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ETSI White Paper No. 9

E-Band and V-Band -

Survey on status of

worldwide regulation

First edition – June 2015

ISBN No. 979-10-92620-06-1

Author:
Mario Giovanni Luigi Frecassetti

ETSI
06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX, France
Tel +33 4 92 94 42 00
[email protected]
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Summary of Contents for E-Band

Page 1: ...and V Band Survey on status of worldwide regulation First edition June 2015 ISBN No 979 10 92620 06 1 Author Mario Giovanni Luigi Frecassetti ETSI 06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX France Tel 33 4 92 94 42 00 info etsi org www etsi org ...

Page 2: ...uawei com Mr Gabriele Ferrari Contributor Vodafone Italy Gabriele FERRARI vodafone com Mr Jonas Edstam Contributor Ericsson jonas edstam ericsson com Mr Leiba Yigal Contributor Siklu yigal siklu com Mr Nader Zein Contributor NEC Nader Zein emea nec com Mr Pietro Nava Contributor Huawei Technologies Pietro Nava huawei com Mr Paolo Volpato Contributor Alcatel Lucent paolo volpato alcatel lucent com ...

Page 3: ...es 8 Licensing fees 8 V Band case 10 Regulation overview 10 International regulatory documentation for Fixed links 57 66 GHz 10 International regulatory documentation for Fixed links 48 5 57 GHz 12 Other relevant non Fixed Service FS international regulatory documentation 12 Regulatory emissions limitations 13 V Band country by country overview 15 E Band case 18 Regulation overview 18 FCC 18 CEPT ...

Page 4: ...ation 3 B Database Snapshot 28 V Band 28 E Band 28 C ITU Regions 29 D Table of Frequency Allocation for V Band and E Band 30 E US FCC Regulation For E Band 32 F CEPT Technical Background For Self Coordination 33 G Examples of E Band Fees 34 References 36 ...

Page 5: ... decade is also demonstrated by three European Framework Programme 7 FP7 research projects E3NETWORK 26 addressing mainly a backhaul solution in E Band MiWaves 27 addressing backhaul and access solutions in 60 GHz and 71 86 GHz Bands and IPHOBAC NG 28 addressing integration of mm wave radio and photonics for backhaul and other purposes E Band and V Band have different spectrum characteristics and ...

Page 6: ...ation as they reflect the national status in several countries both inside and outside the European Union Given the market need to effectively exploit both E Band and V Band frequency bands an exhaustive investigation has been carried out among administrations and regulatory bodies to gather allocation status licensing regime and other relevant data The analysis of the data collected through that ...

Page 7: ...vice are allocated frequency bands in different parts of the spectrum and for different ITU regions C ITU table allocation for V Band and E Band are reported in Appendix D The spectrum allocation can be on either exclusive shared primary or secondary basis Due to scarcity of the frequency spectrum many bands are allocated for more than one radio service and are therefore shared Spectrum sharing st...

Page 8: ...e administration delegates this task to the operators but it keeps control of the national and cross border interference situation This is currently the most used method for point to point P P link networks Light licensing The most common understanding when fixed P P links are concerned refers to a link by link coordination under users responsibility reflected in the definition given by ECC Report...

Page 9: ...P P and or P MP terrestrial and or satellite or any other innovative technology or architecture In the most popular bands for this method ECC recommendations exist suggesting intra block protection guidelines in terms of guard bands or block edge masks BEM see 5 For some frequency bands this method is considered the best compromise between efficient spectrum usage and flexibility for the user Lice...

Page 10: ...rd the use of the frequencies This part can depend on a lot of parameters such as frequency band channel size capacity congested region hop length In general a licence fee depends on channel bandwidth and frequency band Other parameters that can affect the fee calculation are for instance the number of transmitters and geometric considerations area The use of incentives is frequent to promote use ...

Page 11: ...tinuous 57 66 GHz range 1 2 12 that has attracted huge industry interest Figure 2 The older bands and the new wide continuous bands around 60 GHz Regulation overview International regulatory documentation for Fixed links 57 66 GHz The following are the European broader CEPT area fixed links specific Recommendations for the use of the upper part see notes of V Band ECC Recommendation 09 01 Use of t...

Page 12: ...lding up a larger aggregated channel size The only difference lies in the different emission levels permitted Frequency division duplex FDD and time division duplex TDD technologies are both possible and FDD duplex separation is unspecified In some places the band 59 to 61 GHz is used for NATO military applications Some administrations have decided to reserve the band 61 61 5 GHz for Industrial Sc...

Page 13: ...ollowing the FCC approach the V Band range around 60 GHz is not specifically regulated for fixed services that have primary allocation in ECC but rather for generic Intentional radiators as defined in clause 15 3 39 systems which may include fixed links but all without primary status The most popular application in the FCC area is WiGig based on the 802 11ad standard 38 that can be used for indoor...

Page 14: ...unfair use of the band by high power and low antenna gain systems The FCC in the USA adopted a methodology initially for E Band of limiting the maximum EIRP as a function of antenna gain G with a general formula EIRP dB EIRPmax dB 2 Gmax G dB Where EIRP and G are the values actually permitted in that station while EIRPmax and Gmax are stated by the FCC For V band Part 15 states EIRPMax 82 dBm Gmax...

Page 15: ...ording to the EU Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment R TTE Directive and its replacement Radio Equipment Directive RED analyzed the FCC approach and adopted it as a general requirement in addition to the ECC emissions regulation for all equipment in this part of V Band as well as in E Band in ETSI EN 302 217 3 10 A similar limitation for equipment working in the 64 66 GHz band can be f...

Page 16: ...y can be attributed to Historical reasons where many countries have not yet adopted the wide band regulations that include the previously excluded 59 64 GHz portion Sharing reasons where in some countries segments of the band are excluded due to concerns for other primary services For example in some countries the 63 64 GHz portion is excluded due to ITS Regulatory concerns where the band in some ...

Page 17: ... 7 and Figure 8 The dominant duplex arrangement is allowing both FDD and TDD but in the old 57 59 GHz band there are also some cases were only TDD is allowed Contrary to common belief licensing is more common than licence exempt unlicensed However for the new wide continuous bands unlicensed is almost as common as licensed Unlicensed is also quite common in the old 57 59 GHz band while licensed do...

Page 18: ...icensing Schemes Distribution of V Band Figure 8 Global implementation of Licensing and Duplex in the old bands and the new wide band Global Licensing Schemes Distributionof V band Licensed Individual licensing Lightlicensing Block assignment Block or individual Unlicensed Unknown ...

Page 19: ...n is commonly used Both FDD and TDD are allowed FDD applications shall use 10 GHz duplex separation Minimum antenna gain of 43dBi is required but in future can become 38dBi Licensing is based on Non exclusive Nationwide with Link Registration and coordination is mandatory Figure 9 FCC Frequency Plane A summary of the main FCC technical specifications for operation in the E Band are depicted in the...

Page 20: ...angements for channel sizes ranging from 250 to 4750 MHz The arrangements remain flexible permitting TDD and FDD applications with 10 GHz as well as 2 5 GHz duplex separation These arrangements will ease the more efficient link by link coordination which was looked at by most CEPT administrations A summary of the main ETSI technical specifications for operation in E Band is depicted in the followi...

Page 21: ...th 125 MHz guard bands on either end of the bands and with the flexibility of channel aggregation within the 71 76 GHz and 81 86 GHz bands to support higher capacities when necessary Disregarding some details we can assume that emissions limits in both FCC and CEPT ECC areas are quite similar It is worth mentioning that ECC has no mandate to harmonize options for licensing procedures and fees they...

Page 22: ...l requirements typically suitable for uncoordinated or self coordinated i e light licence applications As for FCC rules minimum antenna gain is required to ease interference control Harmonized EN 302 217 2 2 9 In 2011 ETSI considering that some CEPT administrations were considering to adopt conventional coordination approach also in E Band started an overall revision also of the more popular Harmo...

Page 23: ... the open cases 66 and the cases under discussion 6 we observed that 42 cases 58 3 have adopted the whole band 71 76 and 81 86 GHz while only 8 cases 11 1 have adopted a narrow frequency band Among these last 8 cases 6 cases belong to ITU region 1 and have adopted the portion 74 76 84 86 GHz only most likely because in ITU region 1 the rest of the band 71 74 81 84 GHz could be reserved for militar...

Page 24: ...her countries like the US UK Australia and others the E Band is regulated with a light licensing regime self coordinated first come first served basis with a register maintained by spectrum authority i e Appendix E In this case a low level fee is requested In other countries like Mexico and Columbia the E Band can be seen as a sort of licensing exception so there is no coordination and usually fee...

Page 25: ...rginal cases Analyzing the data related to the fees taking into consideration 44 different cases we observe that 9 of the cases require no fee likely to be in line with an unlicensed regime Up to 57 of the cases require less than 300 per year In average the fees due for this case 250MHZ Year Km are 1 186 but it may be worth noticing that almost 85 of the cases require less than this average value ...

Page 26: ... Fixed Services mmwFS frequency bands 71 GHz to 76 GHz and 81 GHz to 86 GHz as an aid to the market for equipment assessment After a public consultation OFCOM 23 decided to change the former regime moving from a light licence regime based on a public database to a double regime where the band is subdivided into two parts a part regulated as fully coordinated link by link and the upper parts as sel...

Page 27: ...dwide but also inside homogeneous regions like the EU Some reasons for that have been identified Regulations not homogeneous both in terms of emissions limitations and licence coordination methods adopted country by country Different approaches for the V Band between FCC and ETSI This fact may generate confusion for applications like WiGig in the EU area Mainly in the E Band we reported an enormou...

Page 28: ...y o Reports the maximum number of channels that can be aggregated to obtain a wider channel FDD TDD o Three possible cases FDD TDD FDD only TDD only The Licence Regime o The cases foreseen are Link by link Block assignment Light licensing Unlicensed Link by Link and Block Licensed Double regime The Licence cost Estimation for 250MHz Year Euro E Band only o This column reports an estimation of the ...

Page 29: ...79 Link by link Block assignment Light licensing Unlicensed Link by link and Block Licensed Double regime Total 33 1 8 5 2 4 1 17 71 71 76 81 86 74 76 84 86 71 74 81 84 71 75 5 81 86 Total 42 6 1 1 27 77 E Band Status E Band Regime E Band Band E Band Duplexer Method 4 1185 9 237 5 34 85 22 55 40 44 case with Fee at no zero case Average Median case below average and case below Median and License Co...

Page 30: ...Band Survey on status of worldwide regulation 29 C ITU Regions According to the ITU the world has been divided into three Regions for the allocation of frequencies as shown on the following map Figure 15 ITU region ...

Page 31: ...LE 5 558 SPACE RESEARCH passive 5 547 5 557 58 2 59 EARTH EXPLORATION SATELLITE passive FIXED MOBILE SPACE RESEARCH passive 5 547 5 556 59 59 3 EARTH EXPLORATION SATELLITE passive FIXED INTER SATELLITE 5 556A MOBILE 5 558 RADIOLOCATION 5 559 SPACE RESEARCH passive 59 3 64 FIXED INTER SATELLITE MOBILE 5 558 RADIOLOCATION 5 559 5 138 64 65 FIXED INTER SATELLITE MOBILE except aeronautical mobile 5 54...

Page 32: ...ILE MOBILE SATELLITE space to Earth 74 76 FIXED FIXED SATELLITE space to Earth MOBILE BROADCASTING BROADCASTING SATELLITE Space research space to Earth 5 561 81 84 FIXED 5 338A FIXED SATELLITE Earth to space MOBILE MOBILE SATELLITE Earth to space RADIO ASTRONOMY Space research space to Earth 5 149 5 561A 84 86 FIXED 5 338A FIXED SATELLITE Earth to space 5 561B MOBILE RADIO ASTRONOMY 5 149 ...

Page 33: ...actice and that the proposed non government link will neither cause harmful interference to nor receive harmful interference from any previously registered non government link and 3 Provide upon request any information related to the interference analysis and the corresponding link The third party database managers shall receive and retain the interference analyses electronically and make them ava...

Page 34: ...Date of application in order to assign priority Transmit receive centre frequencies and occupied bandwidth Equipment type specifying relevant transmitter receiver parameters Link location geographic coordinates height direction of antenna etc The antenna gain and radiation pattern Subject to the conditions set by the administration it is left to the operator to conduct any compatibility studies or...

Page 35: ...on channel bandwidth Case 2 Also in this case the fee is subdivided into parts Nationwide authorization non recurring contribution for using the band and for maintaining the national database of the links Registration fee per link lasting 10 years before renewal To this the user should add the cost of the detailed link planning for building up the interference analysis documentation to be submitte...

Page 36: ...es a spreadsheet calculator it is required to fill in the following data Bandwidth Frequency High Demand Spectrum High Density Geographic Area Hop Length The formula is Annual Fee Unit BW Freq CG Geo Hop_length In this case to determine the Annual Fee the administration tries to take into account a lot of different parameters not only the frequency bands and the channel bandwidth as they usually d...

Page 37: ...d requirements for point to point equipment and antennas Part 2 2 Digital systems operating in frequency bands where frequency co ordination is applied Harmonized EN covering the essential requirements of Article 3 2 of the R TTE Directive 10 ETSI EN 302 217 3 Fixed Radio Systems Characteristics and requirements for point to point equipment and antennas Part 3 Equipment operating in frequency band...

Page 38: ...or Next Generation Optical Access Networks https www ist iphobac org ng 29 Results of Questionnaire Revision of the ECC Report 173 on spectrum requirements and technology trends for the fixed services in Europe post 2011 related to frequencies higher than 50 GHz See ECC Project Team SE19 contribution SE19 15 04 30 ECO Frequency Information System EFIS http www efis dk 31 CEPT Recommendation T R 22...

Page 39: ...Survey on status of worldwide regulation 38 40 The European Table of Frequency Allocations and Applications in The Frequency Range 8 3 KHz to 3000 GHz ECA Table http www erodocdb dk Docs doc98 official pdf ercrep025 pdf ...

Page 40: ... party s Intellectual Property Rights IPR but will be pleased to acknowledge any IPR and correct any infringement of which it is advised Copyright Notification Copying or reproduction in whole is permitted if the copy is complete and unchanged including this copyright statement European Telecommunications Standards Institute 2015 All rights reserved DECT PLUGTESTS UMTS TIPHON IMS INTEROPOLIS FORAP...

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