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rti--BOEIND September 1, 2011 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Permitted Oral Ex Parte Presentation The Boeing Company 2201 Seal Beach Boulevard P.O. Box 2515 Seal Beach, CA 90740-1515 Kathleen H. Wong Senior Counsel The Boeing Company MlC: 110-SB33 562.797.1062 562.797.5535 -Fax GN Docket No. 11-117, PS Docket No. 07-114 and WC Docket No. 05-196 Dear Ms. Dortch: On August 30, 2011, Dr. David Whelan, Vice President of Strategic Innovation, Phantom Works and Chief Scientist, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, The Boeing Company ("Boeing") met with David Furth, Deputy Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau ("PSHSB") and Tom Beers, Chief of the Policy Division, PSHSB. Also participating in the meeting from the PSHSB and the Office of Engineering Technology ("OET") were Henning Schulzrinne, David Siehl, Tim May, Patrick Donovan, and James Miller. Other participants on behalf of Boeing were James Lassa, Michael Rizzo, Barry Martin, Frank Weaver, Alan Rinker, Bart Ferrell, Jeff Bennett, Joe Cramer and Kathleen Wong. During the meeting Boeing representatives presented information regarding the Boeing Timing & Location ("BTL") technology. The Boeing representatives explained that the BTL technology is a commercially feasible, new capability that can improve E911 location performance in the near term. The issues discussed included the coverage capabilities and implementation opportunities for the BL T technology and how the BTL technology can help wireless carriers comply with the Commission's location accuracy requirements. Following the presentation, Boeing demonstrated the capabilities of a prototype BTL receiver. A copy of the ~OEIND Marlene H. Dortch September 1, 2011 Page 2 materials presented by Boeing at this meeting is attached and has been provided to the meeting participants. Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions. Sincerely, ~ Kathleen H. Wong Senior Counsel Attachment BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company. Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location Presented To: Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau August 30, 2011 | 1 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Outline Topic Presenter Time Introductions All 2:00 Introduction to Boeing Timing & Location and Boeing GPS Heritage Bart Ferrell 2:05 Boeing Timing & Location Background Dr. David Whelan 2:10 Boeing?s Timing & Location Technology Overview Mike Rizzo 2:20 Boeing?s Timing & Location Technology ? Applicability to E911 Barry Martin 2:50 Open Discussion All 3:00 ? 3:30 | 2 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing?s Global Navigation Satellite System Business Spans 37 Years ? 1974 ? Original GPS satellite contract awarded ? 1993 ? GPS achieves initial operational capability with satellites and ground segment built by Boeing ? 1995 ? GPS achieves full operational capability with Boeing satellites ? 1996 ? GPS IIF contract awarded ? 2003 ? Initial investments in Iridium based navigation ? 2007 ? High Integrity GPS Enabling Technology contract awarded ? 2008 ? High Integrity GPS Technology Concept Demonstration contract awarded ? 2010 ? Boeing turns GPS Orbital Control Segment over to the Air Force ? 2011 ? Boeing delivers 31st GPS satellite ? Boeing Timing and Location business secured by long term agreement with Iridium ? DOT Positive Train Location contract awarded ? 2012 ? Boeing Timing and Location business goes operational | 3 Our goal is to continue to provide the world?s best global navigation satellite systems Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location (BTL) A new capability that can improve E911 location performance and public safety in the near term ? Ubiquitous coverage ? Improves yield for all E911 calls ? Consistent performance in rural Areas with no additional infrastructure ? Minimizes county exclusions due to rough terrain or low tower density ? High power and rapid motion ? Improved penetration In challenging environments ? New femtocell / cellular handset and retrofit SIM card implementations ? To speed capability and time to compliance | 4 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Iridium Background ? Primary purpose: global, micro-aperture communication ? User base: military, civil, and commercial ? Over 478,000 subscribers as of 2nd qtr 2011 ? Constellation size: 66 satellites ? Altitude: low earth orbit (LEO) ? Built-in comms & datalink global backbone ? Boeing is engineering and operations subcontractor to iridium ? ?Iridium NEXT? preliminary design review this year. 1st launch Q1 2015 Physical Attributes for Enhanced Navigation ? Spatial diversity ? 1-3 satellites in view ? LEO high doppler/rapid geometry change ? Higher power, similar frequency relative to GPS | 5 Boeing?s Enhancement of Iridium: A ?Transit-like? Navigation Augmentation of GPS Leveraging Iridium?s Global Reach for Enhanced Navigation Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. BTL Geo-location Builds on Transit Heritage Moore?s Law Enables Performance Unachievable in the 1960s SV Footprint User Position Error Upon LEO Acquisition (bracketed by Doppler uncertainty at two separate epochs) Initial User Clock Frequency Error Initial LEO Position LEO Position after ~100 sec Contours of Constant Range Rate BTL leverages both Transit and GPS Heritage: Low Earth Orbit Provides Rapid Angle Motion and Spatial Diversity for a Geometry Rich Solution LEO Orbit Plane Trace ? U.S. Transit Navigation Satellites provided 500 m Navigation Error ? Performance limited in part by onboard clock error ? Iridium + Ground Reference Network creates Effectively-Perfect Clock 1962: Transit 2011: BTL | 6 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location Technology Overview How it works in one slide 1. Iridium Provides a much ?louder? signal than GPS. This signal when properly utilized can penetrate buildings. 2. The oscillator in a cell phone costs < 1$. The oscillator in an Iridium satellite costs ~ $10k Boeing?s Timing & Location technology is a broadcast data message that moves that quality oscillator, through buildings, into the phone 3. To leverage the time and frequency transfer of (2) data is needed by the phone: GPS data bits & satellite location delivered by cell network or in BTL broadcast 4. Precise time global broadcast improves GPS indoor performance and TTFF 5. Broadcast ALSO enables Iridium-only geo-location deep indoors where GPS is not available A Global Augmentation Broadcast Capability with a Simple Implementation into chipsets and handsets ?(?)dt 0 t 1575.42 MHz 1626 MHz GPS C/A Signal Acquisition Position and Time Iridium Time, Acquisition, and Coarse Position Raw signal power 300x ? 2400x stronger than GPS | 7 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location Modes ? Precise time & frequency aiding for increased GNSS signal sensitivity & quicker time to first fix ? Hybrid Iridium/GNSS satellite ranging ? Augment with Iridium SVs when insufficient GNSS SVs in view ? Deep indoor positioning Iridium-Only Ranging (IOR) Capability Irid iu m -A id in g G N S S C a p a b ilitie s | 8 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location Positioning Under Occlusion ? Operational Architecture Iridium SV - Loud ?Clock? in Space Precision time signal coded on Iridium SV Data is Integrated at the Operations Server and distributed via the cell network to connected users for faster time to first fix. GPS SV Positioning signal Attenuation Iridium control center Provides: Iridium orbit data and clock biases for each SV. Data is Integrated at the Operations Server and included in the broadcast to unconnected users. Handset receives precise clock signal and uses it to aid GNSS acquisition and perform geo-location using Iridium alone if GNSS signal not available | 9 Ops Server Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location Provides Superior Dual Mode Positioning (Aid GPS or Stand-Alone) Advertised Un- Aided Commercial C(A) Acquisition Threshold (un- connected PND?s) GPS Aided by BTL Broadcast message ? Acquisition Threshold Boeing's Location Technology Aiding Enhances Positioning in Typical GPS Operating Environments and Adds Robust Iridium-Only Geo- Location in Dense Urban Environments Advertised Aided Commercial C(A) Acquisition Threshold (A-GPS Cell phones) GPS Attenuation Level Iridium Only Geo-Location Value Region 40 - 45 dB Wooden Building 12 - 14 dB Indoor Arena/Mall Small Commercial Building Typical North American Residence 2 Level Parking Structure 30 - 31 dB 25 dB Dense Urban Environment Brick-faced Masonry Iridium Data Aiding Value Region Boeing/ Iridium-Only Range Boeing/ Iridium-Aiding GPS Range Geo-Location Signal from Iridium Only | 10 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. 3 GPS SVs in view ?1 BTL Iridium SV in view Iridium LEO Orbits Effect in Urban Canyons ? Iridium SVs have rapid geometry change ? The Iridium Orbit Period is 100 min ? GPS Orbit Period is 12 hours ? If GPS conditions are not favorable (< 4 sats), at least one Iridium BTL signal is likely to be in view to provide the additional signal(s) required to obtain a position fix Iridium GPS Occlusion Plot shows visibility change of an Iridium SV over about 10 minutes vs. several 40 minute GPS tracks ?At least one Iridium SV always in view 4 GPS SVs in View Conditions for Successful Position Fix 2 GPS SVs in view ?1 BTL Iridium SV in view BTL Rapid Motion Helps Ensure Visibility of Iridium SVs in Urban Canyons 1 GPS SVs in view ?1 BTL Iridium SV in view | 11 ?1 BTL Iridium SV in view Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Typical Current Performance in Iridium-Only Indoor Tests ? Test conditions and results ? Typically at least 2 SVs are in view ~ 70% of the time between latitudes 30-60deg ? Initialization error: ?random? magnitude and direction represents inaccurate initial state from cell tower ? Shows how quickly true position converges from ~2Km error (to < 150m on first measurement) ? 30-100m 2D Location Accuracy ? < 2uSec Timing Accuracy ? < 2 parts per billion Frequency Accuracy ? Other test locations ? 7 story bldg, internal conference room ? 17 floor bldg, all floors ? Shipping container ? Alaska, all floors of 7 story hotel in Anchorage, in Seward: auto, airplane, boat, shipping container, cave, under 5 ft of snow ? Inside moving rail car in NW CONUS ? In walk-out basement of 3 story house in Virginia ? Accuracy improves with system maturity 12 Iridium-Only Testing Geo-location estimate error (m) vs. time (s) Indoor mall data Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. 2012 Boeing Timing & Location Performance Applicable to Femtocells ? Accuracy of BTL Indoor performance validates Femtocell location ? Validated Femtocell location used for E911 location | 13 Application Roll Out Initialization Time to validate address: Femtocell 2012 Address 2 min Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. 2013 BTL Iridium-Only Geo-location Performance Accuracy [m] Outdoor Indoor @ 29 sec @ 120 sec @ 29 sec @ 120 sec 67% of Calls 50 m* 10 m* 100 m* 20 m* 90% of Calls 100 m* 20 m* 150 m* 40 m* Outdoor clear sky data Indoor mall data * Includes allocation for other error sources including signal multi-path | 14 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Business Roadmap CY2011 CY2012 CY2013 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 | 15 BTL Signal-In-Space Broadcast Available For Service Femtocell Product and Service Available E911 SIM Card Product and Service Available Cellular Multi-Sensor Product / Service Available Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. FCC E911 Changes and Further Notice ? Second Report & Order (FCC 10-176A1) ? The Commission Established a PSAP or County-Level Geographic Area for Location Accuracy Compliance (Outdoors Only) ? Phased in Time-to-Compliance over 8 years, ? Provided County Exclusions of up to 15% ? Reduced % Calls from 95% to 90% (2 sigma accuracy) ? Further Notice (FCC 10-177A1) ? The Commission seeks ?new prospective location technologies? ? Technologies which can provide improved location information in more challenging environments: ? Rural Areas = heavy forestation, mountainous terrain, or sparsely located wireless towers ? Urban Canyons ? Indoors ? Confidence & uncertainty data ? Roaming issues ? Providing automatic location information on VoIP devices or emerging network devices such as Femtocells | 16 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location (BTL) Applicability to Second R&O ? BTL test results exceed handset-based accuracy requirements ? BTL can improve carriers time to compliance with: ? Ubiquitous coverage & consistent performance (Yield) +? ? Retrofit SIM Card ? BTL can provide emergency call locations with minimal county exclusions because: ? Ubiquitous coverage ? High power, rapid motion signal emanating from space provides better availability in rough terrain/forestation ? Consistent Performance = High Yield = Greater % calls compliant ? No Additional Infrastructure by Carriers | 17 A new capability that can improve E911 location performance and public safety in the near term Boeing Defense, Space & Security Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Boeing Timing & Location (BTL) Applicability to Further Notice ? BTL Can Locate Emergency Callers in Challenging Environments in the near term ? Ubiquitous coverage in rural areas ? heavy forestation, mountainous terrain, or sparsely located wireless towers ? Urban canyons ? Indoors ? ~25% of all 911 calls are wireless and indoors ? BTL can provide confidence and uncertainty data ? BTL is not affected by roaming ? BTL can provide a validated (verified MSAG), accurate location indoors for VoIP phones and Emerging Network Devices (Femtocells, Wi-Fi Access Points, Routers) ? BTL is commercially feasible ? Plan for roll out across the entire U.S. in 2012 ? No additional infrastructure required for rural GSM Carriers | 18 Copyright © 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved.