ITU-R SM.1413-4 PDF

The aim of the Radiocommunication Data Dictionary (RDD) is to improve the exchange of notification and coordination data between administrations and between administrations and the Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) by:

–  providing a single comprehensive reference source;

–  presenting consistent, accurate and unambiguous descriptions for the data with, where appropriate, references to other ITU documentation containing additional relevant information;

–  providing administrations with a resource for their internal frequency management processes which could include such items as staff training, exchange of technical data, upgrading of computer-based systems, and conference and meeting preparation.

The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly,

considering

a) that the notification and coordination procedures cover a wide range of radio systems that have been developed over time;

b) that there is a need to develop and adopt more precise criteria for frequency sharing and coordination of new and existing systems in both space and terrestrial environments;

c) that the impact of rapidly changing technology and the introduction of new services will increase the number of data elements to be uniquely identified and will require a data dictionary to be both flexible and part of a managed system;

d) that administrations need to be able to adequately and correctly identify frequency management information and descriptions for many internal processes including staff training, conference and meeting preparations;

e) that the variations in data definitions and units across the different services and frequency bands complicate the unique identification of every data element;

f) that for electronic data exchange to be successful the data to be exchanged between administrations and the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau must first be agreed and uniquely identified;

g) that Appendix 4 of the Radio Regulations (RR) defines the data sets to be provided, at different stages or for different categories of services, to the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau by the administrations, but does not define in detail the data elements themselves or their formats;

h) that more detailed definitions and formats for data elements are spread over a number of ITU-R texts, including Circular Letters and the Preface to the International Frequency List (IFL), and that it would be advisable to concentrate all of this information into a single text;

i) that the introduction of a data dictionary containing the radiocommunication terms for uniquely defined data elements associated with the notification process would:

–  aid the introduction of Electronic Data Exchange;

–  simplify the translation process for ITU-R texts and other texts into other languages;

–  make it easier for all administrations to understand the definition of terms regardless of the original language used to define them;

–  improve the accuracy of data supplied by administrations;

j) that a data dictionary would need to be maintained to allow for changing technology and future expansion in the number of data elements listed;

k) that the existence of a data dictionary would provide assistance to World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs) in updating and improving the RR, in particular Appendix 4,

recognizing

a) that a data dictionary will require an on-going procedure for making improvements and keeping it upto- date with developments in radiocommunications,

recommends

1 that the Radiocommunication Data Dictionary (RDD) contained in Annex 1 should be used as a reference to supplement Appendix 4 of the RR for facilitating the advanced publication, coordination and notification processes of frequency assignments with the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau and in the coordination processes between administrations;

2 that Radiocommunication Study Group 1 should ensure that the RDD is maintained on an on-going basis with the help of a Rapporteur group including participation by the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau.