THE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS of RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS BELOW 10.6 Ghz from GENERIC UWB APPLICATIONS
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ECC REPORT 64 Page 1 Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) THE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS OF RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS BELOW 10.6 GHz FROM GENERIC UWB APPLICATIONS Helsinki, February 2005 ECC REPORT 64 Page 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This ECC Report considers the protection requirements of radiocommunications services below 10.6 GHz from Generic Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Applications. The study is based mostly on theoretical analysis. The conclusions are based on currently available data on UWB technical characteristics and propagation models, bearing in mind that no specific mitigation techniques for UWB applications were taken into account as they were still under development at the time of writing this report. It should be noted that not all frequency bands which are allocated to the radiocommunications services considered in this report were investigated. The summary of the results of the compatibility studies are given in section 7. The required maximum generic UWB PSD values to protect the existing radiocommunications services are demonstrated to be more stringent than the values given in the FCC mask. To reach a sufficient protection from UWB systems, especially for pulsed UWB applications, it is necessary to set an average power limit and a peak power limit (alternatively to setting a peak limit, it is possible to limit the Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) to a certain minimum value). The limits in summary table are valid for the assumption of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN)-like interference effects, which is achievable with the following conditions: • Scenarios with a sufficient number of interferer (>100); • Pulse-based UWB emissions with a PRF-range of PRF>VictimBandwidth, and • MB-OFDM (without Frequency Hopping). The results show that: • The majority of the considered radiocommunications services require up to 20-30 dB more stringent Generic UWB PSD limits than defined in the FCC masks, indoor as well as outdoor. Only a few EESS applications are sufficiently protected by FCC mask, whereas some RAS bands require 50-80 dB more stringent limits; • The consolidated limits shown in Fig. 15 indicate that the allowed Generic UWB PSD limit increases with the frequency. The difference between PSD limit at 10 GHz and that at 200 MHz is about 20 dB; • If the victim radiocommunications service is operated in an outdoor environment only, as is the case for e.g. FS, FSS, RAS, EESS etc, then the increase of noise due to the aggregate UWB interference determines the generic UWB PSD limit. In addition, if the victim radiocommunications service is (also) operated in the indoor environment, e.g. DVB-T, IMT-2000, RLAN, etc, then the closest UWB interferer becomes the determining interference factor due to small spatial separation (small path loss). It can also be observed that for radiocommunications services using narrow band receivers with higher sensitivity more protection is required. ECC REPORT 64 Page 3 INDEX TABLE 1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................5 2 ULTRA-WIDEBAND APPLICATIONS .............................................................................................................5 2.1 UWB OPERATING FREQUENCY BANDS...............................................................................................................6 2.2 GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONING AND DISTRIBUTION OF UWB DEVICES ...................................................................7 2.2.1 Random distribution..................................................................................................................................7 2.2.2 Deployment hot-spots................................................................................................................................7 2.2.3 Minimum UWB device separation distance from a potential victim receiver .........................................7 3 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UWB SYSTEMS .............................................................................7 4 POTENTIAL VICTIM RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND SYSTEMS..................................8 4.1 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND SYSTEMS CONSIDERED IN THIS REPORT ............................................8 4.2 POSSIBLE IMPACT OF UWB SYSTEMS ON RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES .................................................8 4.3 DISTURBANCE EFFECTS OF UWB ......................................................................................................................8 4.4 GENERIC POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY (R.M.S.) LIMITS FOR A SINGLE UWB INTERFERER ..................................9 4.4.1 Case of victim receiver close to UWB emission .......................................................................................9 4.4.2 Case of fixed victim receiver with high antenna gain placed near the location of UWB emission ......12 5 VICTIM RECEIVER CHARACTERISTICS...................................................................................................12 5.1 RECEIVER MODELLING.....................................................................................................................................12 5.1.1 Receiver susceptibility.............................................................................................................................12 5.1.2 Antennas ..................................................................................................................................................12 5.1.3 Receiver characteristics..........................................................................................................................13 5.2 SHARING CRITERIA AND INTERFERENCE OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................13 6 INTERFERENCE SCENARIOS FOR CO-EXISTENCE STUDIES.............................................................13 6.1 PROPAGATION PREDICTION METHODS FOR UWB CO-EXISTENCE STUDIES .....................................................13 6.1.1 Background .............................................................................................................................................13 6.1.2 Radio Channel Modeling ........................................................................................................................14 6.1.3 Propagation models for assessing compatibility of UWB devices with conventional (relatively narrow band) receivers ........................................................................................................................................................15 6.1.4 Propagation models to assess co-existence of different UWB devices or to determine UWB link budget for general compatibility studies.................................................................................................................16 6.1.5 UWB propagation models for compatibility studies between indoor UWB devices and space services 19 6.2 UWB SPECTRUM MASKS .................................................................................................................................19 6.2.1 The -41.3 dBm/MHz flat limit .................................................................................................................19 6.2.2 FCC UWB emission limits ......................................................................................................................19 6.2.3 Slope mask interpolated from FCC mask...............................................................................................21 6.3 METHODOLOGY ...............................................................................................................................................23 6.3.1 Victim receiver categories ......................................................................................................................23 6.3.2 Reference UWB deployment scenarios...................................................................................................23 6.3.3 Single interferer.......................................................................................................................................24 6.3.4 Aggregate interference............................................................................................................................27 6.4 MEASUREMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................34 6.4.1 Scope of the measurement campaign......................................................................................................34 6.4.2 Incumbent radiocommunications services..............................................................................................35 6.4.3 Description of UWB interferer measurement.........................................................................................35 7 SUMMARY OF COMPATIBILITY STUDIES................................................................................................37 7.1 FIXED SERVICE (FS).........................................................................................................................................37 7.1.1 Summary table.........................................................................................................................................37 7.1.2 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................................40