Spectrum and Satellite for connectivity.

 

High Altitude Platform Stations as Base (HIBS) can extend mobile connectivity to provide International Mobile. At the forthcoming Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23), ITU Member States will decide after a 4-year study cycle to update the Radio Regulations on agenda items, including but not limited to: 

i) the continued development of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) systems, including the use of High-altitude platform stations as IMT base stations (HIBS),

ii) the enhancement of Aeronautical communications and Maritime communications, including by satellite, for sub-orbital vehicles and for unmanned aircraft systems, 

iii) the modernization of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), iv) the improvement of the science services for the increasing importance and need for weather forecast and climate change monitoring and other scientific missions, 

iv) the development of the technical, operational and regulatory measures for the use of earth stations in motion on board aircrafts and ships for communication with geostationary and non-geostationary satellites, and 

v) the continued development of the regulation of recent constellations deployment, as well as improving the regulation of space planned bands and equitable access to satellite spectrum by new Member States.