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Broadband Radio Access Networks In addition to finalising 26 new or revised ENs for compliance
In 2016 our Broadband Radio Access Networks committee with the RED, the primary focus of our Satellite Earth Stations
(TC BRAN) completed two Harmonised Standards for direct and Systems committee (TC SES) in 2016 was on standards
air-to-ground communications systems. We revised our to enable high speed Internet access to fixed terminals or
Harmonised Standard for RLANs operating in the 5 GHz terminals on the move, whether in an aircraft, on board a
frequency band, including new technologies and addressing ship or in a vehicle. We revised our Harmonised Standard
the need for a common sharing mechanism to achieve for mobile earth stations operating in the 1 980 - 2 010 MHz
equal and fair access between various RLAN technologies. (earth-to-space) and 2 170 - 2 200 MHz (space-to-earth)
We updated our Harmonised Standard on Wireless Access frequency bands. Good progress was made with a new EN
Systems (WAS)/RLAN equipment operating in the 60 GHz on GNSS receivers, and we began revising our EN on radio
band, adding a Listen Before Talk mechanism to ensure frequency and modulation for the Telemetry, Command and
co-existence with other WAS/RLAN equipment operating in Ranging (TCR) of geostationary communications satellites.
the same band. We made good progress with a new version
of the Harmonised Standard on the use of White Space We published guidelines for the use of the Satellite
devices for WAS operating in the 470 - 790 MHz TV broadcast Independent Service Access Point in Broadband Satellite
band, which will include improved test methods and updated Multimedia and made good progress defining a multi-
emission classes. link routing scheme in hybrid access networks with
heterogeneous links, with the aim of delivering a high speed
We began updating our Harmonised Standard on WAS broadband service.
5,8 GHz fixed broadband data transmitting systems, including
receiver parameters and Dynamic Frequency Selection user Other work addressed Single-Carrier Frequency-Division
access restrictions. Work continued on the preparation of Multiple Access based radio waveform technology for the
three new TRs to support the possible extension of the Ku/Ka band satellite service and updating of our technical
current 5 GHz frequency allocation for RLANs. We initiated a analysis of spread spectrum solutions for the TCR of
study into the central co-ordination of RLANs operating in the geostationary communications satellites.
5 GHz frequency band.
We also continued with the updating of our TS on GNSS-
based location systems, and published new parts related to
Ultra Wide Band performance testing and the requirements for location data
exchange protocols.
We completed our investigation into the technical
requirements, parameters and measurement procedures We began to update our multipart TS on geostationary
now required under the RED, in preparation for updating our satellite-mobile radio interface specifications for the Third
Harmonised Standards on Ultra Wide Band (UWB), and a TS Generation Satellite Packet Radio Service. A TR on the
was published at the beginning of 2016. Based on this work, characterisation of antenna performance for geostationary
we produced a new standard on measurement techniques.
satellite mobile applications was published in April.
We completed new versions of our two Harmonised We completed an early draft of a TR on the seamless
Standards on tank level probing radar and local positioning integration of satellite and/or High Altitude Platform Station
radar, and produced two additional TSs on time domain- systems into 5G systems.
based peak power for UWB and the RF conformance testing
of radar level gauging applications in still pipes.

Four parts of the five-part Harmonised Standard for UWB
were completed in 2016; good progress was made with the
final part, on UWB on board aircraft. In August we published
the third part of a multipart TR on UWB signal characteristics,
describing the various UWB regulations in place in different
parts of the world.

Work progressed well with two new SRdocs, on UWB in
medical applications and on amended mitigation techniques
for UWB. Work on an SRdoc on UWB-based vehicular access
systems was completed in June.

Satellite Communications
Satellite technology is an important delivery platform for
diverse services such as direct-to-home TV and mobile, high-
speed Internet access and location services. It is particularly
useful for rural and outlying regions, where it is difficult to
deploy other systems on a commercial basis, and therefore
plays a key role in ensuring that all European citizens are able
to access high quality information services.

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