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1. e Number of instructions per cycle two 22 Rec ITU R SM 1370 Memory e Memory size 32 MB e Access time for RAM 70 ns e Size of cache memory 256 KB e Maximum expandable memory size 256 MB Display e Number of units required one e Screen size 17 inches e Screen resolution 1 280 by 1 024 e Video subsystem 256 colours e Memory 2 MB op video RAM Hard drive unit e Number of units required one e Controller technology Fast SCSI 2 e Capacity per formatted unit 1 0 GB e Access time 11 ms max Transfer rate between controller and disk 8 MB Sec Floppy disk unit e Number of units required one e Data storage capacity 1 44 MB CD ROM unit e Number of units required one e Controller technology SCSI 2 or IDE e Capacity 660 MB e Data transfer speed Quad speed Warranty All deliverables shall carry a full warranty of 12 months from date of acceptance of provisional acceptance test Auto diagnostics The automatic spectrum management system should be equipped with tools for the continuous monitoring of system performance and auto diagnostics 8 14 Geographic map display functions The ASMS should include the software for the storage processing and display of geographic data and terrain topography data The system should be capable of accepting map data in standard formats The spectrum management system should be capable of storing processing and displaying of the digital map data with no
2. Based on these inputs the model computes the propagation path at any desired distance from the transmitter site The following HF analysis tools should be provided A HF link analysis HF path propagation loss HF field strength contour Service area analysis mo A w HF interference analysis HF Point to Point Service Prediction of time of day and period of year optimal operating frequency ranges should be provided VHF UHF analysis tools These tools should use an appropriate propagation model e g Recommendation ITU R P 370 to compute propagation loss and field strength in the VHF UHF frequency range A selection of propagation models may also be offered for user choice The models should take into account transmitter characteristics antenna characteristics antenna heights above average terrain topographic terrain profile and average soil and climate conditions The following VHF UHF Analysis Tools should be provided A VHF UHF link analysis VHF UHF path propagation loss VHF UHF field strength contour Service area analysis mo A w VHF UHF interference analysis Rec ITU R SM 1370 9 Land mobile maritime mobile and fixed services General Analysis tools provided should utilize propagation models which consider the effects of terrain using digital terrain elevation and surface cover data and should be consistent with the procedures discussed in Recommendation ITU R P 1144 Guide to the application of the propagati
3. agreements such as Stockholm 1961 Rio de Janeiro 1981 and Geneva 1984 The system should enable the identification of license applications requiring border coordination For this purpose the field strength coverage in the bordering countries transmitters should be calculated as well as interference In this manner the system should support interference calculations and prints forms for coordination The system should automatically identify whether stations under evaluation are located in a coordination zone using a GIS based map It should also provide a query function to enable on line viewing of coordination data and status of selected coordination records using user specified parameters 8 5 Notification to the Radiocommunication Bureau As required in RR Chapter SIN Notification of Frequency Assignment the system should automatically identify applications requiring BR notification and create appropriate notification forms suitable for submission to the BR according to AP 1 Basic characteristics to be furnished for notification under Nos 1214 to 1217 of the Radio Regulations The system should print on request the notification for ITU R and draw the notice to the attention of the spectrum manager if the request is inappropriate It should create appropriate entries in the ASMS for tracking notification progress As a minimum the following frequency assignments should be supported e HF VHF UHF e Terrestrial microwave e Geost
4. for developing countries that does frequency assignment for the fixed mobile broadcasting and other services and operates only as a stand alone system h that Advanced Automated Spectrum Management Systems also need to be developed to effectively meet the requirements of spectrum management to handle additional radio services to add the capability of using digital terrain data in some calculations and to add multi user capabilities recommends the following design guidelines for an ASMS 1 that the ASMS should use as a minimum the data elements contained in Appendix 1 and provide a mechanism for transferring existing data to the ASMS data structure 2 that the ASMS should allow multiple users and have appropriate data security features 3 that the ASMS should contain advanced engineering calculation features for radio services including if necessary the space services as determined by the radio service requirements of the administration 4 that the ASMS should be capable of using a terrain database for specific engineering calculations 5 that the ASMS should operate in the customer s national language s 6 that output documents intended for the general population e g Licences should be easily generated in the local language and character set 7 that the implementation of such systems should include the necessary training and support 2 Rec ITU R SM 1370 8 that the following specific functions and hardware capabilities sh
5. information included in the report or different reports based on selected sets of data from the database The following custom reports are available to the operator 1 Report on number of applications pending resolution approved rejected or incomplete 2 report on number of licenses valid terminated or due to expire 3 financial reports of amount invoiced and amount collected 4 report of number of complaints received rejected or solved Graphic format reports An ASMS should be able to produce the following reports in graphic format Licensed transmitter plot This plot shows a geographic map background the location of the licensed transmitter its call sign frequency ERP field strength coverage contour interference contour This plot can show one single transmitter or multiple transmitters on the same channel on adjacent channels or on different channels Shadow plot This plot shows the contour of the optical horizon around a transmitter site It also indicates the call sign frequency and ERP of the transmitter Terrain profile plot This plot shows the terrain elevation as function of distance on the path between two sites This plot is calculated as a cross section through the topographic map data Monitored signal plot This plot shows on a map background the locations of remote monitoring stations the locations of intercepted signals and if applicable the locations of licensed transmitters from the database Ban
6. is registered by the system administrator Other security mechanisms such as watermarks on official forms may be required to prevent counterfeit production of licences or other authorities by others 8 1 9 Transaction processing This function creates a record in the database registering the date time and identity of the operator who performs each transaction such as administrative approval of a licence for instance The system should also ensure that the operator attempting the transaction meets the security access criteria and that all necessary preceding transactions have been completed For instance a request for international coordination should not be issued until the fees have been paid the equipment has been approved and the in country frequency assignment has been completed This function should also prevent an operator from repeating a transaction which has already been completed once The transaction processing implemented by the ASMS should guarantee the integrity reliability and recoverability of the database 8 2 Record keeping requirements The ASMS should support a database containing frequency assignment data and information concerning individual licence holders The database should consider as a minimum the data elements of BASMS see Appendix 1 Technical data specified in Recommendation ITU R SM 667 for other terrestrial radio services should also be included Any data required to solve rough earth propagation programs sho
7. make hard copy of the screen including graphics produced by the application modules 1 Note from the Secretariat For guide to the application of the propagation methods of ITU R Study Group 3 see Recommenda tion ITU R P 1144 24 Field Owner and address Remarks Email Fax number Telex number Telephone number License fee Data license fee is due Date license fee paid Billing name and address ITU R frequency notification date type of notification Date of bringing into use Status of administrative frequency assignment Security classification Frequency assignment coordination number registration number 1 Aided Techniques Geneva 1990 Rec ITU R SM 1370 APPENDIX 1 Frequency assignment data table ADMINISTRATIVE PRIMARY Number 8 8 8 7 8 5 8 1 Remark Smart popup linked to table of names and addresses A memo field for entering comments by national administrations Manually entered data based upon national administrative table look up or other procedure Default determined by national administration Manually entered by national administration when appropriate Default owner and address Smart popup to name and address table Popup code Default 0 Default today s date Popup codes Codes can be changed by national data administration Popup codes Default U Code originated by national administration Used to print a license Number indicates data field d
8. other necessary materials should be provided to the trainees one set per trainee Spectrum management applications 1 day Introduction to spectrum management Understanding the spectrum management system Understanding the role of the spectrum management system Understanding the spectrum management system structure 1 day Spectrum management system structure Understanding integration aspects of subsystems Understanding and using the spectrum management subsystems 10 days Understanding using the radio licensing subsystem Understanding using the technical analysis subsystem Understanding using the international coordination notification subsystem Understanding using the invoice and payment subsystem Understanding using the radio operator certification subsystem Understanding using the radio vendor dealer subsystem Understanding using the type acceptance subsystem Understanding using the inspection subsystem Understanding using the management planning subsystem Understanding using the system administration subsystem Understanding using the monitoring interface subsystem Understanding system reference tables Understanding the project 1 day Understanding the scope of the project Understanding the project deliverables Understanding how the various subsystems are integrated Understanding the project implementation schedule 0 5 day Understanding the implementation schedule Understanding the impacts of the schedule Understan
9. should support assigning sets of recognized pre allocated frequencies system should support data collection for existing licences data conversion support data entry of new licence applications facilities to issue Letter of Application Refusal the system should provide for printing of licences conforming with administration specified formats support Licence replacement procedure to handle loss of licences and apply appropriate fees whenever applicable system should automatically detect licences due for renewal and generate renewal invoices should support licence amendment processes which allow the existing licence to remain in force and maintain the availability of all existing licence details until the amendment is approved supports licence cancellation and cancelled licence re instatement and automatically calculate the appropriate fees whenever applicable on line queries capability should be provided to permit perusal of technical and licence information contained in the database More details in Section 8 11 5 the system reports should provide extensive management reporting capabilities see Section 8 9 the system should control and track the processing of licence applications to ensure that the correct applications are available at each stage of the application cycle and that applications are automatically progressed to the next stage as each process is completed 8 1 4 Fe
10. the effective height of the antenna 8 14 2 Coverage The system should calculate the estimated field strengths for any contour from the transmitter e g every 25 m 50 m 100 m depending on the DTM pixel resolution 8 14 3 GIS system To provide a system to generate electronic maps required for the analysis programs through the use of multiple kinds of input data Hardware and software components to ensure the proper functioning of the map scanner and plotting system are necessary 8 14 4 GIS software The GIS software to be supplied should preferably be from a well proven market leading vendor The GIS software should have the following characteristics full topological data structure nodes arcs and features both implicit and explicit topology feature object oriented design full SQL and RDBMS support support for Microsoft Windows 95 Windows NT and UNIX RISC Sun Sparc HP etc as a minimum built in mapping facility for data capture and map production Integrated and fully functional DTM windowed display of the data associated with a chosen object depicted on a map background on the screen should be possible facilities should be provided to display that information in user definable scales and projections facilities should be available to display positions of specific points lines and areas over the map background with associated descriptive texts facilities should be provided to
11. 4 3 5 Remark Popup codes Popup codes Check for numeric Check for numeric Remark Linkage only Check for numeric Check for numeric Popup emission types Popup for type of power Popup radiated power in the units Check for numeric direction of maximum power Default value 1 Watt radiation R TRANSMITTER EQUIPMENT SECONDARY Number 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 5 1 3 5 2 Remark Popup codes Popup codes Popup codes Popup codes Check for numeric Check for numeric Popup codes Rec ITU R SM 1370 29 TRANSMITTER SITE PRIMARY Field Number Remark Identification number of the transmitter site 2 1 Linkage only Name of transmitter station 2 2 Popup code Country or geographic Country Code area 2 6 Popup linked to Country Name Table where transmitter is located Latitude longitude of 2 9 Check limits of degrees transmitter site minutes and seconds and direction Nominal radius of the transmitter area 2 7 1 Units km Height of the transmitter above sea level 2 8 Check for numeric Call sign or other identifier 2 9 TRANSMITTER SITE SECONDARY Field Number Remark Standard defined area of transmission 2 7 2 Popup codes
12. MS should automatically identify interference free frequencies for an applicant if such a frequency is available if not it should identify the acceptable interference case Such automatic techniques should be included where practicable The process is to use appropriate calculations in conformity with commonly used interference assessment methods frequency distance functions or tables which allow for the user specification of minimum acceptable distance Rec ITU R SM 1370 7 separations for co and adjacent channels for each service in each band It should also be possible to analyse a specific proposed frequency assignment using the same models to determine its interference potential An option to calculate the power density from a transmitter should be provided This module provides tools to assist frequency assignment Tools should include Environmental search identifies radio stations in the licensed station database with parameters specified by the user This function should allow user to specify interested area of study on a displayed map and display search results on the map display details of selected station and associated frequency information identified by the search function it should be able to produce a report identifying the search results and the parameters used General characteristic of all EMC analysis tools supplied Frequency Plan look up function to assist in the selection of candidate frequencies b
13. Rec ITU R SM 1370 1 RECOMMENDATION ITU R SM 1370 DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING ADVANCED AUTOMATED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ASMS Question ITU R 68 1 1998 The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly considering a that the demand for spectrum is increasing that radio systems are becoming more complex and thus the task of frequency assignment is becoming more challenging b that an advanced automated spectrum management system would facilitate national spectrum management and monitoring coordination among administrations and notification to the Radiocommunication Bureau BR c that data elements used in national spectrum management have been reflected in the Preface to the International Frequency List IFL and Recommendation ITU R SM 667 d that TG 1 4 is working on a radiocommunications data dictionary which may replace or supplement the Preface to the IFL and modify Recommendation ITU R SM 667 e that many administrations have been successful in implementing an automated Database Management System DBMS in the development and maintenance of their national spectrum management data f that various computer programs which accomplish engineering analysis and other spectrum management tasks are described in the ITU Catalogue of Software for Radio Spectrum Management g that a Windows Multi lingual Basic Automated Spectrum Management System winBASMS has been developed jointly by the ITU D in cooperation with the ITU R
14. al capacity for 5 year growth e Access time 11 ms max Transfer rate between controller and disk 9 MB Sec Rec ITU R SM 1370 Network communications controller e Technology of controller PCI LAN Adapter e Supports 10 Mbit 10 BASE T Ethernet 100 Mbit sec backbone e Supports TCP IP protocol e Transmission speed 10 Mbits second Display e Number of units required one e Screen size 17 inches e Screen resolution 1 280 by 1 024 e Video subsystem 256 colours e Memory 2 MB op video RAM Magnetic tape unit e Type industry standard DDS 2 e Total number required one e Data transfer rate 1 MB second e Burst transfer rate 7 5 MB s synchronous 3 0 MB s asynchronous e Data storage capacity 8 GB Floppy disk unit e Number of units required one e Controller technology IDE e Data storage capacity 1 44 Mbytes CD ROM unit e Number of units required one e Controller technology SCSI 2 or IDE e Data storage capacity 660 MB e Access time 190 ms e Speed Quad speed Printer e Printer technology Laser quality e Print resolution 600 dpi e Fonts managed Adobe PostScript Level 2 Supports other downloadable fonts and bit map fonts e Printer memory 12 MB WORKSTATION COMPUTERS The Workstation computers should meet or exceed the following operational and performance characteristics Central processor unit e Technology Pentium e Clock frequency 150 MHz e Data bus 64 bit
15. ased on user given national frequency allotment plans planned types of services operations user categories facility for spectrum management officers to produce lists of several candidate frequencies for a more detailed analysis if needed automatic validation of user selected candidate frequencies against frequency plan system should include facilities to retrieve occupancy data held in Monitoring database all EMC Analysis tools provided should be an integral part of the Licensing System EMC Analysis tools should be operating in a temporary system area allowing the user to experiment with different technical parameters without affecting actual records in the system utilities should be provided to the user to update actual system records upon completion of analysis EMC tools should allow the analysis of candidate frequency assignments requested by applicants or incoming coordination requests against existing licence records and coordination records in the database using predetermined criterion which are user changeable at execution time user should be able to enter into the temporary area an arbitrary frequency record and perform analysis against another user entered frequency record in the temporary area or perform analysis against licence records and coordination records in the database using predetermined criterion which are user changeable at execution time all EMC tools should have the capability t
16. ationary satellite earth station Rec ITU R SM 1370 11 System should generate the appropriate Radiocommunication Bureau forms with data filled in e g API A1 Alternatively an electronic interface to the systems of the ITU R should be established for notification purposes 8 6 Licensing fees and fee collection The system should provide for recording fee payments and payment status associated with licensing and certification functions Simple facilities should be included for recording fees and identifying payment status since methods of calculating fees and requirements for billing vary from administration to administration The programs should be open for modification by the administration in this area so that they can be adapted to the particular local circumstances The system should have facilities to accept prepayment from applicants and at a later time apply the prepaid sum to invoices The system should produce invoices conforming with specified formats Invoice amounts should be automatically calculated by the system based on fee schedule Invoice generation and fee calculation are an integral part of the licensing process System should support the functionality which allows an invoice to be created manually without being integrated to the licensing process The system should have an invoice query and reprint function A payment reminder function should be provided to print reminders to applicants or licence holders for overdue inv
17. certificates conforming with specified formats Rec ITU R SM 1370 13 support certificate replacement procedure to handle loss of certificates and apply appropriate fees whenever applicable automatically detect certificates due for renewal and generate renewal invoices support certificate amendment process which allows the existing certificate to remain in force and maintain the availability of all existing certificate details until the amendment is approved support certificate cancellation and cancelled certificate re instatement and automatically calculate the appropriate fees whenever applicable on line queries capability should be provided to permit perusal of technical and certificate information contained in the database 8 9 Reports generation An ASMS should be capable of producing a number of built in standard notices invoices correspondence text format reports and graphic reports available to the operator via the Report Processing function In addition the system should be equipped with all the tools required to produce custom reports using only simple operator commands Notices invoices correspondence The spectrum management system should be capable of producing the following outputs Notices Notice of application incomplete notice of application rejected notice of license approval notice of license modification notice of license renewal notice of license termination notice of fee increa
18. d Primary selection is to use a set of standard selection screens incorporating standard selection criteria The ASMS is also to support selection using Query by Example and Extended Query techniques Inquiries will include inter alia selection by frequency range selection by frequency range and bandwidth a designated frequency or channel selection by unique record identifier selection by geographic area selection by services selection by user selection by call sign or station identifier Outputs from all data inquiries should be ordered according to fields specified by the user 8 11 6 Validation Validation is the process whereby data entered into the ASMS is tested to see that it is permissible or appropriate An ASMS should include validation on every input field using information in user controllable validation tables 8 11 7 Record status Information in the ASMS data files will be subject to continual change For planning purposes the ASMS recognizes multiple record status categories although records will not necessarily be kept in different files matching these categories Provision should be made to assign and track record status Status attributes should be user assignable but will typically identify processing status like preliminary processing hold for data correction hold for coordination approved etc 8 11 8 Program parameters modification The program should be as simple as possible to maintain and modify Modif
19. d Batch modes The operators at workstations should not be required to have knowledge of the software details Should have self explanatory instructions for the user available in the form of help windows on screen All data entered by users should be validated upon entry to ensure that the data being entered is valid and within desired range The system should provide ad hoc query capabilities to meet a variety of operational requirements System administration An ASMS should 8 11 have utilities to perform all necessary user administration maintain user access control through predefined user roles provide capabilities for reference table maintenance have extensive automatic housekeeping functions e g record purging provide automated procedures for routine backup database integrity validation and recovery have query functions for on line on screen viewing of system administration data have extensive management report capabilities Software requirements An ASMS should be written for Windows using an appropriate database management language chosen for its suitability to spectrum management requirements An ASMS program should be designed to support the following 16 Rec ITU R SM 1370 8 11 1 Standard data transaction must be accomplished in a multi user environment record creation record editing modification record deletion 8 11 2 Data entry Provisions should be made to make data entry as simple as possibl
20. d allocation plots This plot shows in graphic format the allocation of the radio spectrum to different services as a function of frequency 8 9 1 Licence printing Print licence at the spectrum manager s request Licences should follow a format determined by each administration 8 9 2 Record summary Provide one line summary data from each of the records selected by the user 8 9 3 Record detail Provide a full listing of all data contained in selected records 8 9 4 Transaction activity reports Provide periodic reports of transaction activity at the spectrum manager s request such reports to include but not necessarily be limited to number of applications in process total by service by band total number of applications 8 9 5 Expiration and renewal notice Automatically create a list of applications due to expire at some user specified future date Optionally generate hard copy expiration notices 8 9 6 Summary status reports Provide summary statistics and specific record summaries for records in each processing status category 8 9 7 Status reports Provide a list of all records in any user designated status category such as pending incomplete etc 8 10 Rec ITU R SM 1370 15 User interface User interfaces should operate in the language s of the administration The user interface should be graphical with extensive use of help features menus etc An ASMS should provide for the ease of use of operators as illu
21. d is based on minimum frequency distance rules which must take into account the type of service under consideration the operating frequency and the maximum transmitter power The operator with appropriate security access shall be able to override the results of the frequency distance rule Results of analysis should be displayed on screen with user selectable map background System should support printing of analysis results as displayed on screen together with parameters used in the analysis The following functions should be provided e station coverage zone prediction e station interference zone prediction EMC of broadcasting services with other services Analyses to assure compatibility following the Recommendations ITU R IS 1009 Compatibility between the sound broadcasting service in the band of about 87 108 MHz and the aeronautical services in the band 108 137 MHz and ITU R IS 851 Sharing between the broadcasting service and the fixed and or mobile services in the VHF and UHF bands should be available HF analysis tools These tools should use an appropriate propagation model to compute propagation loss and field strength in the HF Frequency range The model should compute both groundwave and skywave propagation The model may use the following inputs in the computation Transmitter characteristics antenna characteristics terrain conditions ionospheric conditions geographic coordinates time of day and month of the year
22. degradation in accuracy up to a scale of 1 24 000 and a height accuracy of 10 metres for a total of up to 500 maps The first layer is the Digital Terrain Map as detailed in Recommendation ITU R P 1058 Digital topographic databases for propagation studies On this layer by Geo Coding conforms a Map that includes by Raster or Vector all needed geographical political cultural landmarks drainage land cover populations utilities data Conductivity parameters of the Ground amp are retrieved from GRWAVE or IDWM Rec ITU R SM 1370 23 8 14 1 Profile On the DTM and image layers we add the best propagation and fading models with proven accuracy Recommendations ITU R P 370 6 for the broadcasting services ITU R P 525 2 for free space attenuation ITU R P 526 3 for diffraction ITU R P 618 3 for Earth space prediction ITU R P 833 1 for attenuation in vegetation ITU R P 834 1 for tropospheric refraction ITU R P 529 for Okumura Hata model for cities On the Map the system should be capable of showing a specific station with its coordinates e i r p azimuth and elevation altitude above sea level and antenna pattern The basis for EMC analysis is the profile estimation along the interference and wanted signal paths Without digitized terrain data Recommendation ITU R P 370 6 should be used to estimate the field strength for stations In this case for determined percentage of time and place kind of topography you need to know only
23. ding the responsibilities of the contractor Understanding the responsibilities of the administration Radio licensing subsystem 3 days Data entry applications for radio licences all services Authorizing operation of a radio station all classes Invoicing licence fees Rec ITU R SM 1370 19 Issuing the radio licence Modifying cancelling renewing radio licences Queries to the licence database Generating and understanding reports Understanding performing the technical analysis process 5 days Introduction to technical analysis Performing technical analysis Understanding performing international coordination 1 day Introduction to notification registration of frequencies and international coordination performing notification registration International Regulations query and reports Understanding the user management process 0 5 day Defining vendors Understanding the certification and registration process Understanding fee schedules relating to vendor licensing Understanding the equipment type process 0 5 day Introduction to the type acceptance system Understanding the type acceptance function and process System administration 5 days Understanding and performing system configuration Understanding and performing network configuration Understanding system access considerations Understanding and performing system back up and recovery Understanding system security considerations Understanding and performi
24. e including the use of logical full screen editing and data entry validation and logical user changeable defaults Data entry should be optimized for input data validation and to the extent practicable should be consistent with BR data forms 8 11 3 Data modification Changes to records should be made using the same screen editing specified for new data entry whenever possible 8 11 4 Data back up and archiving Standard features should be included that support routine back up for data loss protection Archiving should be provided for any deleted records identified by the spectrum manager for archive retention Records should be identified singly and by class attributes which should be specified in a user changeable data table It may be desirable to maintain historical records in order to allow the retrieval of prior licence awards or renewals which may affect the processing of a new application Audit trails should also be maintained for each application The audit trail includes all database changes time and date of those changes and name or ID code of the individual authorizing the changes Time and date stamps are recorded in the system as the application completes the various processing steps allowing the reports module to calculate throughput times and statistics relating to the percentage completion of applications in process by category 8 11 5 Database inquiry Records of interest should be easily identified and extracte
25. e processing This function should support the management of financial tasks such as recording of fee payments production of invoices and production of financial statements in statistical or individual format It should also allow the setting and changing of fee rates The Fee Processing function should use the standard double entry accounting method to record and report all transactions see also Section 8 6 The choice of cash or accrual accounting should be in line with the administration s common practice Provide fee schedule maintenance Must support current administration fee structure Should include the capability of entering new fee schedules into system while existing schedule remains in force and switching over to a user specified new schedule on a user selected date System should provide fee calculations for all transactions with charges and automatic interface to Invoice Generation Fee calculation should be capable of applying and accounting for sales taxes or value added taxes 8 1 5 Report processing This function supports the query of the database and production of reports in graphic or text form The ASMS should have a number of standard reports and standard letters and should also support the production of custom reports as specified by the operator More details are given in Section 8 9 4 Rec ITU R SM 1370 8 1 6 Complaint processing This function should support the efficient processing of interference com
26. e the computer equipment and computer peripheral devices which meet the characteristics described in the following sections Administrations should note that technology is changing at a very rapid pace and the suggestions here were current at the time the recommendation was produced 1997 but need to be reviewed against available equipment and the administration s needs NETWORK SERVER The Network server computer should meet or exceed the following operational and performance characteristics Central processing unit e Technology Dual Pentium A multiprocessor architecture will further facilitate future expansion e Clock frequency gt 100 MHz e Data bus 64 bit e Number of instructions per cycle 4 2 per Pentium CPU e Number of CPUs required two or more Memory e Memory Size 64 Mbytes of Error Checking and Correcting Memory e Access time for RAM 70 nanoseconds e Size of cache memory 512 kB e Maximum Memory Expansion Capability 192 Mbytes Controller for secondary storage e Total number of controllers required one e Data transfer rate 1 MB second e Burst transfer rate 7 5 MB s synchronous 3 0 MB s asynchronous Hard drive unit e Number of units required one e Controller technology Integrated Dual Fast and Wide SCSI 2 e Disk Storage technology RAID level 1 configuration RAID Redundant Array of Independent Drives Mirroring to safeguard against failure e Capacity per formatted unit 4 0 GB Addition
27. efined in the licence As recommended in Recommendation ITU R SM 667 the data elements in the system should be based on the latest Revision of Annex IV of the ITU Handbook on Spectrum management and computer aided techniques To ease data input the operator should be allowed to choose the element from predetermined tables by using a pop up menu The system should be capable of using defaults for most inputs Every screen should allow remarks to add information not coded as data elements to be recorded For ITU notifications where possible the definitions of the fields should be in accordance with the Preface to the IFL the Weekly Circular and the data dictionary User management An individual a supplier a service provider or an operator may be prohibited from marketing or operating telecommunication equipment without assignment of an applicant grantee code The applicant fills in a request form the user enters the legal company name and address into the records A code is permanently assigned and is valid only for the party listed This applicant grantee code is used for equipment authorization and then for operating applications The owner list is the foundation for Invoicing Fee type and Licensing control This module should address the licensing process of general vendors e provide facilities for data collection of existing vendor certificates e support data entry of new vendor certification applications e support situation
28. eivers antenna filters etc and frequency assignments expected to be found on the basis of the licence granted for each station inspected e facility to record inspection results of the station e facility to record future inspection requirements for the station e facility to produce reports of stations requiring inspection according to planned inspection date and geographic area 8 8 Equipment approval process The ASMS should optionally provide for the authorization certification type acceptance or type approval processes of the administration Such a computer aided tool could be used to ensure that new applications entered into the system for approval are using approved or acceptable equipment Applications for type approval could be entered and tracked in the system When the process is completed a new Type Approval certificate in a form approved by the administration can be delivered to the applicant Other documents of this type such as import permits and production certificates could also be issued in a similar manner The system should provide for the Type Approval acceptance certification authorization for transmitters and receivers based on the resolutions of the national committee any trade treaty obligations undertaken by the administration and conform to the allocations outlined in ITU RR S5 The system could be used to track approvals by the type of service the frequency band the output power the bandwidth charac
29. erred band 1C assigned band 1D frequency offset 1E schedule of operation hours of operation 10B seasonal periods 10C class of station 6A nature of service 6B experimental station Effective height above average terrain 9E Country 4B Latitude and longitude of transmitter 4C nominal radius of transmitting area 4D standard defined area of transmission 4B ground conductivity code 4G height above sea level 9Y call sign 3A emission designator 7A class of operation 7B designation of TV system 7C power delivered to antenna 8A radiated power 8B height of antenna above ground 9E type of antenna polarization of TX antenna 9D characteristics of TX antenna azimuth of maximum radiation 9A horizontal beamwidth 9C elevation angle of main lobe 9B gain of TX antenna 9G name of receiving station SB longitude and latitude of receiving site SC equipment code 7U interconnection to telecommunications net 7W notes 13C 14 Rec ITU R SM 1370 License general report This report includes the license holder data from the previous report plus the following additional data items 1 Date license issued 2 date of expiration 3 class of license fee 4 amount of fee 5 date of next payment 6 type and date of violation 7 reason and date of termination Custom reports The operator should have the capability to specify custom reports either based on the above reports with only selected
30. escribed in more detail in Annex IV of ITU Handbook on Spectrum Management and Computer Field ITU R frequency notification data result of examination ITU R identification number Date of ITU R registration type date Operating administration company Coordination code Type of transaction for frequency assignment purpose of transaction transaction number Field Class of station User group Number of mobile stations with which communication is to be established Response frequency Assigned frequency Rec ITU R SM 1370 25 ADMINISTRATIVE SECONDARY Number Remark 8 10 Popup code and text 8 12 8 13 Popup code and text New A 3 character country code and a 1 character coordination status Allow for 6 pairs of country and status fields Popup of country codes of surrounding or close 180 km countries Must be a user editable list Also popup coordination code and text 8 4 Popup code and explanation Default A FREQUENCY PRIMARY Number Remark 1 9 Popup code 1 12 Popup list availability 1 15 New Frequency assigned to a mobile transmitter in a mobile network where the assigned frequency is the base frequency 1 1 Store in numeric field capable of handling the smallest frequency as an integer e g Hertz x 10 26 Field Carrier frequency Frequency offset Hours of circuit operation Nature of service Experimental station Field Code number o
31. f receiving antenna Azimuth of maximum reception Horizontal beamwidth Height of receiving antenna above ground Gain of receiving antenna Field Code number for receiving equipment Receiver sensitivity Rec ITU R SM 1370 FREQUENCY SECONDARY Number Remark New Same storage procedure as assigned frequency 1 6 Popup codes 1 8 Enter limits of operating time Check if 24 hours or 59 minutes is exceeded Default T 0000 2400 1 10 Popup code 1 10 1 Default blank Prompt Y or N Store X for Y RECEIVER ANTENNA PRIMARY Number Remark 7 1 Linkage only 7 9 Check for numeric lt or 360 Default ND If ND is selected then store 999 9 7 10 Check for numeric Popup codes Default 360 00 7 2 Check for numeric Popup code 7 14 Check for numeric Popup codes Default 0 dBi RECEIVER EQUIPMENT PRIMARY Number Remark 6 1 Linkage only 6 3 Popup code Check for numeric Field Identification of receiver site Name of the receiving station Country or geographic area in which the receiving station is located Latitude longitude of receiver site Height of the receiver site above the average level of the sea Geographic coordinates Radius of a circular receiving area Field Standard defined area of reception Field Type of transmitting antenna Gain of transmitting antenna Height ground of transmitting antenna above Polarization of transmi
32. ications that are allowed should be minimal Rec ITU R SM 1370 17 8 11 9 Compatibility with other database files The issue of compatibility should be considered 8 11 10 Data content Recommendation ITU R SM 667 presents specifications for data items to be included in a spectrum management database An ASMS should optionally provide for the import and export of data in the specified formats For internal use such data should be stored in that format most efficient for the specific applications For efficiency consider total data storage requirements data precision requirements and needs for processing speed In general data should be stored in compact internal format until required for some external application Display formats should be chosen as appropriate to individual output forms The standard group of data elements in Recommendation ITU R SM 667 and the Preface to the IFL should be used as guidelines for the selection and definition of data items to be included in the ASMS database Data elements should include those required for BR notification An ASMS should provide facilities to import data from the International Frequency List on CD ROM and from the Radiocommunication Information Circular Local Frequency List 8 12 Documentation A complete user s manual should be supplied The manual should include a description of all operating features of the program sufficient to allow a user untrained in the use of the program t
33. liance with existing requirements for operation query the database to locate one or a group of licences No licence should be issued without comparing the proposed frequency assignments to the ITU Table of Frequency Allocations RR S5 Regional Allotments National Regulations and Decisions Regional radio conferences and agreements such as RJ81GW RJ81SHA GE 84 should also be referenced National Broadcasting plans provided by the Administration for Sound AM FM amp Video VHF UHF should also be inputs The system may use occupancy parameters from the database or from monitoring data before providing a licence A note could be marked if an international notification is needed in the band or if an IFL channel exists The system should enable the renewal and printing of licences Licence printing follows a standard format Rec ITU R SM 1370 3 The system should support licensing process for stations in aeronautical services stations in maritime mobile services land fixed and mobile stations in the land mobile and fixed services terrestrial fixed microwave stations above 1 GHz earth stations in the space services stations in broadcasting service amateur radio stations other services that are a priority for the administration Note that space services require extensive additional data elements and add significantly to the cost for aeronautical and maritime mobile service the system
34. lication scalability The DBMS engine should support replication in order to increase the availability of the database in remote locations and reduce the number of transactions executed in the main database If decentralized operation is an important requirement the system will have some objects replicated in each remote location If replication is not used care should be taken to ensure that the DBMS is scaleable in order to handle future growth Reliability integrity The DBMS engine should guarantee that every transaction that was executed successfully will not be lost despite a system failure Transaction based operations Transaction based databases guarantee that an operation will be done in a discrete fashion The operation will be done completely or not at all This capability guarantees Semantic Integrity in the database Database definition languages also include the ability to impose constraints in order to assure referential integrity in the data Multi user The DBMS engine should allow multiple users to be connected to the database and handle concurrent access to the information A large number of users can be connected to the system Contentions The database will handle the contentions of users trying to access the same piece of data and appropriately lock data that is being updated The database should implement the data content recommended by the ITU The following types of data may be stored in the database National table
35. ng database administration Database administration tools 5 days Introducing RDBMS Understanding the function of RDBMS Understanding the use of RDBMS in the licensing system Using SQL language Using data browsing utilities The inspection system Understanding and using the inspection subsystem Maintaining and using licensing system reference tables and codes 2 days Different types of codes Detailed use of each code tables Understanding the monitoring and direction finding function 10 days Introduction to the monitoring system Introduction to the direction finding system Understanding the interface between to monitoring system and licensing system Understanding the role of monitoring in spectrum management Introduction to the mobile monitoring system Introduction to the fixed monitoring system 20 Rec ITU R SM 1370 Monitoring reports Operation of the fixed and mobile monitoring system Spectrum measurement techniques Administrations are advised that similar training materials are available in the Virtual Training Centre of the ITU D 8 13 Hardware software environment An ASMS should be designed to run on computers configured with at least 32 Mbytes of Random Access Memory Windows should be used since it is likely that future software will be developed for this environment Some administrations may prefer UNIX although this will add to the system s complexity 8 13 1 Hardware requirements An ASMS should includ
36. nts The system should provide functions to query ledger journal client account invoice and payment records The system should have extensive management reporting capabilities 8 7 Monitoring The ASMS should provide spectrum management data to assist the monitoring stations In accordance with Recommendation ITU R SM 1050 Tasks of monitoring monitoring assists spectrum management by being the eyes and ears enabling the verification of proper technical and operational characteristics of authorized and unauthorized transmitters the detection and location of unauthorized transmitters the identification and resolution of interference problems and the validation of propagation and sharing models 12 Rec ITU R SM 1370 Penalties may be enforced on licensees whose emitting parameters are different than in the database of authorized stations The System should provide spectrum management data tasks and priorities to the monitoring stations as explained in Chapter 1 of the ITU Handbook on Spectrum monitoring The data is essential for comparing the monitored signal in a particular frequency channel within a certain geographic area to the licensed data and to draw attention to discrepancies and ensure their correction Inspection The following capability related to the preparation and execution of on site inspections of stations should be provided e facility to produce inventory report of all equipment transmitters rec
37. o be executed on line or in batch mode at user specified time utilities should be provided to allow retrieval of analysis results produced in batch mode all modules should analyse both existing and proposed transmitters receivers as potential offenders and victims all modules should provide the following levels of reporting e detailed report identifying the relevant administrative technical and operational details for each interference case e report identifying all stations frequency assignments involved in each interference case e generate summary histogram of number of potential interference cases involved The ASMS should include a set of engineering analysis tools to assist in the assignment of frequencies in accordance with the recommendations of ITU as well as national frequency plans and the local policies established by the spectrum management authority Six types of analysis tools should be provided broadcast analysis tools HF analysis tools VHF UHF analysis tools microwave analysis tools intermodulation analysis tool and EMC analysis tool 8 Rec ITU R SM 1370 Broadcast analysis tools This function supports the assignment of frequency channels based on a search of the database The frequency of the new transmitter is compared to the transmitters already licensed in the area The program checks for geographic proximity with co channel and adjacent channel frequencies when assigning new frequencies This metho
38. o specify the computer required for the use of this program to install this program on the computer to explain the procedure used to arrive at a frequency assignment to train others in the proper use of the program to change the parameters which control the operation of the program through the use of user changeable data tables to back up and archive data as required to ensure data security Administrations should specify their further requirements for documentation For example Number of copies and format e g documents shall be provided with five 5 copies in hard copy in A4 paper of three rings format in appropriate binders and two 2 sets of soft copies in a word processor format of either Word for Windows Version 6 0 or higher or WordPerfect for Windows Version 6 1 or higher on one or more 3 5 floppy disks All documents should have a Table of Contents and an Index generated by the word processor program Text in the documents shall be in a 12 point easy to read font The administration should specify the language s that it requires the documentation to be delivered in Whenever possible documents should use descriptive diagrams screen copies photographs flow charts and graphical illustrations Documents from original vendors should conform as much as possible with the requirements above however the administration should be aware that bidders do not necessarily have control
39. of frequency allocation Frequency assignment Block assignments for concessions Licence concession holder Equipment characteristics Monitoring Applications Fee Complaint Vi