Parameter impact on sharing studies between UAS CNPC satellite transmitters and terrestrial systems

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) — Integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) • Many potential applications for civil use of UAS — what is needed for integration? • Certifiable communications links supplying the control and non-payload communications (CNPC) function are needed • ICAO has determined that the CNPC link must operate over protected aviation spectrum — spectrum must be allocated for this function through the ITU for: • Line-of-Sight (LOS) CNPC — terrestrial-based link • Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) CNPC — satellite-based link • Spectrum requirements have been met for LOS CNPC through actions taken at the ITU-R´s 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12).