Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa: Spectrum sharing and compatibility studies to boost IMT deployment
Acknowledgements
Introduction
     Study background and objective
     Study scope
     Report structure
1 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 700 MHz band
     1.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 700 MHz band
     1.2 Other services allocated in the 700 MHz band and adjacent bands
     1.3 Sharing and compatibility between IMT and the other services in the 700 MHz band
          1.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          1.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          1.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          1.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     1.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 700 MHz band
          1.4.1 Refarming DTTB services
          1.4.2 Refarming ATV services
          1.4.3 Refarming SAB/SAP
     1.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 700 MHz band
2 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 800 MHz band
     2.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 800 MHz band
     2.2 Other services allocated in the 800 MHz band and adjacent bands
     2.3 Sharing/compatibility between IMT and the other services in the 800 MHz band
          2.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          2.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          2.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          2.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     2.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 800 MHz band
          2.4.1 Refarming CDMA-850
     2.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 800 MHz band
3 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 1.4 GHz band
     3.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 1.4 GHz band
     3.2 Other services allocated in the 1.4 GHz band and adjacent bands
     3.3 Sharing/compatibility between IMT and the other services in the 1.4 GHz band
          3.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          3.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          3.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          3.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     3.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 1.4 GHz band
          3.4.1 Refarming P-P/P-MP radio links
     3.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 1.4 GHz band
4 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 2.3 GHz band
     4.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 2.3 GHz band
     4.2 Other services allocated in the 2.3 GHz band and adjacent bands
     4.3 Sharing and compatibility between IMT and other services in the 2.3 GHz band
          4.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          4.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          4.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          4.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     4.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 2.3 GHz band
          4.4.1 Refarming alternative through licensed shared access
          4.4.2 Shared access licensing for sharing spectrum with IMT
     4.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 2.3 GHz band
5 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 2.6 GHz band
     5.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 2.6 GHz band
     5.2 Other services allocated in the 2.6 GHz band and adjacent bands
     5.3 Sharing/compatibility between IMT and the other services in the 2.6 GHz band
          5.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          5.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          5.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          5.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     5.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 2.6 GHz band
          5.4.1 Refarming fixed broadband wireless access service links
     5.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 2.6 GHz band
6 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 3.5 GHz band
     6.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 3.5 GHz band
     6.2 Other services allocated in the 3.5 GHz band and adjacent bands
     6.3 Sharing and compatibility between IMT and other services in the 3.5 GHz band
          6.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          6.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          6.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          6.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     6.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 3.5 GHz band
          6.4.1 Refarming of fixed broadband wireless access service links
          6.4.2 Refarming of satellite service
          6.4.3 Specific refarming/sharing cases with satellite services
     6.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 3.5 GHz band
7 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 26 GHz band
     7.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 26 GHz band
     7.2 Other services allocated in the 26 GHz band and adjacent bands
     7.3 Sharing/compatibility between IMT and the other services in the 26 GHz band
          7.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          7.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          7.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          7.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     7.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 26 GHz band
          7.4.1 Refarming for FS service
     7.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 26 GHz band
8 IMT sharing and compatibility with other services in the 37-71 GHz band
     8.1 IMT frequency arrangements in the 37-71 GHz band
     8.2 Other services allocated in the 37 to 71 GHz frequency range and adjacent bands
     8.3 Sharing/compatibility between IMT and the other services in the 37 -71 GHz frequency range
          8.3.1 Overview of IMT sharing and compatibility studies
          8.3.2 Technical conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          8.3.3 Regulatory conditions for IMT sharing and compatibility
          8.3.4 Cross-border coordination aspects for IMT
     8.4 Best practices and methods for refarming other services in the 37-71 GHz frequency range
     8.5 Guidelines and recommended actions for the 37-71 GHz frequency range
9 Guidelines for the transition from ATV to DTTB
     9.1 Adjusted functional framework for the ATV to DTTB transition
     9.2 Functional blocks and implementation aspects per group of African countries
     9.3 Guidelines and recommended actions for the transition from ATV to DTTB
10 Technical conditions for IMT introduction in incumbent mobile bands
     10.1 Background on the regulation and context of IMT use in the 900 MHz, 1 800 MHz and 2 GHz bands
     10.2 Summary of relevant studies on compatibility of IMT services with respect to other services
     10.3 Some considerations on relevant regulatory decisions in Europe regarding 900 MHz, 1 800 MHz and 2 GHz
     10.4 Recommended technical conditions for operation of wireless broadband networks in-band with incumbent applications (in-band studies)
     10.5 Additional supporting compatibility studies of wireless broadband services and other incumbent applications (adjacent band studies)
     10.6 Specific case of sharing of IMT and aeronautical services
     10.7 Specific case of sharing of IMT and other mobile (non-IMT) services
     10.8 Guidelines and recommended actions for wireless broadband services in 900 MHz, 1 800 MHz and 2 GHz bands
11 Funding refarming efforts for IMT introduction
     11.1 Refarming cost categories
          11.1.1 Cost categories for restacking DTTB services
          11.1.2 Cost categories for DSO/ASO transition
     11.2 Funding methods
          11.2.1 Public funding methods
          11.2.2 Direct industry funding
          11.2.3 Traditional auction and incentive auction
     11.3 Guidelines and recommended actions for funding refarming efforts
12 General guidelines and recommended actions
Glossary of terms
Appendix A: Cross-border frequency coordination
Appendix B: ITU Recommendations and Reports