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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 27', 'art 27', 'art 27', '§ 27', '§ 27', '§ 27']

Operation of Wireless Communication Services in the 2.3 GHz Band
‘ May 17, 2013 DA 13-1141
WT Docket No. 07-293, IB Docket No. 95-91
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Operation of Wireless Communications Service in the 2.3 GHz Band Compliance Requirements
In the Report and Order and Second Report and Order adopted in May 2010 in WT Docket No. 07-293 and IB Docket No. 95-91, the Commission amended the Part 27 rules governing Wireless Communication Service (WCS) mobile and portable devices operating in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands to facilitate the provision of mobile broadband services. Together with the Second Report and Order in IB Docket No. 95-91, the Report and Order in WT Docket No. 07-293 established a regulatory framework for the co-existence of WCS and Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) licensees in the 2305-2360 MHz (2.3 GHz) band.1 In the Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket No. 07-293 and IB Docket No. 95-91, the Commission affirmed, modified, and clarified its actions in the Report and Order and Second Report and Order in WT Docket No. 07-293 and IB Docket No. 95-91. The previous Part 27 rules precluded WCS licensees from providing mobile services in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands. In the Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket No. 07-293, the Commission revised and/or clarified certain of its rules regarding the maximum allowed transmitter power and out-of-band emissions (OOBE) limits applicable to WCS mobile and portable devices and base stations in order to allow for the provision of mobile broadband services in much of the United States, while protecting adjacent-band SDARS, Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT), and Deep Space Network (DSN) operations from harmful interference. As part of WCS licensees’ duty to protect adjacent-band operations from new or modified WCS station proposals, the Commission established a notification process with SDARS licensees and coordination process with AMT and DSN users. Specifically, all WCS licensees must provide written notification (e.g., certified letter, fax, or e-mail) to SDARS licensees of proposals for new or modified WCS base and fixed stations (except fixed customer premises equipment (CPE)), unless all parties reach an agreement for the WCS licensees to provide notification by some other means. Contact information for SDARS licensees in the 2320-2345 MHz band can be obtained from the Commission’s International Bureau database at <http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi [4]-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr030b.hts?set=> by performing an advanced search on the frequency band 2320-2345 MHz (lower frequency = 2320 MHz; upper frequency = 2345 MHz). This site can be accessed from the Commission’s web page at www.fcc.gov [5] by selecting E-Filing from the menu at the top of the web page, and then scrolling down to and selecting International Bureau Electronic Filing System (MyIBFS). Alternatively, to access the International Bureau’s database on the Commission’s newly designed web page, select Data under the Tools & Data menu at the top of the web page, select Search FCC Databases, then scroll to and select International Bureau Application Filing & Reporting System-Search. In addition, WCS licensees operating base or fixed stations in the 2345-2360 MHz band must, prior to operation of such base or fixed stations, achieve a mutually satisfactory coordination agreement with the Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC) for any AMT receiver within 45 kilometers or radio line of sight, whichever distance is larger, of the intended WCS base or fixed station location. AFTRCC’s contact information is P.O. Box 12822, Wichita, KS 67277-2822, (316) 946-8826. Also, WCS licensees operating base or fixed stations in the 2305-2320 MHz band must, prior to operation of 1 A description of SDARS can be found on page 6 of the Report and Order and Second Report and Order in this proceeding.
such base or fixed stations, achieve a mutually satisfactory coordination agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for base or fixed stations located within 145 kilometers of the Goldstone, CA earth station located at 35-25-33 N 116-53-23 W. NASA’s contact information is Public Communications Office, NASA Headquarters, Suite 5K39, Washington, DC 20546-0001, (202) 358-0001 (Office), (202) 358-4338 (Fax). To promote the rapid deployment of new broadband services to the American public and ensure that the WCS spectrum is used intensively in the public interest, the Commission also adopted enhanced performance (i.e., buildout) requirements for WCS licensees. These requirements were modified in the Order on Reconsideration in this proceeding. The specific WCS performance requirements can be found in Section 27.14 of the Commission’s rules, which can be found on the Commission’s Internet site at www.fcc.gov [5]. The performance requirements can also be found in paragraphs 120 and 121 of the Order on Reconsideration in this proceeding. 2. Regulations and Policies that the Commission Modified
 Small Business Compliance Obligation to Limit Harmful Interference in SDARS and AMT Contexts - Mobile and Portable Stations’ Power Limit and Bands of Operation.  To limit the potential for harmful interference to adjacent-band SDARS operations, the Commission amended the Part 27 Rules to permit WCS mobile and portable stations to use up to 250 millwatts (mW) average equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) per 5 megahertz (MHz) (50 mW/MHz), except that for mobile and portable stations compliant with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP’s)Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards or another advanced mobile broadband protocol that avoids concentrating energy at the edge of the operating band, the average EIRP must not exceed 250 mW within any 5 megahertz of authorized bandwidth but may exceed 50 mW within any 1 megahertz of authorized bandwidthin WCS Blocks A and B (2305-2315 MHz and 2350-2360 MHz) (see 47 C.F.R. § 27.50(a)(3)(i));
 WCS mobile and portable devices are limited to a maximum EIRP of 250 mW for any bandwidth greater than or equal to 5 megahertz.
 WCS mobile and portable devices are not permitted to transmit in any portion of the WCS C Block (2315-2320 MHz) and the WCS D Block (2345-2350 MHz) due to the immediate adjacency of those blocks to the SDARS band at 2320-2345 MHz (see47 C.F.R. § 27.50(a)(3)(ii)).
 Mobile and portable devices using frequency division duplex (FDD) technology are restricted to transmitting in the 2305-2315 MHz band (see 47 C.F.R. § 27.50(a)(3)(i)).
 The 3GPP is a collaboration between six telecommunications standards development organizations (The Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, Japan (ARIB), The Alliance For Telecommunications Industry Solutions, USA (ATIS), China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Telecommunications Technology Association, Korea (TTA), and The Telecommunication Technology Committee, Japan (TTC)) for the development of advanced mobile telecommunications standards
for a 3G mobile system based on evolved GSM core networks and the radio access technologies that they support (i.e., Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), Frequency Division Duplex (FDD), and Time Division Duplex (TDD)), as well as evolved radio access technologies such as General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)Evolution (EDGE).  Small Business Compliance Obligation to Respect Duty Cycle Limits and To Meet Requirements Involving Automatic Power Control - Duty Cycle Limits.