Air4All Study on military spectrum allocations required for the Insertion into the GAT of the UAS ESA-EDA Workshop Noordwijk, May 27th & 28th, 2009 Presented by Jean-Louis Roch, Thales Aerospace
Objectives and content Study the military frequency spectrum allocations required for the insertion into the GAT of the UAS Identify an appropriate spectrum for the integration of UAS in non-segregated airspace, in connection with Air4All conclusions on UAS insertion into GAT Define and promote European interests and positions in WRC preparation Final outcomes : To provide inputs to WRC-11 European preparation To provide contributions in support to CEPT and ITU-R processes To support the European position regarding regulation and operational requirements To provide supporting information to the European Delegations To identify other UAS related issues, in view of WRC-15 (such as P/L, Mission D/L and ATOL spectrum requirements) Other considerations Definition of operational scenarios Optimisation of spectrum resource
Air4All Consortium Large Consortium from European Industry, connected with Research 16 co-contractorsn Thales Aerospace lead 7 sub-contractors Representing 9 European Nations Experts in : Radio Spectrum Regulation Radio Spectrum Technologies UAS Radio Frequency technologies in DL, Payloads, S&A, ATC,... UAS System Architecture Safety and Certification UAS insertion in General Air Traffic UAS Platform integration and operation Key Points of Contact with : ITU-R Regulation Meetings : CEPT EUROCAE, RTCA, ICAO NATO National Defence and Civil Aviation delegation
World Radio Communication Conference The ITU assembly where Member States agree on evolutions of the Radio Regulations Schedule is key WRC are every 4 years One WRC determines next WRC agenda items Time between WRC is for ITU study groups to develop proposals for solutions Negotiation is key 1 voting right per State Regional positions & Influent organizations Worldwide consensus building State to state package deals WRC-07: 150 countries 2500 delegates 4 weeks 25 items for WRC-11 Strict organization, long haul debates
WRC Organization International Regional * National layer Pyramidal consensus building - must be aligned
WRC-11, & UAS/GAT 2007 WRC-07 invites ITU-R studies 2009 2011 WRC-11 includes in WRC-15 agenda Non Type Certificated UASs Type Certificated UASs IFR IFR Experimental UASs Step 1 Segregated Airspace Step 1a Segregated Airspace Step 2 Non Segregated Airspace 2015 WRC-15 takes decision 2017 States bring the decision in practise Type Certificated UASs IFR IFR/VFR IFR / VFR State UASs Civil/State UASs Civil/State UASs State UASs Civil/State UASs Step 3 Non Segregated Airspace Step 4 Non Segregated Airspace Step 5 Step 5a Non Segregated Non Segregated Airspace Airspace Step 6 Non Segregated uncontrolled Airspace Step 6 Non Segregated uncontrolled Airspace Fly within National Borders Worldwide ICAO Actions 2009, decision 2011, solutions 2015 - WRC is on time
Study Logics System Engineering (WP 2) Scenarios UAS Definition Standardisation UAS insertion into GATInteroperability Scenarios Technical analysis result DL User Datarate definition Workshops Reports Progress Reviews Management (WP 1) Technical analysis (WP 4) Coherency & consistency UAS Insertion (WP 3) Frequency recommendations Frequency Support (WP 5)
Study WBS WP 1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT THALES AEROSPACE WP 1.1 MANAGEMENT COST AND SCHEDULE WP 1.2 MEETING ARRANGEMENT/CONSISTENCY REPORTING/UAV PG ARRANGEMENT WP2 SYSTEM ENGINEERING WP 3 UAS INSERTION ASPECTS WP 4 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS EADS DASSAULT AVIATION SAGEM WP 2.1 COLLECTION OF UAV INFORMATION RDE WP 3.1 STANDARDISATION REVIEW DASSAULT AVIATION WP 2.2 SCENARIOS EADS DS Fr WP 3.2 INTEROPERABILITY EADS GmbH WP 2.3 DL USER DATA RATE DEFINITION EADS GmbH WP 3.3 CERTIFICATION/SAFETY DASSAULT AVIATION WP 2.4 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE WP 3.4 UAS INTEGRATION INTO AIR TRAFFIC EADS DS Fr WP 2.4.1 SPECTRUM OPTIMISATION TNO WP 2.4.2 SECURITY ASPECTS DIEHL BGT DEFENCE WP 2.4.3 DL SAFETY AND AIRWORTHINESS DASSAULT AVIATION WP 4.1 COMMAND & CONTROL THALES COMM WP 4.1.1 C2 LOS THALES COMM WP 4.1.2 C2 BLOS THALES ALENIA SPACE WP 5 FREQUENCY SUPPORT including close coordination with WP4 IABG WP5.1 SPECTRUM SURVEY BAE/QINETIQ WP 5.2 COMPATIBILITY/SHARING SELEX SI WP 5.3 SUPPORT TO WRC 11 THALES ALENIA SPACE WP 4.2 SENSE & AVOID & ATC RELAY SAGEM WP 5.3.1 EUROCAE COORDINATION IABG WP 4.3 MISSION DL (LOS & BLOS) SELEX COMM WP 5.3.2 CEPT COORDINATION THALES ALENIA SPACE WP 4.3.1 MISSION DL LOS SELEX COMM WP 4.3.2 MISSION DL BLOS SELEX COMM WP 4.4 OTHER (RF PAYLOAD, ATOL) THALES AEROSPACE WP 5.3.3 NATIONAL COORDINATION WP 5.3.4 OTHER STAKEHOLDERS COORDINATION
Schedule T0 T0+4 SMP IPR1 1st Kick off Workshop IPRM1 WP2 System Engineering 2.1 Collection of UAV info 2.2 Scenarios 2.3 DL User data rate 2.4 System Architecture DF21 D21 D22 D23 D31 D32 WP4 Technical Analysis 4.1 Control & Command 4.2 SAA & ATC relay 4.3 Mission DL 4.4 Others D41 D42 DF51 D51 ITU-R WP5B ITU-R WP5B CEPT PT-C Management meeting CEPT CPG D52 CEPT PT-C Deliverable IPRM2 DF IPR2 2nd Workshop DF22 WP3 UAS insertion issues 3.1 Standardization review 3.2 Interoperability 3.3 Certification and safety 3.4 UAS integration into GAT WP5 Frequency Support 5.1 Spectrum survey 5.2 Compatibility & sharing 5.3 Support to WRC11 T0+12 T0+10 T0+8 CEPT CPG ICM T0+6 CEPT PT-C WP1 Project Management T0+2 Meeting for WRC11 preparation
Current Status has started on January 20th, 2009 Workshop 1 + National Workshops have already been held Hypotheses are now being discussed and shared with pms Operational needs discussed during Workshop 1 Need to fly in GAT, mainly for transit phase. Convergence on airspace configurations to focus on for following phases: Take-off / Landing Transit Mission Bandwidth need vs ITU statement First partial computation shows compatibility with current ITU bandwidth requirement. Initial Candidate bands proposed
UAS Categories starting from 12 categories merged in 5 categories Mini, Medium Range (Tactical), MALE, HALE, UCAV UAS Categories Flight Altitude (ft) Data-link type Mini < 4500 LOS Medium Range (Tactical) < 24000 LOS - BLOS MALE < 42000 LOS - BLOS HALE < 60000 LOS - BLOS UCAV < 42000 LOS - BLOS Note : UCAV are pure military and can not be part of 5B ITUR studies.
Hypotheses (in progress) Mission Radius Altitude Density of UAS over mission area Density of UAS per Km² Km² per level SC_M1 100km x 100km 20 000ft 6 000ft 500ft 2 MALE 6 Tactical 5 mini 2 1010-4 6 1010-4 5 1010-4 13 1010-4 Global density of UAS per Km² Km² SC_M2 3000km x 3000km 50 000 ft 2 HALE or MALE 2 1010-7 2 1010-7 SC_M3 100km x 100km 45 000 ft 20 000 ft 2 HALE 2 UCAV 2 1010-4 2 1010-4 4 1010-4 SC_M4 800km x 800km 40 000 ft 3 UCAV 5 1010-6 5 1010-6 SC_M5 500km x 500km 5 000 ft 2 MALE 8 1010-6 8 1010-6 Scenario Mini: Medium: MALE: HALE: UCAV: LOS (C² + PL) LOS (C² + PL) & LOS (C²) LOS (C² + PL) & BLOS (C² + PL) LOS (C² + PL) & BLOS (C² + PL) & (B)LOS (C²) LOS (C² + PL) & BLOS (C² + PL) Global UA density close to ITU-R hypothesis (8 10-4) Name UAS SC_M1 ISTAR mission in coercion phase MALE/TACTICAL/Mini SC_M2 ISTAR mission MALE/HALE SC_M3 Strike mission HALE/UCAV SC_M4 Strike mission Multi UCAV SC_M5 Blue Border MALE SC_C1 Intercontinental Cargo MALE or HALE Military Civil SC_C2 Planned Surveillance of Oil Fields Mini SC_C3 National Customs Coastal Patrol Tactical SC_C4 EU Police Immigration Patrol Tactical SC_C5 National Firebrigade Tactical
Review of Standards External bodies EDA: PATRIA study EDA: RFP inputs Creation of a Shared 51 documents Repository 3.2: Interoperability 3.3: Safety&airworthiness Consortium NATO EASA EUROCONTROL JAA FAA NATIONS France Australia Germany Sweden Others Indexing Choice Analysis Synthesis 12 documents 3.4: Integration in GAT IN PROGRESS
Frequency Support The process will concentrate on Requirements for UAS insertion into GAT (Agenda Item 1.3 of WRC-11) and on a potential agenda item for payload communication by WRC-15. Spectrum survey ph1 Radio Regulations Sharing studies ph1 Parameters Initial criteria Data exchange WP5 sub work packages 5.1 WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WRC-11 status WP5 tasks Sharing studies ph2 Candidate bands Review of WRC-11 status WRC-11 preparation Spectrum survey ph2 Positions to WRC-11 Technical support Promotion of positions throughout WRC-11 European preparation 5.3 5.2
Candidate bands Candidate bands (1st iteration) Preliminary list of candidate 117.975-137 MHz 328.6-335.4 MHz 960-1215 MHz 1300-1350 1545-1555 / 1646.5-1656.5 MHz 1610-1626.5 MHz 2700-2900 MHz 4200-4400 MHz 5000-5250 MHz 5350-5460 MHz 8750-8850 MHz 9000-9200 MHz 13.25-13.4 GHz Preliminary selection of candidate Confirmed candidate? - 204 MHz AM(R)S for LOS 200 MHz ARNS for S&A 59 MHz AM(R)S for LOS 150 MHz AMS(R)S for SATCOM 200 MHz ARNS for S&A YES (to be refined) (sharing : DME, JTIDS/MIDS, L-DAC ) TBD YES to be refined (sharing : MLS, WiMax, AMT ) YES to be refined (sharing : MLS) TBD (1) Existing Civil Aviation allocations from the ITU-R Radio Regulations > AM(R)S = Aeronautical Mobile (en Route) Service > ARNS = Aeronautical RadioNavigation Service > AMS(R)S = Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (en Route) Service
Conclusions will propose technical solutions for spectrum allocation aiming at the insertion of UAS into General Air Traffic will help European nations in the definition of a potential joint set of requirements for UAS spectrum allocation and will support the elaboration of a European position towards WRC-11 conference will contribute to the preparation of next UAS agenda items for WRC-15 should be an input for EDA/ESA Feasibility Study and Demo Mission