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ICTS Region 1 Newsletter Topics
The International Consortium for Telemetry Spectrum (ICTS) is an international group of telemetry practitioners whose main objective is to ensure the future availability of electromagnetic spectrum for telemetering.
The ICTS was formed in 1999 and is chartered under the sponsorship of the International Foundation for Telemetering (IFT). The IFT is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the professional and technical interests of the telemetering community.
WHY THE NEED
Over the past few years, several factors within and external to the telemetering community have resulted in a change in the way the electromagnetic spectrum is viewed. These factors include:
- Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum utilisation is increasing rapidly and this trend is expected to continue,
- Telemetry is critical to the economic and security goals of many nations,
- Frequency bands used for telemetry have been reallocated for other use and continue to be at risk of reallocation,
- Increased demand for telemetry spectrum parallels the demand in the general telecommunications industry,
- Telemetry data rates are increasing, thereby increasing the RF bandwidth needed for each mission, and
- Additional frequency band allocations for telemetry may be unavailable or cost prohibitive.
ICTS Coordinator
ICTS members' actions take place on the national level. In the IUT radio region 1, we have a matrix concept procedure for promoting membership :
- In a given industrial field, (EUROCOPTER and AIRBUS, for example)
- In a given country, to enhance government authorities' awareness of ICTS activities in the light of WCR'2003
The European Union for ESA/ESOC, CCSDS Chair, is considered to be a country like for AAAF
The industrial or institutional research uses this double point of view.
The national sub-coordinator's role is to promote this matrix action with the aim of informing the national decision-making bodies contact points. According to analysis carried out for France in a given country, the "company" has a closely defined field of activity. This is the case of divisions of THALES and EADS. This coordinator for a given country appears very clearly to motivate companies falling into this definition to be represented for ICTS with regard to the state national decision-making bodies.
Members class
- Government Entity Definition
Government entities are defined to include agencies of federal, state or local governments, and non-profit-making organisations under contract to them.
- Commercial Entity Definition
Commercial entities are defined as manufacturers, vendors of equipment, software or systems, companies that use telemetry equipment, and suppliers of telemetry-related services, such as consulting.
- Academic Entity Definition
Academic entities are defined as colleges and universities who provide educational and research services in the field of telemetry
Preliminary remark
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In the case of France, proposed members fulfil ICTS by-law member conditions with the draft notion of national sub co-ordinator. Similar work, if necessary, will be carried out at least for other countries.
- This list compilation must be carried out by the ICTS Region 1 Secretary (SEE), e-mail :
Reference documentation
- ICTS' brochure by Sheila Wright (DOT & D / DoD-US office)
Members list présentation by ETSC/SC1: (for ICTS board approbation)
- ETSC/SC1 specific tasks: RF-Spectrum and Frequency Management
- Alert telemetry practitioners on planned or proposed changes to spectrum allocations that affect telemetering
- Solicit comments from telemetry practitioners on the potential impact of planned or proposed changes to telemetry frequency band allocations
- Prepare and coordinate informative documentation for use by ICTS members in appraising their respective spectrum representatives
The Region I activities comprise the creation of the group's Newsletters; circulation of newsletters; participation in a seminar of ANFR (French National Frequency Agency) on frequency regulation : January 21-23 2002 (before NL #1), participation to the 2 ICTS meetings of 2002
Newsletters list :
- Newsletter n° 1: 12 March 2002
- Newsletter n° 2: 23 March 2002
- Newsletter n° 3: 9 April 2002
- Newsletter n° 4: 30 April 2002
- Newsletter n° 5: 14 May 2002
- Newsletter n° 6: 4 June 2002
- Newsletter n° 7 2 July 2002
- Newsletter n° 8 20 August 2002
- Newsletter n° 9 10 September 2002
- Newsletter n° 10 8 October 2002
- Newsletter n° 10 Special Edition 14 October 2002
- Newsletter n° 11 19 November 2002
- Newsletter n° 12 12 December 2002
- Newsletter n° 13 23 January 2003
- Newsletter n° 14 11 February 2003
- Newsletter n° 15 18 March 2003
- Newsletter n° 16 24 April 2003
- Newsletter n° 17 11 June 2003
- Newsletter n° 18 3 July 2003
- Newsletter n° 19 14 October 2003
- Newsletter n° 20 25 November 2003
- Newsletter n° 21 22 December 2003
The circulation of the Newsletter is intended to reach for two kinds of receivers :
- ICTS members (already accepted or candidates) following the ICTS charter and by-laws approved Oct. 25 2001 by the International Foundation for Telemetering
- Guests from national frequency institutional managers like INTA in Spain or ANFR in France. This does not induce modifications to the ICTS charter and by-laws.
The list of addresses is sent with each newsletter : for identification of recipients, allowing "letter to the editor" correct operation.
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