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Wireless Roundup

Presented by David MeyerMay 15, 2012

Spectrum Management 2012

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Wireless Activity & Topics

• Part 25 / 74 / 101 Coordination Activity

• FCC Order 11-120• 7 & 13 GHz Band Use Expansion• Elimination of Final Link Rule• Formal Procedures for Adaptive Modulation• FCC Declined “Auxiliary” Fixed Station

• AWS Clearinghouses’ Reports• 3650 – 3700 MHz Filings/Deployments• Satellite News• NSMA Working Group #3• Conference Topics

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Coordination Activity

Part 101–Mic Paths

14,718 34,140 + 132 %

25,378- 25.7 %

27,488+ 8.3 %

Part 101 – (MAS) 849 507 450 580

Part 74 Mic Paths – CARs/Aux BrdcstBands (2,7,13 GHz)

1,726 1,389 1,094 1,273

Part 25 - ES Temporaries

1,244 1,120 1,299 1,333

Part 25 – ESPermanent

267 222 293 210

Total 18,804- 6.9 %

37,378+ 98.8 %

28,514- 23.7 %

30,884+ 8.3 %

Type May08–Apr09 May09–Apr10 May10-Apr11 May11-Apr12

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Coordination Activity

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Fixed Service Usage of 7 and 13 GHz

The Good

7 & 13 GHz - 650 MHz of backhaul spectrum opened to Fixed Services usage – shared with existing Broadcast Users

The Bad

Only available for a Fixed Service link when a TV pickup market is not intersected

The Ugly

About 50% of the land mass and approximately 90% of the population cannot be served by this ruling

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Fixed Service Usage of 7 and 13 GHz

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Fixed Service Usage of 7 and 13 GHz

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Fixed Service Usage of 7 and 13 GHz

Details:

• 6875–7125 MHz (7 GHz)

• 25 MHz maximum channel bandwidth

• 6975–7025 MHz not available for Fixed Services

– This exclusion in the middle of the band allows for a clean high/low separation for the Fixed Service channel plans and preserves dedicated spectrum for Part 74/78 operators

• 12700–13200 MHz (13 GHz)

• 50 MHz maximum channel bandwidth

• 13150–13200 MHz not available for Fixed Services

– This exclusion at the top of the band preserves dedicated spectrum for Part 74/78 operators

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Fixed Service Usage of 7 and 13 GHz

• 7 GHz 25 MHz Channel Pan• 13 GHz 50 MHz Channel Plan

Transmit Low MHz

Transmit High MHz

6887.5 7037.5

6912.5 7062.5

6937.5 7087.5

6962.5 7112.5

Transmit Low MHz

Transmit High MHz

12725 12950

12775 13000

12825 13050

12875 13100

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Fixed Service Usage of 7 and 13 GHz

Additional Challenges:• Unconventional channel bandwidths for Fixed Service manufacturers

• Long term manufacturer support of these bands likely to be business model driven

• Lack of existing high/low infrastructure can present coordination challenges

• Some Part 74 and 78 incumbents requested more stringent requirements in the NPRM so Fixed Service operators may encounter coordination difficulties

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Elimination of Final Link Rule

• Prior to this ruling Part 101 prohibited the final radiofrequency (RF) link in the chain of distribution of program material to broadcast stations (studio to transmitter link)

• Broadcasters were forced to use alternate spectrum for these links (950 MHz for radio & 2, 7, 13 or 23 GHz for TV BAS)

• The 950 MHz and 7 GHz bands became very congested and often links were too long to use 23 GHz as an alternative

• All “Final Links” can now use any of the Part 101 frequency bands without restriction

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• Adaptive Modulation (ACM) changes the penalty to the user for deep fading situations• Without ACM link disconnection outage/unavailability• With ACM reduced capacity• Reduced capacity likely to be more acceptable

than outage

Details:• Meet 99.95% reliability in accordance with the minimum requirement defined in

101.141• This means that 4.38 hours (0.05%) of the year you can drop down one mode

below the required minimum as defined in 101.143(a)(3)• Radio manufacturers are not required to provide fail-safes to ensure that the radio

does not exceed the allowable yearly time restriction• There is some concern that some operators could take advantage of the

requirement and under-design systems

Formal Procedures for Adaptive Modulation

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FCC Declined “Auxiliary” Fixed Stations

• Auxiliary Stations• Proposal would have allowed and encouraged:

– Use of minimally compliant antennas

– Unreasonably high Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (“EIRP”)

– Time Division Duplex (“TDD”) systems in bands with exclusively Frequency Division Duplex (“FDD”) characteristics

– The Part 101 bands would have effectively become point to multipoint

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AWS Clearinghouses’ Rpts (ET No 00-258)

CTIA Spectrum Clearinghouse 01/11 -12/11 Lifetime

Links 224 1446Aggregate Amt $39.6 M $276.95 MAvg $/Link $176.8 K $191.5 KCost Sharing Opps $3.8 M

PCIA AWS Clearinghouse 01/11 -12/11 LifetimeLinks 0 11Aggregate Amt $0.0 M $2.81 MAvg $/Link $0.0 K $255 K

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Grandfathered Extended C-Band Sites

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3650 – 3700 Radio Service

3650-3700 Licenses (Nov’07 – Apr’12)Total FCC Registrations

  Nationwide Site

Totals 2113 17162

CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC 1 5594

Digis LLC 1 759

Chevron USA Inc. 1 729

PPL Electric Utilities Corp. 1 630

SWWG, LLC 1 516

Aventure Communication Technology LLC 1 414

PTA-FLA, Inc. 1 365Antelecom, Inc. 1 340

N-1 Communications, LLC 1 265

OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 260

Intelliwave LLC 1 245

Azulstar, Inc. 1 232

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April 30, 2012

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April 30, 2012 – Houston Detail (35 x 50 miles)

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Recent Satellite News - Regulatory

• LightSquared ‘Saga” - Regulatory roadblock – Filed for Bankruptcy 05/14/2012

• FCC Establishes Policies and Service Rules for BSS 17.3-17.7 GHz, 17.7 – 17.8 GHz and FSS 24.75 – 25.25 GHz Frequency Bandshttp://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0614/FCC-11-93A1.pdf

• FCC Announces Effective Date for New Requirements in the 17/24 GHz BSS http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0120/DA-12-71A1.doc

• DISH Network Files For and FCC Grants Control of Terrestar Satellite Systems http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-332A1.doc

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NSMA Working Group 3

NSMA Objectives – www.nsma.org

Develop technical and procedural recommendations for coordination of wireless telecommunications systems and services

Provide a linkage between government regulations and industry practice by developing recommendations that streamline and standardize procedures used by the frequency coordination community.

Proactively advise regulatory bodies on matters affecting radio frequency spectrum policy pertaining to terrestrial microwave, satellite systems, and emerging technology radio services

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Conference Topics – Tuesday May 15th

• Key Note Address - Recent Spectrum Developments - 9:15 AM Bryan Tramont, Esq. – Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP

• Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution - 10:15 AM Byron Barker - NTIA

• Deployment of Digital Audio Broadcasting - 11:00 AM

John Kean, NPR Labs

• FCC Equipment Certification/Verification/Declaration

of Conformity: What They Are and What Needs Work - 1:00 PM

Mitchell Lazarus, Esq. – Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth

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Conference Topics – Tuesday May 15th

• TV White Space Update - 1:45 PM

Mark Gibson - Comsearch

• The DARPA RadioMap Program - 2:30 PM

Dr. John Chapin - DARPA

• Area Licensing Reform (Including 24, 28 & 38 GHz Buildout Requirements) - 3:30 PM

Fred Campbell – WCAI

Ari Fitzgerald, Esq. – Hogans Lovells

• Satellite Mobility - 4:15 PM Carlos Nalda, Esq. – Squire Sanders

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Conference Topics – Wednesday May 16th

• Update on NSMA Working Group 3 - 8:30 AM

Larrie Sutliff – AT&T, Chairman WG3

• Spectrum Management Activities at the OET - 9:00 AM

Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology,

Federal Communications Commission

• The Evolution of the Global Navigation Satellite System

Spectrum Use - 10:00 AM

Dr. Scott Pace – Space Policy Institute, George Washington University

• Fixed and Portable Services in the Broadcast Bands - 10:45 AM

Dan Ryson – SBE/Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.

• Micro & Pico Cells - 11:30 AM

Joe Sandri, Esq. - FiberTower

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Conference Topics – Wednesday May 16th

• Status of the Spectrum Wiki Project - 1:00 PM

Dr. Andrew Clegg, National Science Foundation

• Results from WRC12 - 1:30 PM Paul Najarian – Department of State

• Preparations for WRC 15 - 2:00 PM

Franz Zichy - Department of State

• Idaho National Laboratory’s Wireless Testbed - 2:30 PM

Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory

• iPad 3 Giveaway – must be present to win…. - 3:00 PM

• NSMA Board Meeting - 3:15 PM

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