below 25 MHzEN 300 220: devices between 25 MHz & 1 GHz

EN 300 440: between 1 GHz & 40 GHz

Draft EN 302 208:

2W devices at UHF


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Harmonised Frequencies

…working with CEPT

How do I meet national radio

interface regulations?


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Radio Spectrum Access

Recommendation or Decision on

spectrum allocation

HarmonisedStandard

ETSI

CEPT

National licence regimes plus

interface regulations

System Reference Document


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Basic description of application Simple technical description

Current ETSI standards

Justified spectrum requirements Possible compatibility issues

Market forecasts Traffic evaluation Economic/social benefit Market window

Requested action from CEPT

System ReferenceDocument

Spectrum requirements

All ETSI members

may comment

ERM RM co-ordinate


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CEPT - ETSI MoU

Working Groups(adopting)

Project Teams(drafting)

ETSI Member

ETSI Liaison Officer

Overall ETSI view

Individualview

Decision/ Rec. on

spectrum

ETSICEPT


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Example: 2W RFID working at UHF

Proposed modification to annex 11 of

CEPT/ECC/Rec 70-03

Draft EN 302 208Harmonised

Standard

ETSI

CEPT

National licence regimes plus

interface regulations

TR 101 445SRDoc


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Inform user of national

restrictions on use

Inform member state 4 weeks before

marketing equipment

Manufacturer needs to know local

frequency regulations

Frequencies are managed on a national

basis:CEPT Recommendations

not enforceable at a European level


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The Radio Spectrum Decision

Radio Spectrum Committee

European Commission requests CEPT to provide frequency allocations in support of EU policies

CEPT output codified into a Commission Decision

Legal certainty !

CEPT and ETSI are permanent observers


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Example: short-range devices (including RFID)

Radio Spectrum Committee

Request (mandate) to CEPT on frequencies for generic SRD

Review the current restrictions on use of SRD in member states

Consider additional harmonised bands for SRD applications

Propose & prioritise further harmonisation measures


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How can I contribute?

Membership of ETSI is open to any organisation with an interest in telecommunications (European or not)

Harmonised Standards produced by Technical Committees of experts drawn from members

Funded Specialist Task Forces to accelerate critical work

Public Approval Process managed by National Standards Organisations


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Keeping up to date

http://www.etsi.org/europe/public-interest http://portal.etsi.org/erm

RTTE Spectrum Others…

http://portal.etsi.org/ocg R&TTE Steering Committee

http://www.newapproach.org http://www.europa.eu.int

[email protected]

Any questions?

how can etsi help?

Documents

marine radio

amateur radio

etsi help

fixed radio linksses

landmobile radio

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