Subject: [NEXTEL-1] "The Plan" Makers Hit The Offices Of The FCC- But Where is Nexthell?

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:08:32 -0400

SHULMAN
ROGERS
GANDAL
PORDY &
ECKER, P.A.

April 21, 2003

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

Re: WT Docket No. 02-55

Ex Parte Presentation

On Friday, April 18, 2003, Joseph Weiss, Vice President, Network Applications Division of
Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (“ARINC”); Connie Durcsak, Senior Director, Spectrum Solutions of
PCIA; Alan S. Tilles, Esquire of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. (Counsel to
ARINC and PCIA); Martin Bercovici, Esquire of Keller and Heckman (Counsel to the
International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc. and the International Municipal Signal
Association); Robert Gurss, Esquire of Shook Hardy & Bacon (Counsel to the Association of
Public Safety Communications Officials International, Inc.) and Alan Shark, President and
CEO of American Mobile Telecommunications Association met with John Muleta, Chief of the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; Catherine Seidel, Deputy Chief of the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau; Tom Stanley, Chief Engineer of the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau and Michael Wilhelm of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and separately with
Commissioner Kevin J. Martin and Sam Feder, Legal Advisor to Commissioner Martin,
regarding the Consensus Plan and the Commission’s abovereferenced rule making proceeding
on public safety communications in the 800 MHz band.

During these meetings, the participants and the Commission staff discussed the
participants’support of the Consensus Plan, the existence of interference being
experienced by non-public safety licensees, and ARINC’s iDEN operations.

Pursuant to Section 1.1206(b)(2) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §1.1206(b)(2), this
letter is being filed electronically for inclusion in the public record in the proceeding.

Sincerely,

Alan S. Tilles
Attachment
cc: Listed Participants
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Air Transport Industry And The 800 MHz Re-Banding Proceeding

Prepared for
Federal Communications Commission
April 2003

Agenda
• Airlines Historic Use Of Wireless At Airport Campuses
• Airlines Use Of Wireless For Security
• How Airline Use Of Radio Has Changed Since September 11
• ARINC & Airlines iDEN Upgrade
• Private Radio Has Experienced “Cellularized System” Interference
• “Case By Case” Mitigation Endangers The Public
• There Is No Current Advantage Of Contiguous Spectrum For iDEN
Operations

Airlines Historic Use Of Wireless At Airport
Campuses

• ARINC Shared Collaborative Voice Analog Service At 17 Major
  Airports Used By Airlines And Their Suppliers
• Airline Voice Analog Service At Selected Hubs
• Airport Voice Analog Service At Selected Airports
• All Used For Ramp, Gate, Supplier (Fuel & Food), And Agent Real-
Time Mobile Voice Coordination

Airlines Use Of Wireless For Safety And Security Airlines Use Of Wireless For Safety And
Security

• Analog Voice Wireless Used For Event Response Coordination
• Wireless Data (LAN and Land Mobile) Emerging As Productivity
Enhancement Tool To Address FAA Security Initiatives
– Baggage Matching
– Customer Screening
• Communications Vital To The De-Icing Process

How Airline Use Of Radio Has Changed Since
September 11
• Customer And Baggage Screening Has Become Of Paramount
Importance
– Voice Communications Critical To Enable That Process
• Emphasis On How Mobile Data Can Rapidly Enhance Security
While Speeding Passenger Processing
– Baggage Matching
– Real Time Flight Information
– Mobile Check-in
– Unaccompanied Minor Tracking
– Just In Time (“JIT”) Catering And Fueling

ARINC Position In WT Docket No. 02-55

• Private System Licensees Have Experienced Interference

– ARINC’s O’Hare Airport iDEN System Received IM Interference From Nextel

– Interference To Other Non-Public Safety Systems Detailed In Various Docket
Filings, Including 5/6/02 SRGPE Comments

• “Case-By-Case” Fixes Jeopardize Public Safety And Welfare

– Fixes Only Happen AFTER An Incident

– Burden On Licensee Receiving Interference To Identify The Source Of

Interference And Remedy Each Case Is Too Great

• Anne Arundel County Has Dozens Of Incidences

• No Inherent Capacity Advantage Currently From Having Contiguous Channels For

An iDEN System

– System Structure Built On The Assumption That There Are NOT Contiguous
Channels

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6513983327

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