Radiocommunications Spectrum Marketing Plan (700 MHz Band) 2012
Radiocommunications Act 1992
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Marketing Plan under section 39A of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Dated 19th December 2012
Chris Chapman
[signed]
Member
Richard Bean
[signed]
Member/General Manager
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Contents
Part 1 Introduction 4
1.1 Name of Plan 4
1.2 Commencement 4
1.3 Purpose of the Plan 4
1.4 Definitions 4
Part 2 Allocation of spectrum licences 7
2.1 Purpose of this Part 7
2.2 Parts of the spectrum 7
2.3 How licences will be allocated 8
2.4 The auction 8
2.5 Advertising the auction 9
2.6 Taking part in the auction 9
Part 3 Spectrum licences to be issued 10
3.1 Purpose of this Part 10
3.2 Issue of Licences 10
3.3 Duration of licences 10
3.4 Commencement of licences 11
3.5 Core licence conditions 11
3.6 Determining core licence conditions 11
3.7 Other licence conditions 12
3.8 Registration of transmitters 14
3.9 Draft sample licence 14
3.10 Compatibility requirements 15
Part 4 After allocation 16
4.1 Purpose of this Part 16
4.2 Registration of licences 16
4.3 Third party use 16
4.4 Trading in licences 16
4.5 Trading rules 14
4.6 Agreements about emission limits 16
4.7 Spectrum licences that are about to expire 17
4.8 Re‑issue of licences 17
Schedule 1 Category 18
Schedule 2 Products 19
Schedule 3 Regions 20
Schedule 4 Emission limits outside the area 23
Schedule 5 Emission limits outside the band 25
Schedule 6 Sample spectrum licence 31
Part 1 Introduction
1.1 Name of Plan
This Plan is the Radiocommunications Spectrum Marketing Plan (700 MHz Band) 2012.
1.2 Commencement
This Plan commences on the day after it is registered.
Note All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.
1.3 Purpose of this Plan
This Plan describes:
(a) the procedures and timetable for issuing spectrum licences in the 700 MHz band;
(b) the spectrum licences that will be allocated by the ACMA in accordance with this Plan;
(c) some of the matters a licensee must take into account when operating devices under a spectrum licence allocated in accordance with this Plan; and
(d) other matters which a person should take into account when deciding whether to apply for a spectrum licence under the allocation determination.
1.4 Definitions
(1) In this Plan:
700 MHz band means the following spectrum, in the geographic areas
specified in the re-allocation declaration:
(a) 703 MHz to 748 MHz (the 700 MHz lower band); and
(b) 758 MHz to 803 MHz (the 700 MHz upper band).
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
advisory guidelines means the following documents made by ACMA under section 262 of the Act, as in force from time to time:
(a) Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference to Receivers - 700 MHz Band) 2012;
(b) Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Transmitters - 700 MHz Band) 2012.
affected areas has the meaning given by paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 5.
allocation determination means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation — Combinatorial Clock Auction) Determination 2012.
allocation stage has the meaning given by paragraph 2.4(7)(a).
applicant has the meaning given by subsection 1.4(1) of the allocation determination.
applicant information package has the meaning given by subsection 1.4(1) of the allocation determination.
assignment stage has the meaning given by paragraph 2.4(7)(b).
auction has the meaning given by subsection 2.3(1).
Australian spectrum map grid (ASMG) means the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012.
broadcasting service has the meaning given by subsection 6(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
category has the meaning given by subsection 2.4(1).
exclusion zone means the area identified by a map prepared under subsection 4.2(2) of the Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Transmitters – 700 MHz Band) 2012.
harmful interference means interference that:
(a) endangers the functioning of a radio‑navigation service or other safety services; or
(b) seriously degrades, obstructs, or repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunications service.
HCIS identifier means an identifier used to describe a geographic area in the HCIS.
hierarchical cell identifier scheme (HCIS) means the cell grouping hierarchy scheme used to describe geographic areas in the Australian spectrum map grid (ASMG).
horizontally radiated power, for a radiocommunications device, means the sum of:
(a) the maximum true mean power, in dBm per specified rectangular bandwidth at the antenna connector that is located within the frequency band of the licence authorising the operation of the radiocommunications device; and
(b) the antenna gain relative to an isotropic antenna in a specified direction in the horizontal plane containing the phase centre of the antenna used with the device, in dBi.
in‑band means:
(a) for a radiocommunications transmitter or radiocommunications receiver operated under a spectrum licence, the frequencies within the frequency band to which the licence relates; and
(b) for a radiocommunications transmitter or radiocommunications receiver operating under an apparatus licence, the frequencies within the lower frequency limit and the upper frequency limit of that licence.
licence area has the meaning given by subsection 6(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
licence schedule means a schedule to the sample spectrum licence.
lot has the meaning given by subsection 2.4(3).
lot rating, for a lot, has the meaning given by subsection 1.4(1) of the allocation determination.
maximum true mean power means the true mean power measured in a specified rectangular bandwidth that is located within a specified frequency band such that the true mean power is the maximum of true mean powers produced.
Note The power within the specified rectangular bandwidth is normally established by taking measurements using either an adjacent channel power meter or a spectrum analyser. Estimation of the accuracy of the measuring equipment, measurement procedure and any adjustments made to measurements to take account of practical filter shape factors should be in accordance with good engineering practice.
mean power means the average power measured during an interval of time that is at least 10 times the period of the lowest modulation frequency.
peak power means the average power measured within a specified bandwidth during 1 radio frequency cycle at the crest of the signal envelope.
product has the meaning given by subsection 2.4(2).
re‑allocation means the re‑allocation of spectrum by the issue of spectrum licences in accordance with the re‑allocation declaration.
re‑allocation declaration means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation) Declaration No. 1 of 2011 made by the Minister under section 153B of the Act in relation to the spectrum in the 700 MHz band on 1 November 2011.
region has the meaning given by Schedule 3.
retransmission service means a service that is referred to subsection 212(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
sample spectrum licence has the meaning given by section 3.9.
spurious emission means emissions that are not:
(a) modulation products; or
(b) wide band noise; or
(c) emissions caused by switching transients.
television licence area plan has the meaning given by subsection 6(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
transmitter site means the site from which a transmitter is authorised to operate under the relevant apparatus licence.
true mean power means:
(a) if an unmodulated carrier is present — the mean power measured while the unmodulated carrier is present; and
(b) if an unmodulated carrier is not present — the mean power measured while transmitted information is present.
Note Terms and expressions used in this Plan have the meanings given by section 5 of the Act. For example:
· core condition
· frequency band
· Register
· spectrum licence.
(2) In this Plan, the range of numbers that identifies a frequency band or frequency range includes the higher, but not the lower, number.
Part 2 Allocation of spectrum licences
2.1 Purpose of this Part
This Part describes the procedures and timetable for allocating spectrum licences that authorise the operation of radiocommunications devices in the 700 MHz band.
2.2 Parts of the spectrum
(1) The ACMA will allocate and issue spectrum licences for spectrum in the 700 MHz band in the manner described in this Plan and the allocation determination.
(2) This Plan will have no effect if the re-allocation declaration is revoked in accordance with the Act.
(3) No part of the spectrum in the 700 MHz band is reserved for public or community services.
2.3 How licences will be allocated
(1) Initially, spectrum licences for spectrum in the 700 MHz band will be allocated by combinatorial clock auction in accordance with the procedures set out in the allocation determination (auction).
Note Neither the ACMA nor the Commonwealth accepts any liability for any loss or damage suffered by any person participating in the auction. Any person intending to participate in the auction should obtain their own legal, technical and financial advice before applying.
(2) The ACMA may make further allocations of spectrum in the 700 MHz band by any means, and in any configuration, in accordance with section 7.1 of the allocation determination.
Note Section 7.1 of the allocation determination states that the ACMA may later allocate spectrum licences by a procedure to be determined by the ACMA. This may apply if any spectrum is not part of a spectrum licence allocated by the auction.
2.4 The auction
(1) There is one category for the 700 MHz band. The category is characterised by:
(a) the frequencies set out in columns 3 and 4 of Schedule 1; and
(b) the bandwidth described in column 5 of Schedule 1.
(2) The ACMA has divided up the 700 MHz band into the products described in Schedule 2. Each product is characterised by:
(a) the region for the product, specified in column 3 of Schedule 2; and
(b) the category to which the product belongs, set out in column 2 of Schedule 2.
(3) The number of units of each product that will be available at the auction is set out in column 4 of Schedule 2. A unit of a product is referred to in this Plan as a ‘lot’. The size of each lot in each product is 2 x 5 MHz, being 5 MHz in the 700 MHz lower band paired with 5 MHz in the 700 MHz upper band.
(4) The ACMA will notify applicants of the lot rating for each lot set under subsection 4.6(4) of the allocation determination. All lots of the same product must have the same lot rating.
(5) The lot rating will be used as the basis for calculating the amount of an applicant’s eligibility payment or deed of financial security. Details of this are in section 4.14(2) of the allocation determination.
(6) The auction will be held in accordance with the procedures set out in the allocation determination. All lots of each product will be available for allocation at the auction.
Note The allocation determination sets out the procedures for allocating spectrum licences by a combinatorial clock auction.
(7) The auction will be carried out in two stages:
(a) the allocation stage, which determines the number and type of lots allocated to, and the allocation price to be paid by, each winning bidder in accordance with the allocation determination; and
(b) the assignment stage, which determines the frequencies that will apply to each lot of each product allocated to each winning bidder and any additional price that must be paid in accordance with the allocation determination.
Note The allocation determination sets out the detailed rules and procedures for each stage of the auction.
(8) Subject to the requirements of the Act, any other relevant laws and the allocation determination, the ACMA will issue a spectrum licence to each person allocated a product in the auction. The spectrum licence will be for the number of lots allocated to that person during the allocation stage, at the frequencies assigned to that person for those lots during the assignment stage of the auction.
2.5 Advertising the auction
(1) The ACMA will publish details of the auction and invite persons to apply to take part in the auction, in accordance with the allocation determination.
2.6 Taking part in the auction
(1) The ACMA will make available an applicant information package that contains more detail about application requirements and the auction process in accordance with the allocation determination. Details of what must be in the applicant information package are in subsection 4.5(1) of the allocation determination.
(2) Details of how to apply to take part in the auction are set out in Part 4 of the allocation determination.
Part 3 Spectrum licences to be issued
3.1 Purpose of this Part
This Part describes:
(a) the spectrum licences that will be issued in accordance with this Plan;
(b) some of the matters a licensee must take into account when operating devices under a spectrum licence issued in accordance with this Plan;
(c) conditions to be included in spectrum licences issued in accordance with this Plan; and
(d) other matters which a person should take into account when deciding whether to apply for a spectrum licence under this Plan.
3.2 Issue of licences
Subject to the Act, the allocation determination and other relevant law, the ACMA will issue a spectrum licence to the person to which it is allocated as soon as practicable after the person pays to the ACMA the balance of the winning price in accordance with Division 2 of Part 6 of the allocation determination.
3.3 Duration of licences
(1) Licences issued to a person who has been allocated a product as a result of the auction will be for a period of 15 years starting on the date set out in section 3.4.
(2) Where allocation occurs otherwise than as a result of the auction (because of unallocated lots at the auction), the licence will have a commencement date and a duration that will result in it expiring at the same time as licences issued to a person who has been allocated a product as a result of the auction. Accordingly, licences issued to a person who has been allocated a product otherwise than as a result of the auction will be for a period of less than 15 years, starting on a date to be specified by the ACMA.
3.4 Commencement of licences
A licence issued to a person who has been allocated a product as a result of the auction will come into force on 1 January 2015.
3.5 Core licence conditions
(1) Section 66 of the Act requires spectrum licences to include the following core conditions:
(a) a condition specifying the part or parts of the spectrum in which operation of radiocommunications devices is authorised under the licence;
(b) a condition specifying the maximum permitted level of radio emission, in parts of the spectrum outside such a part, that may be caused by operation of radiocommunications devices under the licence;
(c) a condition specifying the area within which operation of radiocommunications devices is authorised under the licence; and
(d) a condition specifying the maximum permitted level of radio emission, outside that area, that may be caused by operation of radiocommunications devices under the licence.
(2) These conditions will be included in the spectrum licences issued in accordance with this Plan.
Note These core conditions may be varied by the ACMA, with the licensee’s agreement, under section 72 of the Act.
3.6 Determining core licence conditions
(1) For each spectrum licence issued to a person as a result of the auction:
(a) the licence will be for the frequencies, or the aggregation of the frequencies, assigned to the lots allocated to the person in accordance with the allocation determination; and
(b) the geographic area of a licence will be the region described in Schedule 3 that is for the lots allocated to the person in accordance with the allocation determination.
(2) For spectrum licences mentioned in subsection 2.3(2) of this Plan, the frequency band and geographic area of the licence will be determined by the ACMA in accordance with the instrument that deals with the allocation of those licences.
Note The ACMA may make a separate instrument for the allocation of those licences. They may otherwise be allocated by a second auction held under the allocation determination.
(3) The emission limits outside the area for all licences issued in accordance with this Plan will be calculated in accordance with Schedule 4.
(4) The emission limits outside the band for all licences issued in accordance with this Plan will be calculated in accordance with Schedule 5.
3.7 Other licence conditions
(1) Each spectrum licence will also include conditions about:
(a) payment of charges (section 67 of the Act);
(b) use by third parties (section 68 of the Act);
(c) registration of transmitters (section 69 of the Act); and
(d) residency (section 69A of the Act).
(2) Each spectrum licence issued as a result of the auction will include a condition which will provide that where:
(a) a transmitter is used to provide:
(i) a broadcasting service in accordance with a television licence area plan; or
(ii) a retransmission service; and
(b) the service mentioned in paragraph (a) is provided on a channel between 694 MHz and 820 MHz; and
(c) the transmitter is operated under an apparatus licence;
the licensee must comply with Part 4 of the Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Transmitters – 700 MHz Band) 2012. Part 4 prevents the operation of a radiocommunications device in an exclusion zone that includes the transmitter site.
Note 1 The sample spectrum licence includes a version of this condition.
Note 2 Under Part 4 of the Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Transmitters – 700 MHz Band) 2012, the ACMA will, from time to time, publish maps showing exclusion zones in which a spectrum licensee is not authorised to operate a radiocommunications device, in order to prevent interference with broadcasting services provided in or adjacent to the 700 MHz band. Check the ACMA’s website for details.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), the date upon which a broadcasting service is no longer authorised to be provided on a channel between 694 MHz and 820 MHz must be determined in accordance with the relevant television licence area plan. A broadcasting service may, however, cease to be provided in a licence area, or in part of a licence area, before the date upon which that broadcasting service is no longer authorised in accordance with the relevant television licence area plan. The date upon which a retransmission service is no longer authorised to be provided will depend on the apparatus licence used to provide the service. A retransmission service may, however, cease to be provided in a licence area, or in part of a licence area, before the date upon which that retransmission service is no longer authorised in accordance with the relevant apparatus licence.
Note 1 Until the television broadcasting services have vacated the relevant channels in each part of each licence area, the spectrum in the 700 MHz band will not be fully available for use by licensees allocated a product as a result of the auction.
Note 2 Television licence area plans are made by the ACMA under subsection 26(1B) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and (among other things) specify and allot the channels that are to be available in a particular licence area for broadcasting services. The ACMA is using the television licence area plans to set the dates by which television broadcasting services must vacate the channels between 694 MHz and 820 MHz. These ‘vacation dates’ are subject to change and the ACMA may vary the television licence area plans to give effect to these changes, from time to time. A broadcast service may, however, vacate the channels between 694 MHz and 820 MHz in a licence area, or part of a licence area, before the date in which that broadcasting service is no longer authorised in accordance with the relevant television licence area plan.
Note 3 The ACMA authorises the provision of retransmission services in the channels between 694 MHz and 820 MHz by:
(a) making a determination under subsection 34(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 providing that a channel is available for the temporary re-transmission of programs; and
(b) by issuing a transmitter licence to the provider under subsection 100(1) of the Act (but see Note 4).
Note 4 In accordance with section 153P of the Act, and the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation) Declaration No. 1 of 2011, the ACMA must not issue an apparatus licence (including a transmitter licence) that authorises the operation of radiocommunications devices in the 700 MHz band except in certain circumstances, including:
(a) the licence is issued to a body covered by any of paragraphs 27(1)(b) to (be) of the Act for the purpose of investigations or operations conducted by the body; or
(b) the ACMA is satisfied that the special circumstances of the particular case justify the issuing of the licence.
The ACMA may only issue a transmitter licence to the provider of a retransmission service for use of a channel in the 700 MHz band in accordance with section 153P of the Act. Section 153P does not apply to those frequencies in the range 694 MHz to 820 MHz that do not fall within the definition of “700 MHz Band”.
(4) Under section 71 of the Act, the ACMA may also include conditions about other matters as it thinks fit.
(5) Other conditions likely to be imposed are included in the sample spectrum licence at Schedule 6.
Note The ACMA may include conditions in a spectrum licence that are not included in the sample spectrum licence.
3.8 Registration of transmitters
(1) Each spectrum licence will include a condition that prohibits operation of a radiocommunications transmitter unless the requirements under Part 3.5 of the Act to have the transmitter registered have been met.
Note 1 Under subsection 145(1) of the Act, the ACMA may refuse to include in the Register details of a radiocommunications transmitter that is proposed to be operated under a spectrum licence if the ACMA is satisfied that operation of the transmitter could cause an unacceptable level of interference to the operation of other radiocommunications devices under that or any other licence.
Note 2 Subsection 145(4) of the Act states that the ACMA may determine, by written instrument, what are unacceptable levels of interference for the purposes of section 145 of the Act.
Note 3The Radiocommunications (Unacceptable Levels of Interference — 700 MHz Band) Determination 2012 sets out what are the unacceptable levels of interference for the purpose of registering devices to be operated under a licence issued in accordance with this Plan, and is to be used for the issue of certificates by accredited persons under subsection 145(3) of the Act.
(2) Transmitters that are part of a group of transmitters may be registered individually or as a group.
(3) The ACMA does not propose to register a transmitter that operates in the 700 MHz lower band with a maximum radiated true mean power of 23 dBm or less per occupied bandwidth, or in the 700 MHz upper band with a maximum radiated true mean power of 30 dBm or less per occupied bandwidth.
3.9 Draft sample licence
Schedule 6 sets out:
(a) a sample spectrum licence (sample spectrum licence); and
(b) the conditions that may be included in each spectrum licence that is issued in a part of the spectrum referred to in the re‑allocation declaration.
Note The sample spectrum licence may not reflect the conditions included in a spectrum licence issued to a winning bidder.
3.10 Compatibility requirements
The advisory guidelines provide a means of coordinating services operating under spectrum licences with other services.
Part 4 After allocation
4.1 Purpose of this Part
This Part describes various matters that apply after licences are issued in accordance with this Plan.
4.2 Registration of licences
The ACMA will register all spectrum licences in accordance with Part 3.5 of the Act.
Note Details about registration are in the Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Determination 1997.
4.3 Third party use
A licensee may authorise other persons to operate radiocommunications devices under any licence issued to it, provided it does this in accordance with Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act.
4.4 Trading in licences
A licensee may assign, or otherwise deal with, the whole or any part of a licence provided it does this in accordance with Division 5 of Part 3.2 of the Act.
4.5 Trading rules
The ACMA has made rules under section 88 of the Act to regulate trading in spectrum licences. Section 85 of the Act requires assignments of the whole or part of any licence to comply with these rules.
Note The rules are described in the Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 2012.
4.6 Agreements about emission limits
(1) A licensee may enter into an agreement for the purpose of one or more of the following:
(a) paragraph 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 (about emission limits outside the geographic area of the licence); or
(b) paragraph 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 (about emission limits outside the band of the licence).
4.7 Spectrum licences that are about to expire
(1) As required by section 78 of the Act, the ACMA must, from time to time, cause to be published in the Gazette notices that:
(a) state where information may be obtained about the spectrum licences that will expire during the period specified in the notice and the parts of the spectrum to which they relate (expiring spectrum licences); and
(b) invite expressions of interest from persons who wish to have spectrum licences issued to them for those same parts of the spectrum.
(2) The information will also be available from the ACMA’s website.
4.8 Re‑issue of licences
(1) The ACMA must re‑issue licences in accordance with Division 4 of Part 3.2 of the Act.
(2) Spectrum licences that are re‑issued are unlikely to take the same form as originally issued as the spectrum lots may be divided and distributed differently. Conditions on the spectrum licences may also change. Licensees should not assume that they will be re‑issued with their existing licence.
Schedule 1 Category
(subsection 2.4(1))
Column 1
Category No.
Column 2
Category name
Column 3
Lower frequency range
Column 4
Upper frequency range
Column 5
Bandwidth
1
700 MHz band
703 – 748 MHz
758 – 803 MHz
2 x 5 MHz
Note The bandwidth in column 5 refers to a 5 MHz pair, that is, 5 MHz in the lower frequency range set out in column 3 and 5 MHz in the upper frequency range set out in column 4, with a duplex separation of 55 MHz.
Schedule 2 Products
(subsection 2.4(2))
Column 1
Product
Column 2
Category No.
Column 3
Region
Column 4
No. of lots
700 NAT
1
National
9
Note1 The category no. in column 2 indicates the category to which a product belongs.
Note 2 The region in column 3 indicates the geographical area in which radiocommunications devices may be operated using the product. Each region is defined by reference to its HCIS identifiers in Schedule 3.
Note 3 The no. of lots in column 4 indicates the number of lots of the product available at the auction.
Note 4 The size of each lot in column 4 is 2 x 5 MHz, being 5 MHz in the 700 MHz lower band and 5 MHz in the 700 MHz upper band.
Schedule 3 Regions
(subsection 1.4(1))
There is one region. This region is known as the National region and is the area described by the HCIS identifiers specified in item 1.2.
Description: The geographic area of a region is the area described in this Schedule. Each region is described using the hierarchical cell identifier scheme (HCIS) in the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 (ASMG). There are four levels to the HCIS corresponding to 3 degree, 1 degree, 15 minute and 5 minute cells of the ASMG.
The geographic area of a region can be determined by the aggregation of block areas referenced by HCIS identifiers used to describe it. Refer to the ASMG for a complete description of the naming convention referred to as the HCIS as published by the ACMA.
Note: The map of the region is included for information only. The ACMA does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of that information. Potential participants in the allocation should obtain their own advice and make their own inquiries into the pictorial representation of the region.
1. National
1.1 Indicative Pictorial Representation
The area shaded in red is only an indicative pictorial representation of the region. Refer to the HCIS identifiers specified in item 1.2 for a description of the National region.
1.2 HCIS identifiers for the National region
BR, BS, BU, BV, CR, CS, CT, CU, CV, DQ, DR, DS, DT, DU, DV, EP, EQ, ER, ES, ET, EU, FP, FQ, FR, FS, FT, FU, GP, GQ, GR, GS, GT, GU, HO, HP, HQ, HR, HS, HT, HU, IO, IP, IQ, IR, IS, IT, IU, IV, IW, JO, JP, JQ, JR, JS, JT, JU, JV, JW, KQ, KR, KS, KT, KU, KV, KW, LR, LS, LT, LU, LV, LW, LX, LY, MS, MT, MU, MV, MW, NT, NU, AR8, AR9, AS2, AS3, AS5, AS6, AS8, AS9, AT1, AT2, AT3, AT5, AT6, AT8, AT9, AU2, AU3, AU6, AU9, AV9, AW3, BT1, BT2, BT3, BW1, BW2, BW3, BW5, BW6, CW1, CW2, CW3, CW4, DW1, DW2, DW3, EV1, EV2, EV3, EV4, EV5, EV6, EV7, FV1, FV2, FV3, FV4, FV5, GO3, GO4, GO5, GO6, GO7, GO8, GO9, GV1, GV2, GV3, GV6, HV1, HV2, HV3, HV4, HV5, HV6, HV8, HV9, HW3, HW6, JX1, JX2, JX3, JX5, JX6, KO1, KO4, KO5, KO7, KO8, KP1, KP2, KP4, KP5, KP6, KP7, KP8, KP9, KX1, KX2, KX3, KX4, KX5, KX6, KX8, KX9, KY2, KY3, KY6, LP4, LP7, LQ1, LQ2, LQ4, LQ5, LQ7, LQ8, LZ1, LZ2, LZ3, MR1, MR4, MR5, MR7, MR8, MR9, MX1, MX2, MX3, MX4, MX7, MY1, MY4, MY7, MZ1, NS4, NS7, NS8, NS9, NV1, NV2, NV3, NV4, NV5, NV7, NW1, BT4A, BT4B, BT4C, BT4E, BT4F, BT4G, BT4I, BT4J, BT4K, BT4M, BT4N, BT4O, BT6C, BT6D, BT6G, BT6H, BT6K, BT6L, BT6O, BT6P, BT7A, BT7B, BT7C, BT7E, BT7F, BT7G, BT7I, BT7J, BT7K, BT7L, BT7M, BT7N, BT7O, BT7P, BT8I, BT8J, BT8K, BT8L, BT8M, BT8N, BT8O, BT8P, BT9C, BT9D, BT9G, BT9H, BT9I, BT9J, BT9K, BT9L, BT9M, BT9N, BT9O, BT9P, BT4D1, BT4D2, BT4D4, BT4D5, BT4D7, BT4D8, BT4H1, BT4H2, BT4H4, BT4H5, BT4H7, BT4H8, BT4L1, BT4L2, BT4L4, BT4L5, BT4L7, BT4L8, BT4P1, BT4P2, BT4P4, BT4P5, BT4P7, BT4P8, BT6B3, BT6B6, BT6B9, BT6F3, BT6F6, BT6F9, BT6J3, BT6J6, BT6J9, BT6N3, BT6N6, BT6N9, BT7D1, BT7D2, BT7D4, BT7D5, BT7D7, BT7D8, BT7H1, BT7H2, BT7H4, BT7H5, BT7H7, BT7H8, BT7H9, BT8E7, BT8E8, BT8E9, BT8F7, BT8F8, BT8F9, BT8G7, BT8G8, BT8G9, BT8H7, BT8H8, BT8H9, BT9B3, BT9B6, BT9B9, BT9E7, BT9E8, BT9E9, BT9F3, BT9F6, BT9F7, BT9F8, BT9F9.
Schedule 4 Emission limits outside the area
(subsection 3.6 (3))
Part 1 Base emission limits
1. This Part applies in those parts of the spectrum for which there is no agreement for the purposes paragraph 3 of Part 2 of this Schedule in force.
2. The maximum permitted level of radio emission for an area, caused by the operation of radiocommunications devices under the licence, must not exceed a horizontally radiated power of:
47 dBm EIRP per 30 kHz.
3. For this Part, the maximum permitted level of radio emission is to be determined with a level of confidence not less than 95 percent that the true level of emission will always remain below the requirement specified.
4. The licensee complies with paragraph 2 by ensuring that no radiocommunications device is operated under this licence in excess of a horizontally radiated power of:
47 dBm EIRP per 30 kHz.
5. For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 4, the level of emission is to be estimated after taking into account:
(a) the kind of antenna; and
(b) the kind of equipment used with the antenna; and
(c) the location and immediate physical environment in which the antenna operates.
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Part 2 Other emission limits
1. This Part applies in the parts of the spectrum for which there is an agreement in force for the purposes of paragraph 3.
2. For this Part, the maximum permitted level of radio emission is to be determined with a level of confidence not less than 95 percent that the true level of emission will always remain below the requirement specified.
3. Where a written agreement exists between:
(a) the licensee; and
(b) all the affected licensees of frequency-adjacent and area-adjacent spectrum licences;
specifying the maximum permitted level of radio emission, the licensee must comply with that specified maximum permitted level of radio emission.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, the specified maximum permitted level of radio emission cannot exceed the base emission limits of Part 1 of this Schedule.
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Schedule 5 Emission limits outside the band
(subsection 3.6 (4))
Part 1 Base emission limits
1. This Part applies in those parts of the spectrum for which there is no agreement in force for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Part 2 of this Schedule.
Note Emission limits outside the band manage levels of:
(a) modulation and intermodulation products outside the frequency band of the licence associated with:
(i) the transmitted information; and
(ii) switching transient emissions (carrier rise times); and
(iii) where applicable, multicarrier transmitters; and
(b) transmitter wide band noise;
(c) transmitter spurious signals from frequency combining processes, including multicoupling of transmitters into an antenna; and
(d) receiver emissions.
2. For this Schedule, the maximum permitted level of radio emission is to be determined with a level of confidence not less than 95 percent that the true level of emission will always remain below the requirement specified.
Non-spurious emission
3. The non spurious emission limits in Table 1 apply:
(a) to a radiocommunications transmitter operating in the band 703 MHz to 748 MHz; and
(b) at frequencies outside of the licence frequency band; and
(c) at frequencies above 694 MHz; and
(d) offset from the upper and lower limits of the licence frequency band.
where:
foffset: is the frequency offset from the upper or lower frequency limits set out in Part 2 of Licence Schedule 1 of a spectrum licence allocated in accordance with this Plan.
Table 1 Non spurious emission limits at frequencies outside the band
Frequency offset
(foffset)
Radiated maximum true mean power (dBm EIRP)
Bandwidth
0 Hz ≤ foffset < 1 MHz
-15
30 kHz
1 MHz ≤ foffset < 5 MHz
-10
1 MHz
5 MHz≤ foffset < 20 MHz
-13
1 MHz
foffset ≥ 20 MHz
-25
1 MHz
4. The non spurious emission limits in Table 2 apply:
(a) to a radiocommunications transmitter operating in the band 758 MHz to 803 MHz;
(b) at frequencies outside the licence frequency band;
(c) within the band 748 MHz to 806 MHz; and
(d) offset from the upper and lower limits of the licence frequency band.
where:
foffset: is the frequency offset from the upper or lower frequency limits set out in Part 2 of Licence Schedule 1of a spectrum licence allocated in accordance with this Plan.
Table 2 Non spurious emission limits at frequencies outside the band
Frequency offset, foffset
Radiated maximum true mean power (dBm EIRP)
Bandwidth
0 Hz ≤ foffset < 5 MHz
15
1 MHz
5 MHz ≤ foffset < 10 MHz
11
1 MHz
foffset ≥ 10 MHz
9
1 MHz
5. The non spurious emission limits in Table 3 apply to a radiocommunications transmitter operating in the band 758 MHz to 803 MHz;
where:
f: is the range of frequencies at which the limit applies.
Table 3 Non spurious emission limits at frequencies outside the band
Frequency range, f
Radiated maximum true mean power (dBm EIRP)
Bandwidth
f < 748 MHz
-15
1 MHz
806 MHz ≤ f < 813 MHz
-6
1 MHz
813 MHz ≤ f
-15
1 MHz
6. The non spurious emission limits in Table 4 apply:
(a) to a radiocommunications transmitter operating in the band 703 MHz to 748 MHz;
(b) within an area referred to in paragraphs 3.2(1)(a) of Part 3 of the Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Transmitters ¾ 700 MHz Band) 2012 (affected areas);
where:
f: is the range of frequencies at which the limit applies.
Table 4 Non spurious emission limits at frequencies outside the band
Frequency
range, f
Radiated maximum true mean power (averaged over a 7 MHz television channel bandwidth)
(dBm EIRP)
Bandwidth
f < 694 MHz
-40
1 MHz
7. The non spurious emission limits in Table 5 apply:
(a) to a radiocommunications transmitter operating in the band 703 MHz to 748 MHz;
(b) outside of the affected areas;
where:
f: is the range of frequencies at which the limit applies.
Table 5 Non spurious emission limits at frequencies outside the band
Frequency range, f
Radiated maximum true mean power (averaged over a 7 MHz television channel bandwidth)
(dBm EIRP)
Bandwidth
f < 673 MHz
-40
1 MHz
673 MHz ≤ f < 694 MHz
-34
1 MHz
Spurious emission limits
8. The licensee must ensure that radiocommunications devices operated under the licence do not exceed the spurious emission limits in paragraphs 9 and 10.
9. The spurious emission limits in Table 6 apply to radiocommunications transmitters operated under the licence at frequencies outside the 703-748 MHz and 758-803 MHz frequency bands.
Table 6 Radiocommunications transmitter spurious emission limits
Frequency
(f)
Radiated mean power (dBm EIRP)
Bandwidth
9 kHz ≤ f
