Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01063:schedule:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01063
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 26263–29531

the 3600-3700 MHz band
           (1) An incumbent earth receive station is one that operates in the 3600–3700 MHz band and falls within one of the frequencies and areas contained in the following re-allocation declarations:

              (a) Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—3.6 GHz Band for Adelaide and Eastern Metropolitan Australia) Declaration 2018;

              (b) Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—3.6 GHz Band for Perth) Declaration 2018; and

              (c) Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—3.6 GHz Band for Regional Australia) Declaration 2018.
           (2) Incumbent earth receive stations are to be provided with the protection defined in section 4.2 and section 4.3 of these guidelines.
           (3) Incumbent earth receive stations within 300 km of a transmitter operated under a 3.4 GHz spectrum licence are also to be protected from co-channel emissions to a maximum interference level of -119.9 dBm/MHz not to be exceeded for more than 0.005% of the time.
               Note 1: Details of earth receive stations and site ID's are contained on the Register of Radiocommunications Licensees, accessible at www.acma.gov.au.

               Note 2: Refer to Recommendation ITU-R SF.1006 for further guidance on the procedure to use for the protection of FSS Earth receive stations.

9 Section 5.1

    Omit each occurrence of "arrangments", substitute "arrangements".

10 Subsection 5.2(2)

    Repeal the subsection and the notes, substitute:

           (2)     The licensee who is second-in-time is responsible for bearing the costs of any changes required to facilitate coexistence.

11 Subsection 6.1

    Omit "3300-3400 MHz", substitute "3100-3400 MHz".

12 Subsection 6.2

    Omit "3300-3400 MHz", substitute "3100-3400 MHz".

13 Subsection 7.1

Omit "3400-3600 MHz", substitute "3400-3700 MHz".

14 Note after subsection 8.2(2)

Omit "propogation", substitute "propagation".

15 After subsection 8.2(3)

    Insert:

           (4) In the event a solution under subsection (3) is not possible, interference is managed in accordance with any synchronisation requirement condition included in the spectrum licence, unless other arrangements are agreed to by the affected licensees.

               Note: For a device with an active antenna system, the radiated power in the direction of a receiver operated under another licence, is defined as the sum of the gain of the antenna towards in the direction of the receiver (accounting for azimuth and elevation) and the Total Radiated Power (dBm). This allowance is based on the assumption that beam pointing angles and/or power can be controlled dynamically to ensure a defined level of radiated power in a specific direction is not exceeded.

16 After Part 8

    Insert:

             Part 9 Earth station protection zones

           9.1 Background
            The ACMA has identified a number of locations that may be suitable as earth station protection zones (ESPZs) in eastern and western Australia. The purpose of these ESPZs is to define areas outside of reasonably sized population centres that provide long-term certainty and flexibility for investment in and operation of commercial space communications teleport facilities in