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Federal Communications Commission FCC 15-99 Before the Federal Federal Communications Commission FCC 15-99 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission’s Rules ) ET Docket No. 14-165 for Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, ) Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 600 MHz Guard ) Bands and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37, and ) ) Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission’s Rules ) for Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the ) Repurposed 600 MHz Band and 600 MHz Duplex ) Gap ) ) Expanding the Economic and Innovation ) GN Docket No. 12-268 Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive ) Auctions ) REPORT AND ORDER Adopted: August 6, 2015 Released: August 11, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Heading Paragraph # I. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 1 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 6 III. BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................................. 11 IV. DISCUSSION....................................................................................................................................... 19 A. TV Bands ....................................................................................................................................... 21 1. Fixed white space devices ....................................................................................................... 24 2. Calculating white space device separation distances from a TV station contour.................... 62 3. Frequencies of operation for white space devices................................................................... 79 4. Unlicensed Wireless Microphones .......................................................................................... 94 B. 600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap ..................................................................................... 102 1. Guard Bands .......................................................................................................................... 106 2. Duplex Gap............................................................................................................................ 150 3. Database Access .................................................................................................................... 157 C. 600 MHz Service Band................................................................................................................ 163 1. White Space Devices............................................................................................................. 164 2. Wireless Microphones........................................................................................................... 187 D. Channel 37 ................................................................................................................................... 193 1. Power limits and separation distances................................................................................... 195 2. Guard bands adjacent to channel 37...................................................................................... 233 3. Out-of-band emission limits on channels 36-38.................................................................... 235 E. White Space Databases ................................................................................................................ 238 1. Expanding Location and Frequency Information.................................................................. 238 2. Changes to database procedures............................................................................................ 256 F. Equipment Certification and Marketing....................................................................................... 279 Federal Communications Commission FCC 15-99 1. White space devices .............................................................................................................. 280 2. Wireless microphones ........................................................................................................... 281 V. PROCEDURAL MATTERS.............................................................................................................. 289 A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis .......................................................................................... 289 B. Paperwork Reduction Act ............................................................................................................ 290 C. Congressional Review Act........................................................................................................... 292 D. Contact Persons............................................................................................................................ 293 VI. ORDERING CLAUSES..................................................................................................................... 294 APPENDIX A – Final Rules APPENDIX B – List of Parties Filing Comments APPENDIX C – Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis APPENDIX D – Channel 37 Radio Astronomy Protected Zones I. INTRODUCTION 1. Recent actions by the Commission to repurpose broadcast television band spectrum for new wireless services as set forth in the Incentive Auction R&O will significantly alter the regulatory landscape for unlicensed white space devices and wireless microphones operating in the bands currently allocated for television broadcasting.1 White space devices can be used to provide a variety of wireless services, including broadband data. The fixed devices that are being deployed today are typically used to provide backhaul services for Internet connectivity offered by wireless internet service providers (WISPs), schools and libraries.2 Indeed, the propagation range of the TV bands is well suited to providing high data throughput service to un-served or under-served areas of the country at relatively low cost. In the future, we anticipate that fixed devices could also be used as internet access points in conjunction with personal/portable devices, and personal/portable devices could be used separately for short-range device-to-device connectivity.3 Commercial wireless providers increasingly rely on unlicensed spectrum to complement their licensed networks in meeting their customers’ growing demands for broadband services. Wireless microphones enable broadcasters and other video programming networks to cover breaking news and live sports events. They are also used in theaters and music venues, film studios, conventions, corporate events, houses of worship, and internet webcasts. 2. In the Incentive Auction R&O, the Commission made several decisions to balance the spectrum needs of all incumbent uses of the TV bands. Unlicensed white space devices and wireless microphones will continue to operate on vacant channels in the TV bands, albeit they may be fewer in number in certain geographic areas. They also will be permitted to operate on segments of the 600 MHz spectrum that will be recovered and repurposed for new wireless services. The Commission initiated this proceeding to develop rules for unlicensed operation of white space devices and wireless microphones in 1 See Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268, Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (Incentive Auction R&O). The frequency bands allocated for television broadcasting are 54-72 MHz (channels 2-4), 76-88 MHz (channels 5-6), 174-216 MHz (channels 7-13) and 470-608 MHz (channels 14-36) and 614-698 MHz (channels 38-51). Channel 37 (608-614 MHz) is allocated for land mobile and radio astronomy services and is not allocated for television broadcasting. Channels 2-13 are in the VHF band, and channel 14-51 are in the UHF band. 2 Some deployments use white space technology for transmission to remote areas where the signals are converted to Wi-Fi signals for direct access by users. For example, AIR.U is a consortium of higher education associations, public interest groups and high-tech companies focused on deploying white space networks in combination with Wi- Fi access to upgrade broadband available to underserved campuses and their surrounding communities. See www.airu.net. The Gigabit Libraries Network, a consortium dedicated to expanding Internet access to library users, uses a similar approach in six pilot projects in the U.S. and three countries in Europe and Asia. See www.giglibraries.net. 3 Neul, Ltd. has developed an air interface standard for white space devices that is specifically designed to support machine-to-machine applications. See www.neul.com. 2 Federal Communications Commission FCC 15-99 the reconstituted TV bands and the 600 MHz band after the incentive auction. 3. In this Report and Order, we make certain changes to our Part 15 rules for unlicensed operations in the frequency bands that are now and will continue to be allocated and assigned to broadcast television services (TV bands), including fixed and personal/portable white space devices and unlicensed wireless microphones. Today, we modify our rules to allow for more robust service and efficient spectral use without increasing the risk of harmful interference to authorized users. We also codify in Part 15, rules for the operation of unlicensed wireless microphones in the TV bands. 4. In the Incentive Auction R&O, the Commission
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