The Department of State approves U.S. proposals based on advice from the FCC and NTIA, and represents the proposals internationally. Each proposal represents the U.S. position on specific changes to the Radio Regulations for WRC agenda items. These proposals may vary from the U.S. preliminary views based on international and domestic studies and multilateral discussions.
Note: The contents of this page should be viewed as archival. WRC-15 concluded on 27 November 2015
Agenda Item 1.1 – Mobile Broadband / International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)
Band - 420-450 MHz
Band - 470-698 MHz
Band - 1164-1610 MHz
Band - 1300-1400 MHz
Band - 1435-1535 MHz
Band - 1518 - 1535 MHz
Band - 1695-1710 MHz
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Band - 2025-2110 MHz & 2200-2290 MHz
Band - 2700-2900 MHz
Band - 3300-3400 MHz
Band - 3400-4200 MHz
Band - 4400-4500, 4800-4990 MHz
Band - 5000-5030 MHz
Band - 5725-5850 MHz
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Agenda Item 1.2 – Region 1 Digital Dividend (IMT)
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Agenda Item 1.3 – Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) (Res. 646)
Agenda Item 1.4 – Secondary Amateur High Frequency (HF) Allocations
Agenda Item 1.5 – Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Agenda Item 1.6.1 – Region 1 Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) uplink/downlink at 10-17 GHz
Agenda Item 1.6.2 – Region 2&3 FSS uplink at 13-17 GHz
Agenda Item 1.7 – Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) Feeder Links
Agenda Item 1.8 – Earth Stations onboard Vessels (ESV)
Agenda Item 1.9.1 – FSS uplink/downlink in the 7/8 GHz range
Agenda Item 1.9.2 – Maritime Mobile-Satellite Service (MMSS) uplink/downlink in the 7/8 GHz range
Agenda Item 1.10 – MSS uplink/downlink in the 22-26 GHz range
Agenda Item 1.11 – Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) uplink in the 7-8 GHz range
Agenda Item 1.12 – EESS (active) +600 MHz in the 8-10 GHz range
Agenda Item 1.13 – Space Research Service (SRS) (space-to-space) at 410-420 MHz
Agenda Item 1.14 – Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
Agenda Item 1.15 – Maritime Mobile onboard Communications at UHF
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Agenda Item 1.16 – Automatic Identification System (AIS) enhancement
Agenda Item 1.17 – Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications (WAIC)
Agenda Item 1.18 – Automotive Radiolocation at 77.5-78.0 GHz
Agenda Item 2 – Incorporation By Reference (IBR) Review
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Agenda Item 4 – Resolutions & Recommendations Review
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Agenda Item 7 – Resolution 86 – Satellite Regulatory Procedures
- Issue A – Informing BR of a suspension under RR No. 11.49 beyond six months
- Issue B – Publication of information on BIU of satellite networks at the ITU website
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
- Issue C – Review or possible cancellation of the advance publication mechanism for satellite networks subject to coordination under section II of Article 9 of the Radio Regulations
- Issue D – General use of modern electronic means of communications and notification procedures
- Issue E – Failure of a satellite during the 90-day bringing into use period
- Issue F – Modifications to RR Appendix 30B in relation to the suspension of use of a frequency assignment recorded in the MIFR
- Issue G – Clarification of bringing into use information provided under RR Nos. 11.44/11.44B
- Issue H – Using one space station to bring frequency assignments into use at different orbital locations with a short period of time
- Issue I – Possible methods to mitigate excessive satellite network filings
- Issue J – Removal of the link between the date of receipt of the notification information and the date of bringing into use in RR No. 11.44B
- Issue K – Addition of a regulatory provision in Article 11 for the case of launch failure
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
- Issue L – Modification of certain provisions of Article 4 of RR Appendices 30 and 30A for Regions 1 and 3
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
- Issue XX – Coordination distance between space research earth stations and mobile (aircraft) stations in the 2 200-2 290 MHz band
Agenda Item 8 – Country Footnotes
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Agenda Item 9 – Director’s Report – to consider and approve the Report of the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau, in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention:
- 5.443C
- ESIMS
- Global Flight Tracking (GFT)
Agenda Item 9.1 – Activities of the Radiocommunication Sector since WRC-12
Issue 9.1.1 – Protection of the MSS in the band 406-406.1 MHz
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc See CITEL IAP
Issue 9.1.2 – Coordination Arc Reduction
Issue 9.1.3 – Use of the satellite orbits and spectrum for developing countries
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Issue 9.1.4 – Updating and rearrangement of the Radio Regulations
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Issue 9.1.5 – Protection of FSS for aeronautical use in Region 1
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Issue 9.1.6 – Studies towards review of the definitions of fixed service, fixed station, and mobile station
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc See CITEL IAP
Issue 9.1.7 – Spectrum management guidelines for emergency and disaster relief radiocommunications
- U.S. Proposal Release Date .pdf .doc
Issue 9.1.8 – Regulatory Aspects for nano- and picosatellites
Agenda Item 9.2 – Difficulties or inconsistencies with application of the Radio Regulations
- Different Category of Service
- Issue 9.2.2 – Clarification of Deep Space
Agenda Item 10 – Future Conference Agenda Items
- 460-470 MHz Meteorological-Satellite Service
- 5350-5470 MHz RLANs
- Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS)
- EESS (active) for spaceborne radar sounders in the 40-50 MHz frequency range (for WRC-23)
- Appendix 30 update
- Earth stations on aircraft in the 12.75-13.25 GHz band
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety Service (GMDSS) modernization
- Broadband applications delivered from High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS)
- IMT above 6 GHz
- Non-geostationary Satellites (NGSOs) in the V band
- Recognition and Protection of Space Weather Sensors (for WRC-23)
- Additional FSS spectrum