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2. Views in regard to agenda item 1.4
UMTS Forum has actively participated in, and contributed to, the preparations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for WRC-07 Agenda Item 1.4. A number of Forum studies and reports have been used in preparation for WRC-07 Agenda Item 1.4:
- Report 40 “Development of spectrum requirement forecasts for IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000 (IMT-Advanced)” (December 2005)
This study estimates the future mobile spectrum requirements. Based on the predicted traffic projections, the spectrum requirements for mobile services would be much higher than the amount of spectrum currently identified for IMT-2000. Using the traffic profile forecasts in the “Magic Mobile Future 2010-2020” report, this study concludes that the total demand for mobile spectrum will be in the order of 1.6 GHz by the year 2020, including the spectrum already identified for the UMTS/IMT-2000.
The study has also been contributed to the 18th meeting of ITU-R WP8F in Bangkok (Doc 8F/717).
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Report 38 “Coverage Extension Bands for UMTS/IMT-2000 in the bands between 470-600 MHz” (January 2005)
In order to estimate the benefits of using the band 470 -600 MHz in comparison to the 900 MHz and 2 GHz UMTS/IMT-2000 bands, Report 38 estimates the number of base station sites needed for each band to cover the same geographical area. The results of the study confirm the benefits in terms of significantly lower number of base station sites needed when providing UMTS/IMT-2000 coverage using the band 470 -600 MHz compared to the bands currently identified for IMT-2000.
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Report 37 “Magic Mobile Future 2010-2020” (April 2005)
This Report offers forecasts for expected mobile traffic in the time period 2010 -2020. It has been contributed to the 16th meeting of ITU-R Working Party 8F (WP8F) in Quebec (Doc 8F/441).
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Report 33 “3G Offered Traffic Characteristics” (November 2003)
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Report 35 “Mobile Market Evolution and Forecast: Long term sociological, social and economical trends” (June 2004)
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Report 31 “UMTS Next Generation Devices” (January 2004)
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