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Decision No. 2002 - 1031, November 7, 2002, For The Adoption Of Guidelines For The Experimentation Of Networks Open To The Public Using Wireless Technology

Original Language Title: Décision n° 2002-1031 du 7 novembre 2002 portant adoption des lignes directrices relatives à l'expérimentation de réseaux ouverts au public utilisant la technologie RLAN

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JORF No. 22 of 26 January 2003 Page 1617
Text No. 24


DECISION
Decision No. 2002-1031 of 7 November 2002 adopting guidelines for open networks to the public using RLAN technology

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Telecommunications Regulatory Authority,
In view of the Postal Code and Telecommunications, and in particular Article L. 33-1;
In view of Decision No. 2002-1008 of the Regulatory Authority Of 31 October 2002 fixing the conditions for the use of radio installations in the band 2 400-2 483.5 MHz;
In view of Decision No. 2002-1009 of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority dated 31 October 2002. October 2002 allocating spectrum to radio facilities in the band 2 400-2 483.5 MHz;
After deliberation on November 7, 2002,
Decides:

Article 1


Guidelines for testing open networks to the public using RLAN technology, Appended to this Decision, shall be adopted.

Article 2


The Director General shall be responsible for the implementation of this Decision, Which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

Item Appendix


A N N E X E


LINES GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC NETWORK EXPERIMENTATION USING RLAN TECHNOLOGY


1. Introduction
1.1. The need
A willingness of local actors, in low-density areas,
to experiment with new access technologies


In recent months, the Authority has been approached by local stakeholders who want to Encourage alternative technical solutions to those available in major cities, in particular to meet the broadband needs of companies located in areas underserved by telecommunications
. Among these technologies, those using short-range radio transmission systems (RLAN, also known as WLAN) in the 2.4 GHz frequency bands ("WiFi") And 5 GHz have a strong interest. These frequency bands, which have the particularity of not being assigned to a specific user, are free of any royalty. Facilities using these bands operate on a non-interference basis with no guarantee of protection. OEMs now offer, at least in the 2.4 GHz band, standard products that are widely distributed, inexpensive, and relatively simple to install.


High-speed
service projects in place of Passage (hotspots)


It emerged from the public consultation of the Authority a very strong interest in the market to offer users of portable terminals (computers, PDA) high speed access in the places of Passage (hotspots) such as airports, railway stations, congress centres and Internet cafés. Such access will be offered by connecting RLAN terminals to a network open to the public. The installation of RLAN terminals at the crossing sites should be part of a growth in traffic on the service networks.


1.2. Frequency bands available for RLANs


The use of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands varies today in Europe. A number of countries, including France, restrict the use of LAN to private networks, while others allow the use of these bands for services to the public. The Authority's approach is part of the process of regulatory relaxation largely committed in Europe, so that France will take full advantage of the development of this technology. In July 2002, the Authority notified the European Commission of draft decisions extending the current use of RLANs to services to the public.
In France, the management of the frequency bands concerned is jointly ensured By the Authority and the Ministry of Defence. This sharing leads to regulatory and technical limitations, which are explained by the need to organise the gradual migration of equipment from the Ministry of Defence in the band 2.4 GHz to other frequency bands in order to be able to Devote the spectrum released to civilian uses, including RLANs.
At the end of the 2.4 GHz band release process, it will be possible to use an equivalent effective isotropic radiated power (PIRE, thereby including the gain ) of 100 mW on the entire band. As early as 2004, throughout the territory and throughout the band, the authorized effective isotropic radiated power (PIRE) should be 100 mW inside the buildings and 10 mW outside the buildings. On that date, for frequencies between 2 400 and 2 454 MHz, the authorized effective isotropic radiated power should be 100 mW inside and outside the buildings.
The conditions for the identification of these bands for the High performance RLAN by the CEPT has led to limit to a use within the frequency band 5 150-5 350 MHz. In addition, the frequency band 5 470-5 725 MHz is not open in France.


1.3. The purpose of the guidelines


The Authority has guided its action in favour of opening the RLANs to the public in two priority areas:
-the establishment of networks open to the public in the context of projects Local development;
-installation of RLAN access terminals in hotspots.
These guidelines specify the regulatory and technical framework in which these new uses are registered.
The Authority also wishes to Maintain current authorized uses for private networks.


Setting up networks open to the public
as part of local development projects


These lines Guidelines define the conditions for establishing networks open to the public in local development projects to connect radio facilities in the 2.4 GHz frequency band, including outside.
These networks will be established on an experimental basis. They will give rise to the granting of experimental licences pursuant to Article L. 33-1 of the Postal Code and Telecommunications. The Authority will hear applications for authorization on behalf of the Minister. Applications may be made by natural persons or legal persons under private law or public law, where the laws and regulations allow them to carry out such an activity. In addition, it will monitor these experiments.
These experiments will test the performance of this technology in terms of services and uses, as well as the economic models that emerge from such experiments. Projects.


The installation of RLAN in hotspots


The installation of RLAN in public places is to connect terminals to an open network to the public (cf. Note (1), These terminals are beyond the point of termination of the latter.
As soon as decisions to relax the use of frequency bands have been adopted by the Authority and approved by the Minister responsible for telecommunications, such Installation will not require individual authorisation (cf. Note 2) in the following two cases:
-if the terminal is connected directly to an existing public network;
-if the terminal is connected to a network open to the public by An already authorized operator.
In a number of cases, the installation of RLAN access terminals may require the establishment of a new network or the use of an existing private network by an actor who has no authorization
The Authority is keen to find a satisfactory regulatory solution that is flexible enough to meet market demand and allow experimentation to start quickly. These networks may be subject to experimental network authorization open to the public. It is proposed to implement a simplified procedure for processing applications for an experimental licence, in the spirit of the future general authorisation scheme.
As soon as the applicant has provided the information requested in the Undertaking to comply with the decisions on the use and allocation of frequencies of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, the Authority will, upon receipt of the file, forward a training report to the Minister so that the Minister signs the order Authorization.


Internet access sharing


RLAN terminals can also be used to make the same Internet access available to multiple users when this use is not Not contrary to the contractual clauses linking the Internet Service Provider and its subscriber. It will be for operators and Internet service providers to appreciate the opportunity to adapt their commercial offers if they wish to respond to such requests.


2. Conditions for testing a network that is open to the public
as part of a
2.1 local development project. General Conditions of Experimentation


The frequency band used by radio installations is the band 2 400-2 483.5 MHz.
The Ministry of Defence requested that due to the constraints of the Protection and protection of the territory, external networks shall be installed within a distance of protection when they are located close to a site deemed to be sensitive.
Each project will be subject to a request for Experimental licence to the Authority under Article L. 33-1 of the Postal Code and Telecommunications for the establishment and operation of a network open to the public. No authorisation is granted tacitly: any request will be subject to a review which will include the consultation, within one month, of the Ministry of Defence. Authorizations for experiments may be issued for a period of 18 months. The new European directives should be transposed into French law by 24 July 2003 at the latest. The transposition texts will specify the obligations of network operators and those applicable to experiments. In the meantime, these guidelines will be conducted as part of these guidelines.
For the 5 GHz band, only the band 5 150-5 350 MHz is open for applications within buildings. Thus, the 5 GHz band is not suitable for this type of experiment.


2.2. Experimental Test Conditions


Radio facilities will use the calibrated spectrum technology by referring to the harmonized standard EN 300 328-2 of ETSI or any other recognized equivalent standard. They will operate on a non-interference basis without warranty of protection.
The equivalent effective isotropic radiated power (PIRE) issued by any network equipment (cf. Note 3) shall not exceed 100 mW over the entire band 2 400-2 483.5 MHz, In accordance with European decisions.
Any project in metropolitan France will be the subject of a case-by-case study by the Ministry of Defence, in order to avoid a concentration too high in radiated power likely to create disturbances
It results from the limitation on power (PIRE) that the extent of a network consisting of the only RLAN technology will typically be a few hundred metres and will not exceed, in The best case, a few kilometers. The applicant may use the 2.4 GHz band to establish links " Point to point ", provided that it does not emit an equivalent isotropic radiated power (PIRE) exceeding 100 mW. If this condition cannot be met, it will be required to request a resource allocation in an ad hoc frequency band (for example, dedicated hertzien beam) or to use wireframe technology.

The Application Case Authorisation will include technical information (cf. Annex 1), including quality of service.


2.3. Overview of the file


Applications for experimental authorisation must include:
-information about the applicant: its identity (name, head office, for companies: registration in the register of the Trade and companies and extract K bis, statuses, description and identification of the team, contact details of a correspondent), where appropriate, the description of existing activities and partnerships in the field of telecommunications; Optionally already disposed of the applicant;
-the description of the technical characteristics of the project, such as: network topology with the site diagram, characteristics and number of each equipment, coverage area of Each bound, standards used, channels used in the band 2 400-2 483.5 MHz, the presentation of the service network and the points of access to that network (cf. Annex 1);
-the detailed map of the network with indication of the situation of the terminals and The precise description of the area of coverage; the occupation of the public domain envisaged;
-the necessary authorizations, if any, for the establishment of the facilities;
-the description of the services provided to users, their Commercial conditions as well as the number and characteristics of potential users;
-the information justifying the technical capacity to carry out the project and the partnerships envisaged;
-financial conditions in The project is being carried out, as well as the financial partnerships envisaged; the cost of the project and the resources needed to finance it must be justified;
-the commercial and institutional partnerships;
-the Schedule for deployment, commissioning, and commercial opening of the experiment.


2.4. Review of Experimentation


The authorization holder will present a balance sheet at the end of the experiment. This assessment will provide an opportunity to take stock of the technical and economic aspects of the experiment as well as the assessment of users. Appendix 2 provides the indicators that can be provided on this occasion.


2.5. Case Instruction, Calendar


Files will be sent to the Authority as of November 12, 2002. Applications will be processed further by the Authority. The appraisal reports will be forwarded to the Minister responsible for telecommunications and will give rise to a ministerial order. Where appropriate, the Authority shall take the allocation decisions necessary for the allocation of Hertzian beams. The Authority enables experiments to start as early as 1 January 2003.
The case processing circuit for local development projects is as follows:



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Folders will be sent to the head of the operator and resources department of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. 7, square Max-Hymans, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, in two copies. An electronic version will also be sent to: delphine.fraboulet@art-telecom.fr.
Any requests for frequencies should be made by a specific procedure if the applicant wishes to have Hertzian resources in the Bands reserved for this purpose, outside the 2.4 GHz band (information: benoît.leclapart@art-telecom.fr).
The list of experiments will be published on the Authority's website.
Files will be transmitted for Information to the National Frequency Agency when experimentation leads to the use of frequencies with radiated power thresholds above the maxima defined in the frequency allocation decisions of the 2.4 GHz band.


3. Installing RLAN in
transit locations for the provision of services to the public
3.1. General conditions for
installations of RLAN terminals in places of transit


It is recalled (cf. 1.3) that an authorization is not necessary when the terminals are connected directly to a network open to the public Or that the terminals are connected to each other and to a network open to the public by an already authorized operator.
Such authorization is, however, necessary when a company that does not have a network operator license open to the Public wants to establish a new access network whose purpose is to link the terminals between them or use an existing private network, thus transforming its regulatory qualification.
The Authority wishes to propose to the Minister responsible for Telecommunications to award experimental authorisations of 18 months in these cases, without prejudice to the provisions resulting from the transposition of the new European directives, which is expected to take place no later than 24 July 2003.


3.2. Conditions to be filled
when an experimental authorization is required


The applicant will ensure that the RLAN terminals connected to the network are connected in the power conditions fixed by the decisions The conditions for the allocation and use of the frequencies of the 2.4 GHz bands (Decisions No. 2002-1008 and No. 2002-1009) and 5 GHz.


Overview and Processing


Folders must contain, In addition to the information given in 2.3, the undertaking that the project complies with the decisions on the use and allocation of frequencies of the frequency bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
The files will be sent to the head of the operator service and Resources of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, 7, Max-Hymans Square, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, in two copies. An electronic version will also be sent to :delphine.fraboulet@art-telecom.fr.
In order to allow new players to enter the hotspot market quickly, the Authority wishes to proceed with a rapid processing of these requests, which Anticipates in the spirit the system of general authorisation provided for in the new European framework, the transposition of which is provided for in French law, by July 2003 at the
. Decisions on the use and allocation of frequencies used, the investigation reports shall be transmitted without delay by the Authority to the Minister responsible for telecommunications.
The experimental authorisations will give rise to an order of the Minister, pursuant to Article L. 33-1 of the Postal Code and Telecommunications. The list of experimental licenses will be published on the Authority's website.


A N N E X E 1
DESCRIPTION OF THE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE


The name of the common (s) served:
Part of the 2.4 GHz tape actually used, channels used:
Transmission standard:
Number of access servers, routers, RLAN terminals:
Borne n ° 1:
Coordinates Lambert 2E (X, Y) or longitude, latitude in degrees, minutes, seconds:
General or azimuth antenna and the opening angle of the transmitting antenna:
antenna height above the ground:
Radius of the right of way area for a PIRE 100 mW (flow rate and error rate will be specified):
Borne N ° 2:

Network Point-to-Point Link Characteristic:
Link 1:
Coordinates Lambert 2E of the ends or longitude, latitude in degrees, minutes, seconds:
Type and technical transmission characteristics :
If the link is established in the 2.4 GHz band, specify the PIRE:
The rate carried on the link:
The operator responsible for the operation of the link:
Link #2:

Service network:
Overview:
Operator responsible for operation of the service network:

Service network access points:

Adapter.


A N N E X E 2
EXPERIMENTATION BALANCE SHEET


This balance sheet can Include:
-a technical review; this balance sheet will present the number of users of the service, the peak flow rate and the average flow observed per user, traffic patterns, the measures the applicant has taken to maintain the service And the security of the network, in particular against piracy, as well as the confidentiality of communications; it will present the procedures for authentication, taxation and invoicing of users;
-a balance of use to evaluate The effective use of the resource as well as a satisfaction survey of clients and other residents of the right-of-way area; this survey will assess potential interference with the experiment and result in a Tracking and correction procedure;
-an economic review to assess the business conditions of the offer (number of subscribers, price of services), and the economic balance of the project.


TABLE AUTHORIZED PUIST SUMMARY


In the following 38 departments:


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In other metropolitan departments:


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Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Mayotte:


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Meeting and Guiana:


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LES 38 PARTEMENTS


01 Ain.
02 Aisne.
03 Allier.
05 Hautes-Alpes.
08 Ardennes.
09 Ariège.
11 Aude.
12 Aveyron.
16 Charente.
24 Dordogne.
25 Doubs.
26 Drôme.
32 Gers.
36 Indre.
37 Indre-et-Loire.
41 Loir-et-Cher.
42 Loire.
45 Loiret.
50 Channel.
55 Meuse.
58 Nièvre.
59 North.
60 Oise.
61 Orne.
63 Puy-de-Dôme.
64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
66 Pyrénées-Orientales.
67 Bas-Rhin.
68 Haut-Rhin.
70 Haute-Saône.
71 Saône-et-Loire.
75 Paris.
82 Tarn-et-Garonne
84 Vaucluse.
88 Vosges.
89 Yonne.
90 Belfort Territory.
94 Val-de-Marne.


Done at Paris, November 7, 2002.


The President,

J.-M. Hubert



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