January 14, 2022 Appeal for Opinions on Draft Report of Land Radiocommunication Subcommittee

Since October 2017, the Land Radiocommunication Subcommittee (Chief Investigator: ANDO Makoto, professor emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology) under the Department on Information and Communications Technology of the Information and Communications Council has been studying technical requirements for 5-GHz-band weather radar and 9.7-GHz-band general-purpose weather radar in response to inquiry No. 2040 (Technical Requirements for Weather Radar) dated September 27, 2017.
Recently, the Land Radiocommunication Subcommittee compiled a draft report, and accordingly, an appeal for opinions on the draft will be made from Saturday, January 15 through Monday, February 14, 2022, as specified below.

1. Subject of appeal for opinions

Draft Report of Land Radiocommunication Subcommittee, Department on Information and Communications Technology, Information and Communications Council

2. Overview

Since October 2017, the Land Radiocommunication Subcommittee (Chief Investigator: ANDO Makoto, professor emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology) under the Department on Information and Communications Technology of the Information and Communications Council has been studying technical requirements for 5-GHz-band weather radar and 9.7-GHz-band general-purpose weather radar in response to inquiry No. 2040 (Technical Requirements for Weather Radar) dated September 27, 2017. In this connection, the 68th meeting of the Land Radiocommunication Subcommittee under the Department on Information and Communications Technology of the Information and Communications Council was held from Tuesday, December 14 through Friday, December 24, 2021 by exchanging emails. The results of the past studies were compiled as a draft committee report at the meeting. Accordingly, it has been decided to make this appeal for opinions on the draft from Saturday, January 15 through Monday, February 14, 2022.

3. Procedure of appeal for opinions and other requirements

1. Procedure of appeal for opinions

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  The published material is in Japanese only.

2. Period of submission

From Saturday, January 15 through Monday, February 14, 2022 (Opinions by postal mail reaching after the deadline date will be accepted if postmarked on or before the deadline date.)

4. Future plans

The report will be finalized by considering the results of the appeal for opinions.