Draft agreement on coordination between stations in the land mobile service of the Estonia Administration and stations in the aeronautical radionavigation service of the Russian Federation Administration in the frequency band

DRAFT AGREEMENT on coordination between stations in the land mobile service of the Estonia Administration and stations in the aeronautical radionavigation service of the Russian Federation Administration in the frequency band 694 – 790 MHz 201 5 Preamble In accordance with Article 6 of the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulations, the Estonia Administration (hereinafter referred to as Estonia ), on the one part and the Russian Federation Administration (hereinafter referred to as Russian Federation ) , on the other part and jointly referred to as “Parties” have concluded the Agreement on the coordination between Base S tations (BS) operating in the land mobile service (LMS) , U ser Equipment (UE) in the land mobile service in Estonia and stations in the a eronautical r adionavigation s ervice (ARNS) in Russian Federation in the frequency band 694-790 MHz. The coordination of the LMS with the broadcasting service is outside the scope of this Agreement and shall be carried out in accordance with Radio Regulations and the GE-06 Regional Agreement. This Agreement does not cover coordination between LMS stations The principles, conditions and technical parameters specified in the corresponding Articles of this Agreement are used in the coordination between LMS stations in Estonia and ARNS stations in Russian Federation in t he frequency band 694-790 MHz. Administrations recognize that MS and ARNS stations may be used in according with the Article 5 paragraph 5.1.3 of GE06 Agreement. If the Estonia Administration plans to use the mobile service in the frequency band 694-790 MHz, it shall in advance to inform the Russian Federation Administration about the relevant date of such use. From that date new ARNS stations of the Russian Federation Administration shall be coordinated with the LMS of the Estonia Administration in accordance with the procedures in this Agreement. At the same time coordination of ARNS stations of the Russian Federation Administration with the broadcasting service of the Estonia Administration in accordance with the Agreement GE-06 is not required anymore and coordination of ARNS stations of the Russian Federation Administration with Estonia Administration in the frequency bands in which this Agreement applies shall be deemed as completed under Agreement GE-06. 1. Principles 1. 1 Th is Agreement applies to LMS stations us in g Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode, where the frequency band 703-733 MHz is used by UE ( « uplink » ) , and the frequency band 758-788 MHz is used by BS ( « downlink » ) . 1.2 This A greement includes also BS transmitting in 738-758 MHz («downlink»). 1.3 No specific coordination is necessary for UE s in the frequency range 703-733 MHz , since this is covered by coordination of BSs . 1.4 In case carrier aggregation is used in such a way that the uplink is in the frequency band 790-862 MHz band and is aggregated with downlink in the frequency band 694-790 MHz, BS conditions of the « Agreement between the Telecommunications Administration of the Republic of Estonia and the Telecommunications Administration of the Russian Federation concerning the use of the frequency band 790-862 MHz for terrestrial systems» (Moscow, 2011) shall apply to BS operating in the frequency band 694-790 MHz with such carrier aggregation . 1. 5 Th is Agreement applies to the stations (operated in accordance with RR) brought into use after [date to be defined bilaterally] . 1.6 LMS stations in the Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode are not covered by this Agreement. 2. Technical conditions for coordination of the stations in the land mobile service with the stations in the aeronautical radionavigation service . 2.1 When a BS located in Estonia is operated in accordance with principle 1.1 , such a BS shall be considered as coordinated with ARNS stations located in the Russian Federation if all of the following conditions are met : the predicted average field strength value does not exceed the threshold levels defined in Table 1 at the border of the Russian Federation and 9 km inside the territory of the Russian Federation ; in the area between 1 and 100 km from the border of the Russian Federation , the density of BS sites transmitting simultaneously in the same frequency, taking into account new frequency assignment to BS, shall not exceed 10 BS sites per 100 km 2 . Table 1. Field strength value threshold Border line (B), and 9 km deep into the territory of the Russian Federation Field strength value at height 3 m , dBμV/m in BW = 5 MHz Field strength value at height 3 m , dBμV/m in BW = 1 MHz B 55 4 8 9 km 29 22 Note 1: E can be calculated for other measurement bandwidths (BW) can be calculated from these values by using the following formula E new =E+10 log (BW new / BW ), where BW new is in MHz or if the following condition is met : the LMS BS is used according to the Article 5 paragraph 5.1.3 of GE06 Agreement. 2. 2 When a BS located in Estonia is operated in accordance with principle 1. 2 , such a BS shall be considered as coordinated with ARNS stations located in the Russian Federation if all of the following conditions are met: the predicted average field strength value does not exceed the threshold levels defined in Table 2 at the border of the Russian Federation and 9 km inside the territory of the Russian Federation ; in the area between 1 and 30 km from the border of the Russian Federation , the density of BS sites transmitting simultaneously in the same frequency, taking into account new frequency assignment to BS, shall not exceed 1 BS sites per 100 km 2 . Additionally, in the area between 30 and 100 km from the border the density shall not exceed 10 BS sites per 100 km 2 . Table 2 . Field strength value threshold Border line (B), and 9 km deep into the territory of the Russian Federation Field strength value at height 3 m , dBμV/m in BW = 5 MHz Field strength value at height 3 m , dBμV/m in BW = 1 MHz B 29 22 9 km -6 -13 Note 1: E can be calculated for other measurement bandwidths (BW) can be calculated from these values by using the following formula E new =E+10 log (BW new / BW ), where BW new is in MHz or if the following condition is met: the LMS BS is used according to the Article 5 paragraph 5.1.3 of GE06 Agreement. 3. Technical conditions for coordination of the stations in the aeronautical radionavigation service with the stations in the land mobile service. 3.1 An ARNS station of the Russian Federation may use the frequency band s 703-733 MHz and 758-788 MHz without coordination with Estonia , if the predicted mean field strength produced by this station does not exceed 57 dB(µV/m)/1 MHz at a height of 3 m above the ground at the border of Estonia or if the ARNS station is located at a distance greater than 100 km. 3.2 An ARNS station of the Russian Federation may use the frequency band 738-7 5 8 MHz without coordination with Estonia , if the predicted mean field strength produced by this station does not exceed 63 dB(µV/m)/1 MHz at a height of 3 m above the ground at the border of country Estonia or if the ARNS station is located at a distance greater than 100 km. or if the following condition is met: the ARNS station is used according to the Article 5 paragraph 5.1.3 of GE06 Agreement. 4 . General 4 .1 A new frequency assignment to a BS which is not in compliance with the conditions indicated in Article 2 of this Agreement is subject to coordination . 4. 2 A new frequency assignment to ARNS which is not in compliance with the conditions indicated in Article 3 of this Agreement is subject to coordination. 4 . 3 The coordination procedure shall be performed in accordance with Article 5 of this Agreement. 4 . 4 In the presence of interference caused by a station covered by this Agreement, a Report of harmful interference shall be presented in accordance with Appendix 10 of the Radio Regulations. Upon receipt of the Report of harmful interference the Party which is responsible for such station shall take all possible measures in order to eliminate the interference and to inform the other Party . 4 . 5 Recommendation ITU-R P.1546 -5 “Method for point-to-area predictions for terrestrial services in the frequency range 30 MHz to 3 000 MHz” shall be used , taking into account agreed terrain data and/ or clearance angle for calculation of t he field strength values created by the terrestrial stations . The field strength values in this A greement are calculated for 10% of the time and 50% of the locations. 4. 6 Technical characteristics required to perform coordination of BS and ARNS stations shall be provided. Provided information shall be taken into account. 4 . 7 D ensity of BS sites shall be calculated in accordance with the method defined in Annex 1 of this Agreement 4. 8 Information about a new LMS BS which meets provisions 2.1. and 2.2 of this Agreement and is located at distance not more than 100 km from the border, shall be provided by the Estonia Telecommunication Administration to the Russian Fedration Telecommunication Administration within 2 (two) weeks after this BS is brought into use. The information should be provided in the form of the International Telecommunication Union notice for LMS BS frequency assignment. 4. 9 T he aggregate e.i.r.p. of all user terminals transmitting simultaneously within the service area of a sector of a BS shall not exceed 23 dBm/5MHz or 16 dBm/1MHz if the BS is located within 100 km from the border of the Russian Federation . 4. 10 The aggregate average field strength of BSs should be calculated by using power sum method. 5 . Procedure for affecting coordination 5.1 The Administration wishing to initiate use of a frequency assignment to the station covered by this A greement that does not correspond to the terms specified in Article 2 and 3 of this Agreement shall send to the other Administration a request to coordinate such frequency assignment. A request can be sent by mail, fax or e-mail. In case if a request is sent by e-mail the requesting Administration shall send by fax a covering letter to the affected Administration and to receive a confirmation of its receipt. 5.2 The affected Administration shall provide a feedback in respect of the request to coordinate assignments within 10 weeks from the date of the request receipt. If no feedback was received, an urgent reminder shall be sent. Administrations that failed to respond within 2 weeks from the date of an urgent reminder receipt shall be deemed agreeing if the administration, a consent of which is sought, did not ask for extra time needed to coordinate the request review. 5.3 In case of a refusal of the affected administration to satisfy a request for coordination the requesting administration shall provide to the affected administration results of its calculations, or any new technical charac teristics of the assignment. 5.4 If no response from the affected administration to the proposals provided in Item 5.3 was received within 10 weeks from the date of proposals receipt, an urgent reminder shall be sent. Administrations that failed to respond within 2 weeks from the date of receipt of an urgent reminder shall be deemed agreed to the provided proposals on coordination. 5.5 The administration objecting to the received request for coordination shall provide a proposal for reasonable changing of the request that shall not only provide for adequate protection for its available and planned services, but to the maximal possible extent shall preserve an initial objective of the request for coordination. 5.6 In case of controversies originating from this document application administrations shall be governed by provisions and procedures of the Radio Regulations, as well as applicable International and bilateral Agreements. 6 . Revision and cancellation 6 .1 This Agreement may be cancelled as desired by one of the Parties with a notice of at least 1 ( one ) year. This does not affect the operation of stations already brought into use or coordinated under this Agreement. 6 .2 After such cancellation, the Parties shall exchange the list of stations already brought into use or coordinated under this A greement . 6 .3 This Agreement may be revised or cancelled without notice, if mutual understanding is reached between the Parties . 7 . Coming into force 7 .1 This Agreement shall come into force [ date ] . 7 .2 This Agreement has been drawn up in English in two identical copies, one for the Estonia Administration and one for the Russian Federation Administration. From the Estonia From the Russian Federation Administration Administration ________________ ____ _ ____________________ Annex 1 Determination of base station site deployment density (example) Deployment density of BS site s is determined within a circle of 100 km 2 (the circle radius is 5.6 km). The circle center corresponds to the location of the BS site being coordinated . The number of B S sites located within the circle specified in item 1 (including the already coordinated or notified BS sites and BS sites under consideration ) is compared with the permissible number of BS site s established for the area where the BS site under consideration is located (in accordance with item 2.1 and 2.2 of t his Agreement) (see Fig. 1 and Fig.2). If a BS s ite is located at the border of areas with different deployment densities of BS site s then the largest deployment density value of the considered areas is used as the permi s sible number of BS site s . Fig.1 Fig.2 Saatja: GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY CENTRE <[email protected]> Saatmisaeg: 6. juuli 2015. a. 8:26 Adressaat: TJA - Avalik Teema: MC-1479 Manused: 1479.pdf; Draft_Agreement_700.docx Dear Sirs, Please find attached a scanned copy of the letter ? MC-1479 of 03/07/2015 in electronic format. 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