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FCC 25.115
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 25.115 Application for earth station authorizations.
(a)(1) Transmitting earth stations. Commission authorization must be
obtained for authority to operate a transmitting earth station. Applications
shall be filed electronically on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, and
include the information specified in Sec. 25.130, except as set forth in
paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
(2) Applicants for licenses for transmitting earth station facilities are
required to file on Form 312EZ, to the extent that form is available, in the
following cases:
(i) The earth station will transmit in the 3700–4200 MHz and 5925–6425 MHz
band, and/or the 11.7–12.2 GHz and 14.0–14.5 GHz band; and
(ii) The earth station will meet all the applicable technical specifications
set forth in part 25 of this chapter.
(iii) The earth station is not an ESV.
(3) If Form 312EZ is not available, earth station license applicants
specified in paragraph (a)(2) must file on FCC Form 312, Main Form and
Schedule B, and include the information specified in Sec. 25.130.
(4) Applications for earth station authorizations must be filed in
accordance with the pleading limitations, periods and other applicable
provisions of Sec. Sec. 1.41 through 1.52 of this chapter, except that such earth
station applications must be filed electronically through the International
Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with the applicable provisions of
part 1, subpart Y of this chapter;
(b) Receive-only earth stations. Applications to license or register receive
only earth stations shall be filed on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule
B, and conform to the provisions of Sec. 25.131.
(c)(1) Large Networks of Small Antennas operating in the 11.7–12.2 GHz and
14.0–14.5 GHz frequency bands with U.S.-licensed or non-U.S.-licensed
satellites for domestic or international services. Applications to license
small antenna network systems operating in the 11.7–12.2 GHz and 14.0–14.5
GHz frequency band under blanket operating authority shall be filed on FCC
Form 312 and Schedule B, for each large (5 meters or larger) hub station,
and Schedule B for each representative type of small antenna (less than 5
meters) operating within the network.
(c)(2) Large Networks of Small Antennas operating in the 4/6 GHz frequency
bands with U.S.-licensed or non-U.S. licensed satellites for domestic
services (CSATs). Applications to license small antenna network systems
operating in the standard C-Band, 3700–4200 MHz and 5925–6425 MHz frequency
band shall be filed electronically on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule
B.
(i) An initial lead application providing a detailed overview of the
complete network shall be filed. Such lead applications shall fully identify
the scope and nature of the service to be provided, as well as the complete
technical details of each representative type of small antenna (less than
4.5 meters) that will operate within the network. Such lead applications for
a single CSAT system must identify:
(A) No more than three discrete geostationary satellites to be accessed;
(B) The amount of frequency bandwidth sought, up to a maximum of 20 MHz of
spectrum in each direction at each of the satellites (The same 20 MHz of
uplink and 20 MHz of downlink spectrum at each satellite would be accessible
by all CSAT earth stations in the system. The 20 MHz of uplink and 20 MHz of
downlink spectrum need not be the same at each satellite location);
(C) The maximum number of earth station sites;
(ii) Following the issuance of a license for the lead application, the
licensee shall notify the Commission of the complete technical parameters of
each individual earth station site before that site is bought into operation
under the lead authorization. Full frequency coordination of each individual
site (e.g., for each satellite and the spectrum associated therewith) shall
be completed prior to filing Commission notification. The coordination must
be conducted in accordance with Sec. 25.203. Such notification shall be done by
electronic filing and shall be consistent with the technical parameters of
Schedule B of FCC Form 312.
(iii) Following successful coordination of such an earth station, if the
earth station operator does not file a lead application or a Schedule B
within six months after it successfully completes coordination, it will be
assumed that such frequency use is no longer desired, unless a second
notification has been received within ten days prior to the end of the six
month period. Such renewal notifications must be sent to all parties
concerned. If the lead application or Schedule B, or renewal notification,
is not timely received, the coordination will lapse and the licensee must
re-coordinate the relevant earth stations if it still wishes to bring them
into operation.
(iv) Operation of each individual site may commence immediately after the
public notice is released that identifies the notification sent to the
Commission and if the requirements of paragraph (c)(2)(vi) of this section
are met. Continuance of operation of each station for the duration of the
lead license term shall be dependent upon successful completion of the
normal public notice process. If any objections are received to the new
station prior to the end of the 30 day comment period of the Public Notice,
the licensee shall immediately cease operation of those particular stations
until the coordination dispute is resolved and the CSAT licensee informs the
Commission of the resolution. If the requirements of paragraph (c)(2)(vi) of
this section are not met, operation may not commence until the Commission
issues the public notice acting on the CSAT terminal authorization.
(v) Each CSAT licensee shall annually provide the Commission an updated list
of all operational earth stations in its system. The annual list shall also
include a list of all earth stations deactivated during the year and
identification of the satellites providing service to the network as of the
date of the report.
(vi) Conditional authorization. (A) An applicant for a new CSAT radio
station or modification of an existing CSAT station authorized under
paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section in the 3700–4200; or 5925–6425 MHz bands
may operate the proposed station during the pendency of its application
after the release of the public notice accepting the notification for filing
that complies with paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this section. The applicant,
however, must first certify that the following conditions are satisfied:
( 1 ) The frequency coordination procedures of Sec. 25.203 have been
successfully completed;
( 2 ) The antenna structure has been previously studied by the Federal
Aviation Administration and determined to pose no hazard to aviation safety
as required by subpart B of part 17 of this chapter; or the antenna or tower
structure does not exceed 6.1 meters above ground level or above an existing
man-made structure (other than an antenna structure), if the antenna or
tower has not been previously studied by the Federal Aviation Administration
and cleared by the FCC;
( 3 ) The grant of the application(s) does not require a waiver of the
Commission's rules (with the exception of a request for waiver pertaining to
fees);
( 4 ) The applicant has determined that the facility(ies) will not
significantly affect the environment as defined in Sec. 1.1307 of this chapter;
( 5 ) The station site does not lie within 56.3 kilometers of any
international border or within a radio “Quiet Zone” identified in Sec. 1.924 of
this chapter; and
( 6 ) The filed application is consistent with the proposal that was
coordinated pursuant to Sec. 25.251.
(B) Conditional authority ceases immediately if the Schedule B is returned
by the Commission because it is not accepted for filing.
(C) A conditional authorization pursuant to paragraphs (c)(2)(vi)(A) and
(c)(2)(vi)(B) of this section is evidenced by retaining a copy of the
Schedule B notification with the station records. Conditional authorization
does not prejudice any action the Commission may take on the subject
application(s) or the Schedule B notifications.
(D) Conditional authority is accepted with the express understanding that
such authority may be modified or cancelled by the Commission at any time
without hearing if, in the Commission's discretion, the need for such action
arises. An applicant operating pursuant to this conditional authority
assumes all risks associated with such operation, the termination or
modification of the conditional authority, or the subsequent dismissal or
denial of its application(s).
(E) The copy of the Schedule B notification form must be posted at each
station operating pursuant to this section.
(vii) Period of construction. Construction of each earth station must be
completed and the station must be brought into regular operation within
twelve months from the date that action is taken to authorize that station
to operate under the lead authorization, except as may be otherwise
determined by the Commission for any particular application.
(d) User transceivers in the NVNG, 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service, and
2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service need not be individually licensed. Service
vendors may file blanket applications for transceivers units using FCC Form
312, Main Form and Schedule B, and specifying the number of units to be
covered by the blanket license. Each application for a blanket license under
this section shall include the information described in Sec. 25.136.
(e) Earth stations operating in the 20/30 GHz Fixed-Satellite Service with
U.S.-licensed or non-U.S. licensed satellites: Applications to license
individual earth stations operating in the 20/30 GHz band shall be filed on
FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, and shall also include the
information described in Sec. 25.138. Earth stations belonging to a network
operating in the 18.3–18.8 GHz, 19.7–20.2 GHz, 28.35–28.6 GHz or 29.25–30.0
GHz bands may be licensed on a blanket basis. Applications for such blanket
authorization may be filed using FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, and
specifying the number of terminals to be covered by the blanket license.
Each application for a blanket license under this section shall include the
information described in Sec. 25.138.
(f) User transceivers in the non-geostationary satellite orbit
fixed-satellite service in the 11.7–12.2 GHz, 12.2–12.7 GHz and 14.0–14.5
GHz bands need not be individually licensed. Service vendors may file
blanket applications for transceiver units using FCC Form 312, Main Form and
Schedule B, and shall specify the number of terminals to be covered by the
blanket license. Each application for a blanket license under this section
shall include the information described in Sec. 25.146. Any earth stations that
are not user transceivers, and which transmit in the non-geostationary
satellite orbit fixed-satellite service in the 10.7–11.7 GHz, 12.75–13.15
GHz, 13.2125–13.25 GHz, and 13.75–14.0 GHz bands must be individually
licensed, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.
(g) Applications for feeder link earth stations operating in the 24.75—25.25
GHz band (Earth-to-space) and providing service to geostationary satellites
in the 17/24 GHz BSS must include, in addition to the particulars of
operation identified on Form 312 and associated Schedule B, the information
specified in either paragraph (g)(1) or (g)(2) below for each earth station
antenna type:
(1) A series of EIRP density charts or tables, calculated for a production
earth station antenna, based on measurements taken on a calibrated antenna
range at 25 GHz, with the off-axis EIRP envelope set forth in paragraphs
(g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(iv) of this section superimposed, as follows:
(i) Showing off-axis co-polarized EIRP spectral density in the azimuth
plane, for off-axis angles from minus 10 ° to plus 10 ° and from minus 180 ° to
plus 180 °;
(ii) Showing off-axis co-polarized EIRP spectral density in the elevation
plane, at off-axis angles from 0 °to plus 30 °;
(iii) Showing off-axis cross-polarized EIRP spectral density in the azimuth
plane, at off-axis angles from minus 10 ° to plus 10 °; and
(iv) Showing off-axis cross-polarized EIRP spectral density in the elevation
plane, at off-axis angles from minus 10 ° to plus 10 °
(2) A certification on Schedule B that the antenna conforms to the gain
pattern criteria of Sec. Sec. 25.209(a) and (b), that when combined with input power
density (computed from the maximum on-axis EIRP density per carrier less the
antenna gain entered in Schedule B), demonstrates that the off-axis EIRP
spectral density envelope set forth in Sec. Sec. 25.223(b)(1) through (4) of this
part will be met.
[ 62 FR 5928 , Feb. 10, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 64172 , Dec. 4, 1997; 65 FR 54169 , Sept. 7, 2000; 65 FR 59142 , Oct. 4, 2000; 66 FR 31559 , June 12, 2001;
67 FR 53510 , Aug. 16, 2002; 68 FR 16966 , Apr. 8, 2003; 68 FR 63998 , Nov. 12,
2003; 69 FR 29901 , May 26, 2004; 69 FR 47794 , Aug. 6, 2004; 70 FR 4783 , Jan.
31, 2005; 70 FR 32253 , June 2, 2005; 72 FR 50027 , Aug. 29, 2007]
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