INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION Radiocommunication Bureau PREFACE TO THE BR INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY INFORMATION CIRCULAR (TERRESTRIAL SERVICES) English Edition BR IFIC 2770 . PREFACE TO THE BR INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY INFORMATION CIRCULAR (TERRESTRIAL SERVICES) CONTENTS Page Chapter I – General ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Chapter II – Description and layout of the BR International Frequency Information Circular ............................................................. 2 Section 1 – The BR International Frequency Information Circular (BR IFIC) .............................................................................. 2 Section 2 – The Special Sections annexed to the Circular .......................................................................................................... 4 Section 3 – The International Frequency List .............................................................................................................................. 6 Section 4 – Terrestrial Plans ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Section 5 – List of assignments to primary terrestrial services other than broadcasting associated with the GE06 agreement . 8 Section 6 – Terrestrial software ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter III – Description of the data ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Section 1 – List and description of the data used in the BR IFIC relating to terrestrial services ................................................. 10 Section 2 – List of notice forms for different purposes ................................................................................................................. 29 Chapter IV – Tables of symbols used for various data and their description ..................................................................................... 31 Section 1 – Table 'Administrations' .............................................................................................................................................. 31 Section 2 – Table 'Geographical areas' ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Section 3 – Table 'Address codes and operating agencies' ........................................................................................................ 306 Section 4 – Table ‘abbreviation of site names’ ............................................................................................................................ 307 Section 5 – Table 'Standard Defined Areas' ................................................................................................................................ 307 Section 6 – Table 'Class of Station' ............................................................................................................................................. 320 Section 7 – Tables 'Nature of Service' and ’System type code' ................................................................................................... 321 Section 7.1 – Table 'Nature of service' .................................................................................................................................... 321 Section 7.2 – Table 'System type code' ................................................................................................................................... 322 Section 8 – Table ‘Power designation to be used for each class of emission’ ............................................................................ 323 Section 9 – Tables with data elements specific to the broadcasting service ............................................................................... 324 Section 9.1 – Table 'Television systems' ................................................................................................................................. 324 Section 9.2 – Table 'DVB-T system variants and net bit rate values (Mbit/s)' ......................................................................... 324 Section 9.3 – Table 'DVB-T reception modes' ......................................................................................................................... 325 Section 9.4 – Table 'T-DAB reference planning confirgurations' ............................................................................................. 325 Section 10 – Table 'Symbols indicating the polarization' ............................................................................................................. 326 Section 11 – Table 'Symbols used for coordination and agreement' ........................................................................................... 327 Section 12 – Table 'Symbols used in finding information' ............................................................................................................ 328 Section 13 – Table 'Remarks' ...................................................................................................................................................... 331 Chapter V – Contents of the coordination data and explanation of the symbols used exclusively in remarks of the special Section ST61 ................................................................................................................................................................. 335 Chapter VI – Table of frequencies prescribed by the Radio Regulations (RR) for common use by stations of given service(s) ....... 336 Contents i Edition BR IFIC 2770 C H A P T E R I G e n e r a l Due to the large volume of the data, the BR International Frequency information Circular (BR IFIC) is published in two parts according to services, namely Terrestrial Services and Space Services. The BR IFIC (Terrestrial Services) represents a reference publication which contains the following information that is relevant for frequency management purposes. This part of the Preface describes the Terrestrial services part of the above Circular, currently in DVD-ROM format. The BR IFIC (Terrestrial Services) contains: – the international Frequency List (IFL) (including all the frequencies prescribed for common use); – the complete and up-to-date versions of terrestrial frequency assignments/allotment Plans – particulars of notices under treatment in accordance with Article 11 for updating of the Master Register; – particulars of notices under treatment pursuant to regional Agreements for updating of the Plans; – the Special Sections associated with the Regulatory procedures applicable to Terrestrial Services; – the TerRaQ program for querying the published information; – the TerRaNV program for checking electronic notices; – the latest version of the Preface in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish in PDF format. This Circular (BR IFIC) is published once every two weeks since 24 August 1999. Disclaimer: The designations employed and the manner of presentation of data and/or maps in this Preface do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the ITU or its secretariat concerning the legal status of the country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Chapter I 1 Edition BR IFIC 2770 CHA P T E R II Description and layout of the BR International Frequency Information Circular SECTION 1 1. THE BR INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY INFORMATION CIRCULAR (BR IFIC) 1.1 The terrestrial part of the BR IFIC consists of the following: 1.1.1 The International Frequency List (IFL) including also: – All the frequencies prescribed for common use as collective entries; and – All the allotments in the Allotment Plans included in Appendices 25, 26 and 27 1.1.2 The Terrestrial Plans annexed to the Regional Agreements, namely: ST61 The Regional Agreement for the European Broadcasting Area (Stockholm, 1961), as revised by RRC-06-Rev.ST61; GE75 The Regional Agreement on LF/MF Broadcasting (Regions 1 and 3), Geneva, 1975; RJ81 The Regional Agreement on MF Broadcasting, (Region 2), Rio de Janeiro, 1981; GE84 The Regional Agreement concerning FM Sound Broadcasting Stations (Region 1 and part of Region 3), Geneva, 1984; GE89 The Regional Agreement relating to the planning of VHF/UHF television broadcasting in the African Broadcasting Area and neighbouring countries (Geneva, 1989), as revised by RRC-06-Rev.GE89; GE85-MM-R1 The Regional Agreement concerning the MF Maritime Mobile and Aeronautical Radionavigation Services (Region 1), Geneva, 1985; and GE85-EMA The Regional Agreement concerning the planning of the Maritime Radionavigation Service (Radiobeacons) in the European Maritime Area, Geneva, 1985. GE06 The Regional Agreement (GE06) which governs the use of the frequency bands 174-230 MHz and 470-862 MHz by the broadcasting service and primary terrestrial services other than broadcasting in Region 1 (parts of Region 1 situated to the west of meridian 170º E and to the north of parallel 40º S, except the territory of Mongolia) and in the Islamic Republic of Iran (for Morocco, the analogue plan covers the band 170-230 MHz). 1.1.3 The List