Wg Cdr Sanjay Kamra, Jt Director, JCES - ITU-APT Foundation of India

DEFENCE PERSPECTIVE
ON
WORLD RADIO CONFERENCE‐15
PRESENTING BY:
WG CDR SANJAY KAMRA
JT DIR (Spectrum Policy) JCES

SPECTRUM MGMT BODIES
ITU ‐ COORDINATES SPECTRUM INTERNATIONALLY
WPC ‐ THE NATIONAL SPECTRUM MANAGER
TRAI – ADVISORY BODY
SACFA ‐ CLEARS ALL SPECTRUM ASSIGNMENTS CASES
JCES – SPECTRUM MANAGER FOR DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC
FORCES

JOINT COMMUNICATION
ELECTRONICS STAFF (JCES)

JCES ‐ BACKGROUND
ESTABLISHED AS SERVICES COMMUNICATION
BOARD (SCB) ‐ JUN 1943
REDESIGNATED AS SCB (INDIA) ‐ DEC 1947
REDESIGNATED AS JOINT COMMUNCATION ELECTRONICS
COMMITTEE (JCEC) ‐ JUL 52
REDESIGNATED AS JCES UNDER
CABINET SECRETARIAT ‐ 1963
TRANSFERRED UNDER JT SECY (MIL) UNDER CHAIRMANSHIP OF
VICE CHIEFS COMMITTEE ‐ 1991
CHAIRMANSHIP VCC TRANSFERRED TO CISC AND JCES PLACED
UNDER HQ IDS ‐ NOV 2001

JCES –ORG
DACIDS
(BRIG / CMDE / AIR CMDE )
DIR
PS WING
(PLANNING
AND
SYSTEMS)
JT DIR
FP WING
(FREQUENCY
AND
PROPAGATION)
JT DIR 1
EW WING
(ELECTRONICS
WARFARE)
JT DIR‐ 1
JT DIR‐ 2
TS WING
(TECHNICAL
SYSTEM)
JT DIR‐ 1
JT DIR‐ 2
ADM WING
ADM OFFR
JT DIR 2
JT DIR SACFA

CHARTER OF DUTIES : JCES
ADVISE SERVICES ON ALL COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS
MATTERS AFFECTING MORE THAN ONE SERVICE
COORDINATE COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SERVICES
COORDINATE AND ALLOCATE THE FREQUENCIES FOR THE
SERVICES AND DRDO
TECHNICAL ADVISE ON MILITARY COMMUNICATION
ELECTRONICS MATTER AFFECTING MORE THAN ONE
SERVICE
REPRESENT DEFENCE SERVICES AT NATIONAL/ITU
PLATFORMS IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO HARMONISING
SPECTRUM.

JCES ‐ SINGLE WINDOW FOR
ALL INTERACTIONS WITH WPC
FOR THE SERVICES & OTHER
STRATEGIC USERS

SPECTRUM FOR DEFENCE

EM SPECTRUM AS A WAR
FIGHTING RESOURCE
FUTURE WARS
• NUCLEAR
• ASSYMMETRIC
• NON‐CONVENTIONAL
• NETWORK CENTRIC
WAR FIGHTING ABILITY OF DEFENCE FORCES
DEPENDS ON SPECTRUM SUPPORT.

SPECTRUM USAGE PROFILE
• FAST MOBILIZATION
• MISSILE AND NUCLEAR THREAT
• PROXY WAR, LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT,
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, TRAINING
• COMMERCIAL NETWORKS WILL ALSO BE
REQUIRED FOR NATIONAL WAR EFFORT
• SPECTRUM REQUIRED FOR TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS
• SPECTRUM REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC
PROTECTION AND DISASTER RELIEF

NFAP 81
FIRST NFAP BROUGHT INTO FORCE wef 01 APR 81.
IDENTIFIED CERTAIN USERS AS MAJOR USERS AND
EARMARKED SPECTRUM FOR THE USE OF THESE USERS.
DEFENCE DESIGNATED AS A MAJOR USER.
MAJOR USERS WERE WIRELESS USERS WHO ARE
PERMITTED TO PLAN THEIR SERVICES AND TAKE ACTION
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REQUIRED EQPT, ON
CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD APPROACH WPC FOR
LICENSE BEFORE COMMENCING OPERATION OF ANY
STATION

DEVELOPMENT POST NFAP‐81
MOBILE TELEPHONY INTRODUCED IN COUNTRY IN MID 90’s
DEFENCE VACATED SPECTRUM WITHOUT COMPENSATION
SURGE IN TELECOM GROWTH AFTER NTP‐99.
NFAP REVISED AND MAJOR USER CONCEPT DONE AWAY
WITH IN NFAP 1999.
MOST FREQUENCY BANDS REQUIRED FOR CELLULAR
INDUSTRY LIE IN BANDS USED EXTENSIVELY BY DEFENCE.

NFAP ‐ 1999
DOCUMENT BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY
ALLOCATION TABLE.
NOMAJORUSERFORANYSPECIFICFREQUENCYBAND.
BAND ALLOTTED TO TYPE OF SERVICES AND NOT TO USER
EXISTING ASSIGNMENTS WOULD BE PROTECTED UNDER
THEIR EXISTING STATUS.
NFAP AGAIN REVISED IN 2002, 2005, 2008 & 2011.

CHALLENGES BEFORE DEFENCE
ALTERNATE RELIABLE MEDIA REQUIRED TO MIGRATE
DEFENCE LEGACY & FUTURE SYSTEMS.
INDIGINOUS PROJECTS EITHER DEPLOYED OR IN ADVANCED
STAGES & THEREFORE CHANGE IN SPECTRUM BANDS NOT
FEASIBLE.
CHUNKS OF SPECTRUM IN ALL BANDS MANDATORY TO BE
EARMARKED FOR GOVT USE IN LINE WITH THE BEST
INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES
DEFENCE ALSO REQUIRES AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL
TECHNOLOGIES.

ITU RELEVANCE TO DEFENCE

ITU MANDATE
MEMBER STATES OF THE ITU RETAIN
COMPLETE DISCRETION WITH REGARD TO
DEFENCE RADIO INSTALLATIONS

ITU MANDATE
HOWEVER, THE DEFENCE SERVICES ARE
REQUIRED TO OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS
IN ARTICLE 38 OF ITU CONVENTION
WHICH STIPULATES –
• ASSISTANCE IN CASE OF DISTRESS
• MEASURES TO PREVENT HARMFUL
INTERFERENCE
• FOLLOW ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR
TYPE OF INSTALLATION

IMT BANDS IN INDIA
BAND BANDWIDTH (IN MHz) TECHNOLOGY REMARKS
450 450.5‐457.5/460.5‐467.5 IMT USED BY RAILWAYS
700 698‐806 BWA / LTE PLANNED FOR AUCTION IN 2014
800 824‐844/869‐889 CDMA USED FOR CDMA & EVDO
850 806‐824/851‐869 EVDO
900 890‐915/935‐960 2G (GSM) USED COMMERCIALLY
1800 1710‐1785/1805‐1880 2G (GSM) UPTO 55+55 MHz BEING USED
COMMERCIALLY
2100 1920‐1980/2110‐2170 3G UPTO 25+25 MHz BEING USED
COMMERCIALLY
2300 2300‐2400 BWA / LTE BEING USED COMMERCIALLY
2500 2500‐2690 BWA / WiMax 20 MHz PLANNED TO BE USED
COMMERCIALLY
3300 3300‐3400 BWA BEING USED FOR POINT TO POINT
WIMAX LINKS

DEFENCE VIEWS ON IMT BANDS
IN PAST, CERTAIN BANDS THAT HAD EXTENSIVE DEFENCE
USAGES WERE IDENTIFIED FOR IMT SERVICES BY ITU
CHALLENGE FOR DEFENCE AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL
PLAYERS TO COEXIST.
DEFENCE INTENDS TO PLAY AN ACITVE & MEANINGFUL
ROLE IN ITU ACTIVITIES.
DEFENCE HAS MAJOR STAKE IN IDENTIFICATION OF
ADDITIONAL IMT BANDS AS PART OF AGENDA 1.1 FOR
WRC‐15.

DEFENCE VIEWS ON IMT BANDS
PROPOSED ADDITIONAL BANDS FOR IMT UNDER
ANALYSIS & MoC&IT IS BEING APPRISED OF
DEFENCE VIEWS.
DEFENCE PARTICIPATING IN ALL NATIONAL
WORKING GROUPS.
DEFENCE SUPPORTS GROWTH OF COMMERCIAL
SERVICES WHILE PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY
INTERESTS.

A NATION’S SINGLE SPECTRUM
MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
One Spectrum
National
Administration
Activities
One Set of Standards
One Tool Set
One Data Format
National
Database
Military
Activities
Commercial
Activities

THANK YOU