# Presentation: 656471

## Office of Engineering and Technology

- Agenda Meeting
- January 15, 2004

## OET’s Mission

**   ****Manage the spectrum and provide technical leadership to create new opportunities for  innovation and economic growth. **

## FCC 6 Strategic Goals 

**Spectrum**

**Media**

**OET **
**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Modernize **
**the FCC**

## OET Projects (1)

| OET Project | Spectrum | Broad-band | Competition | Media | Homeland
Security | Modernize
the FCC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cognitive Radio | X | X | X | X | X |  |
| Interference Temperature | X | X | X | X |  |  |
| Receiver Standards | X | X | X | X | X |  |
| U-NII 5 GHz | X | X | X | X |  |  |
| OET Lab Facility upgrade | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| AWS 90MHz Allocation  | X | X | X |  |  |  |
| AWS 30 MHz
Allocation | X | X | X |  |  |  |

## OET Projects (2)

| OET Project | Spectrum | Broad-band | Competition | Media | Homeland
Security | Modernize
the FCC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 800 MHz Public Safety IX Study | X |  |  |  | X |  |
| CALEA | X |  |  |  | X |  |
| NRIC |  |  |  |  | X |  |
| Network Outage Reporting  |  |  |  |  | X | X |
| TAC | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| RF Health Hazards | X | X | X |  |  |  |
| Unlicensed White Paper | X | X | X | X | X |  |
| BPL | X | X | X |  | X |  |

**OET Projects (2)**

## OET Projects (3)

| OET Project | Spectrum | Broad-band | Competition | Media | Homeland
Security | Modernize
the FCC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unlicensed Spectrum | X | X | X |  | X |  |
| Above 28 MHz WRC Implementation | X |  | X |  | X |  |
| Below 28 MHz WRC Implementation | X |  | X |  | X |  |
| DTV Implementation Analysis | X | X | X | X |  |  |
| Plug and Play Analysis | X |  | X | X |  |  |
| Broadcast Flag
Analysis | X |  | X | X |  |  |
| Equipment Authorization | X | X | X | X | X | X |

**OET Projects (3)**

## OET Projects (4)

| OET Project | Spectrum | Broad-band | Competition | Media | Homeland
Security | Modernize
the FCC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RF Health Testing | X | X | X | X | X |  |
| Part 15 Smart Antenna | X | X | X |  |  |  |
| Growth Zones | X | X | X |  |  |  |
| Part 74 Rewrite | X |  |  | X |  |  |
| 2 GHz BAS/FS | X |  |  | X |  |  |

**OET Projects (4)**

## Cognitive Radio

- Dynamic New Technology
- Senses RF Environment and modifies frequency, power or modulation
- Allow for Real Time Spectrum Management
- Significantly Increases Spectrum Efficiency

**SPECTRUM**    **BROADBAND**   **COMPETITION**   **MEDIA  ****HOMELAND **
**                                                                                           ****SECURITY**

## Interference Temperature

- Sets a maximum “Threshold” for RF energy within a band thereby protecting incumbent operations
- Allows sharing by devices that stay below the “Threshold”
- Creates opportunities for new services and innovative technologies

**SPECTRUM**       **BROADBAND**      **COMPETITION**         **MEDIA**

## Broadband Over Power Line

- Provides broadband services to consumers over existing power lines
- Third “Pipe” into the home providing competition to DSL and Cable Modems
- “In House” BPL allows for networking of electronic devices over existing house wiring

**SPECTRUM**       **BROADBAND**      **COMPETITION**         **MEDIA**

## Advanced Wireless Services (3G)

- New voice, data, and broadband services
- Competitive services with other CMRS
- 1710-1755 MHz/2120-2155 MHz
- 45 MHz Reallocated from Federal Government
- Difficult and technical challenging negotiations
- Considering additional spectrum from
- 2 GHz MSS and other services
- 1910-1920 MHz, 1990-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz, 2165-2180 MHz

**SPECTRUM**       **BROADBAND**      **COMPETITION**

## Trends In Unlicensed (Part 15)

- Great Success
- Tremendous Growth
- Over 400 Million Part 15 Transmit Devices in the US
- Already About $3 Billion Annual Sales of wireless Networking Products – Expected to exceed $5 Billion by 2005

**SPECTRUM**    **BROADBAND**   **COMPETITION**   **MEDIA  ****HOMELAND **
**                                                                                           ****SECURITY**

##  Unlicensed Technologies

- U-NII (5 GHz WiFi) - 255 MHz new unlicensed spectrum
- Using White Spaces – Unused TV Channels
- Unlicensed Spectrum – 3650-3700 MHz
- Smart Antennas
- Above 90 GHz

**SPECTRUM**    **BROADBAND**   **COMPETITION**   **MEDIA  ****HOMELAND **
**                                                                                           ****SECURITY**

## OET Homeland Security Initiatives

- NRIC
- Commission’s post 9/11 Initiative
- Network Reliability Concerns
- Best Practices
- 800 MHz Public Safety Interference
- Interference Analysis
- CALEA
- Coordinate Agency CALEA Activities
- UWB
- Ground Penetrating Radar
- Through Wall Imaging

**  ****HOMELAND **
**  ****SECURITY**

## OET Technical Capabilities

- Theoretical Analysis
- Empirical Studies

## EM Modeling 

- Distance X

- Distance Y

- E-Field Surface

## FCC Laboratory – Columbia, MD

## RF Test Lab

## Digital TV Lab

## SAR Lab

## Equipment Authorization System (EAS) Annual Activity

**39,000 web hits per day**

## OET Backlog Reduction

- In the past year OET has eliminated all  backlogged items older than 24 months

## Future Directions

- Identify and Understand Emerging Technologies
- Recognize and Reduce Technical Regulatory Barriers
- Facilitate Improvements to Network Security, Reliability and Integrity