5.9 GHz band configuration for road-ITS deployment in Europe

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) has developed this position paper to reflect the automotive and connectivity industries agreement on spectrum allocation for ITS services in the 5.9 GHz band in Europe. This position builds upon findings in the 5GAA Roadmap and its study for C-V2X spectrum needs and believes that the possibility of using 20 MHz wide channels will be instrumental for the deployment of advanced connected and automated mobility use cases.

This 5GAA position paper also takes into account the updates from ETSI and CEPT and proposes a deployment band configuration for road-ITS in the 5.9 GHz band. The key elements explored in the paper are related to channelisation based on Release 1 and Release 2 C-ITS specifications, proposals for specific technologies mapping to different C-ITS services and the possibility to deploy 20 MHz channels for ETSI Release 2 specifications. 

Read the position paper here.