MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Third Generation Wireless
Government-Industry Outreach Meeting
(Workshop for Technical Discussions)

December 1, 2000 9:00 a.m.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 4830
Washington, DC 20230

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will hold its second government-industry meeting on Third Generation wireless systems at the place and time indicated above. This meeting, organized in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Defense, and other Federal agencies, is intended to provide technical experts an opportunity to review and discuss the Interim Reports released on November 15, 2000 by NTIA and the FCC. Attached is a tentative agenda.

For more information see NTIA's 3G web page at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/threeg/index.html
or contact one of the following:

Joe Gattuso,
Office of Policy Analysis and Development: 202.482.1880  jgattuso@ntia.doc.gov

Fred Wentland,
Office of Spectrum Management, 202.482.1850  fwentland@ntia.doc.gov

Derrick Owens,
Office of the Assistant Secretary: 202.482.0516  dowens@ntia.doc.gov

AGENDA

Third Generation Wireless
Government-Industry Outreach Meeting
(Workshop for Technical Discussions)
Hosted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
In Cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission and Other Federal Agencies

December 1, 2000 9:00 a.m.
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4830
1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC

9:00 a.m. Welcome - - Greg Rohde, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Director, National Telecommunications and Information Administration

9:15 a.m. Reviews of Interim Studies

NTIA Interim Study - - NTIA Representative
Department of Defense Appendix to NTIA Interim Study - - DoD Representative
FCC Interim Study - - FCC Representative

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. - 2:00 pm.* Technical Discussions

3G Descriptions (Discussion may include spectrum requirements, (TDD, FDD, separation base/mobile transmit); technical and operational characteristics; protection criteria; traffic model characteristics)

Band Sharing
- - Government candidate bands
- - Non-Government candidate bands
(Discussion may include study assumptions and methodology; system technical characteristics; interference protection requirements; operational scenarios and channeling).

Band Segmentation
- - Government candidate bands. (Discussion may include in-band pairing of 1710-1850 MHz; dual band pairing using 1710-1790 MHz; phased approach; international issues)
- - Non-Government candidate bands. (Discussion may include two-way ITFS/MDS Systems; band plans; band segmentation options)

2:00 p.m. Schedule of Future Meetings

* All times are approximate. There will be a lunch break around noon if the discussion permits.