FCC Web Documents citing 101.1409

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  • without further authority. 101.1408 Unattended Operation Unattended operation of licensed ITFS stations is permitted without further authority. An unattended relay station may be employed to receive and retransmit signals of another station provided that the transmitter is equipped with circuits which permit it to radiate only when the signal intended to be retransmitted is present at the receiver input terminals. 101.1409 License Term (a) Incumbent ITFS licenses shall be issued for a period of 10 years beginning with the date of grant. (b) A BTA authorization shall be issued for a period of ten years from the date the Commission declared bidding closed in the ITFS auction. Part 101 is amended to add a new Subpart Q, as follows: Subpart Q:
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  • the 12.2-12.7 GHz band edges and does not restrict MVDDS channelization bandwidth within the band. * * * * * 6. Part 101, subpart P is revised to read as follows: Subpart P--Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band Sec. 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Broadcast carriage requirements. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1412 MVDDS eligibility restrictions for cable operators. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1429 Designated entities. 101.1440 MVDDS protection of DBS. §
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  • (MITRE Report)). See, e.g., Second R&O, 17 FCC Rcd at 9634-9664 ¶¶ 53-125; 9690-9695 ¶¶ 196-209; 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.139 (NGSO FSS coordination and information sharing between MVDDS licensees in the 12.2 GHz to 12.7 GHz band); 25.208(k) (Power flux density limits); 101.103 (Frequency coordination procedures); 101.105 (Interference protection criteria); 101.111 (Emission limitations); 101.113 (Transmitter power limitations); 101.129 (Transmitter location); 101.1409 (Treatment of incumbent licensees); 101.1440 (MVDDS protection of DBS). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.113(a) note 11; 101.147(p). The EIRP limit for MVDDS is expressed as a power spectral density, i.e., 14 dBm per 24 megahertz of spectrum. Herein we occasionally refer to EIRP levels in shorthand, e.g., ``14 dBm.'' We clarify that these shorthand references are for convenience only. The
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  • 2001) (MITRE Report)). 7See, e.g., Second R&O, 17 FCC Rcd at 9634-9664 ¶¶ 53-125; 9690-9695 ¶¶ 196-209; 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.139 (NGSO FSS coordination and information sharing betweenMVDDS licensees in the 12.2 GHz to 12.7 GHz band); 25.208(k) (Power flux density limits); 101.103 (Frequency coordination procedures); 101.105 (Interference protection criteria); 101.111 (Emission limitations); 101.113 (Transmitter power limitations); 101.129 (Transmitter location); 101.1409 (Treatment of incumbent licensees); 101.1440 (MVDDS protection of DBS). 8See 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.113(a) note 11; 101.147(p). The EIRP limit for MVDDS is expressed as a power spectral density, i.e., 14 dBm per 24 megahertz of spectrum. Herein we occasionally refer to EIRP levels in shorthand, e.g., "14 dBm." We clarify that these shorthand references are for convenience only. 9The
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  • at 6-7. DTV Norwich Waiver Request at 8-9. , infra. Vision Broadband Waiver Request at 1, 5 (stating that it applied for authority to acquire MVDDS licenses in 2005 but did not receive FCC approval until less than 90-days prior to July 26, 2009, which made compliance impossible in light of the 90-day satellite coordination provisions of 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.1409, 101.1440(d)(1)). Vision ``acknowledges that the Commission's rules do not permit an extension of time based on [unusual regulatory delay] alone,'' id., Waiver Request at 1, and our records reflect that the Commission granted consent to the assignment application in 2008. See Application for Assignment of Authorizations from Edward A. Shergalis III, to Vision Broadband, LLC., File No.0002056604 (filed Feb. 24,
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  • reported that it has completed these field tests. Seepara. 7, infra. 27Vision Broadband Waiver Request at 1, 5 (stating that it applied for authority to acquire MVDDS licenses in 2005 but did not receive FCC approval until less than 90-days prior to July 26, 2009, which made compliance impossible in light of the 90-daysatellite coordination provisions of 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.1409, 101.1440(d)(1)). Vision "acknowledges that the Commission's rules do not permit an extension of time based on [unusual regulatory delay] alone," id., Waiver Request at 1, and our records reflect thatthe Commission granted consent to the assignment application in 2008. SeeApplication for Assignment of Authorizations from Edward A. Shergalis III, to Vision Broadband, LLC., File No.0002056604 (filed Feb. 24, 2005, amended,
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  • Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band table of contents is changed to read as follows: A new subpart P is added to read as follows: Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Broadcast Carriage Requirements. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1412 MVDDS eligibility restrictions for cable operators. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1429 Designated entities. 101.1440 MVDDS protection of DBS. Section
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  • rules under 101.1400 to read as follows: Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band Note: Because the Commission is seeking comment on various proposals in some instances, alternative text is shown under the relevant proposed section headings. 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Must carry rules. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 Over-the-air reception devices rules (OTARD). 101.1437 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1438 Designated entities. § 101.1401 Service areas. OPTION ONE: Multichannel
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  • * This subpart shall not apply to stations offering MVDDS in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band. * * * * * A new subpart P is added to read as follows: Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Broadcast Carriage Requirements. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1412 MVDDS eligibility restrictions for DBS operators and cable systems. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1429 Designated entities. 101.1440 MVDDS protection
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  • Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band table of contents is changed to read as follows: A new subpart P is added to read as follows: Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Broadcast Carriage Requirements. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1412 MVDDS eligibility restrictions for cable operators. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1429 Designated entities. 101.1440 MVDDS protection of DBS. Section
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  • without further authority. 101.1408 Unattended Operation Unattended operation of licensed ITFS stations is permitted without further authority. An unattended relay station may be employed to receive and retransmit signals of another station provided that the transmitter is equipped with circuits which permit it to radiate only when the signal intended to be retransmitted is present at the receiver input terminals. 101.1409 License Term (a) Incumbent ITFS licenses shall be issued for a period of 10 years beginning with the date of grant. (b) A BTA authorization shall be issued for a period of ten years from the date the Commission declared bidding closed in the ITFS auction. Part 101 is amended to add a new Subpart Q, as follows: Subpart Q:
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  • without further authority. 101.1408 Unattended Operation Unattended operation of licensed ITFS stations is permitted without further authority. An unattended relay station may be employed to receive and retransmit signals of another station provided that the transmitter is equipped with circuits which permit it to radiate only when the signal intended to be retransmitted is present at the receiver input terminals. 101.1409 License Term (a) Incumbent ITFS licenses shall be issued for a period of 10 years beginning with the date of grant. (b) A BTA authorization shall be issued for a period of ten years from the date the Commission declared bidding closed in the ITFS auction. Part 101 is amended to add a new Subpart Q, as follows: Subpart Q:
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  • that such fixed links coordinate with other uses on a case-by-case basis, which is not possible with ubiquitous BSS operations. In comparison, in this proceeding we would permit fixed service operations that are low-power (up to 0.025 watts EIRP) one-way transmissions specifically designed to share spectrum with BSS operations.'' Second R&O at ¶ 28. Id. See, also, 47 C.F.R. § 101.1409, as adopted in the Second R&O, wherein we distinguish between the relative protection treatment of the older point-to-point licensees versus MVDDS licensees. Either tree growth or building construction, for example, that encroach within the DBS receiver\satellite line of sight would tend to have the similar effect of reducing (or possibly even totally blocking) the desired DBS signal and thereby increasing
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  • (MITRE Report)). See, e.g., Second R&O, 17 FCC Rcd at 9634-9664 ¶¶ 53-125; 9690-9695 ¶¶ 196-209; 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.139 (NGSO FSS coordination and information sharing between MVDDS licensees in the 12.2 GHz to 12.7 GHz band); 25.208(k) (Power flux density limits); 101.103 (Frequency coordination procedures); 101.105 (Interference protection criteria); 101.111 (Emission limitations); 101.113 (Transmitter power limitations); 101.129 (Transmitter location); 101.1409 (Treatment of incumbent licensees); 101.1440 (MVDDS protection of DBS). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.113(a) note 11; 101.147(p). The EPFD is the power flux density produced at a DBS receive earth station, taking into account shielding effects and the off-axis discrimination of the receiving antenna assumed to be pointing at the appropriate DBS satellite(s) from the transmitting antenna of a MVDDS
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  • rules under 101.1400 to read as follows: Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band Note: Because the Commission is seeking comment on various proposals in some instances, alternative text is shown under the relevant proposed section headings. 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Must carry rules. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 Over-the-air reception devices rules (OTARD). 101.1437 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1438 Designated entities. § 101.1401 Service areas. OPTION ONE: Multichannel
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  • rules under 101.1400 to read as follows: SUBPART P - MULTICHANNEL VIDEO DISTRIBUTION AND DATA SERVICE RULES FOR THE 12.2-12.7 GHZ BAND Note: Because the Commission is seeking comment on various proposals in some instances, alternative text is shown under the relevant proposed section headings. 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Must carry rules. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 Over-the-air reception devices rules (OTARD). 101.1437 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1438 Designated entities. § 101.1401 Service areas. OPTION ONE: Multichannel
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  • nonduplication, syndicated exclusivity, and sports blackout rules). 328 Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999: Application of Network Nonduplication, Syndicated Exclusivity, and Sports Blackout Rules to Satellite Retransmissions, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CS Docket No. 00-2, 15 FCC Rcd at 438-39 ¶ 9. 329 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.95(a), 76.106, 76.111(f). 330 The newly codified 47 C.F.R. § 101.1409 governs the treatment of incumbent licensees. See Appendix D. Federal Communications Commission FCC 02-116 59 The Commission recognized the potential for interference between POFS and DBS systems at the onset of DBS' entrance into the band332 and instructed the incumbent POFS licensees to either operate on a secondary basis to DBS or to relocate their facilities.333 146. As stated earlier,
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  • under the provisions of this section shall provide the protection from interference specified in § 101.105 of the part to stations operating in accordance with the provisions of this part. Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Broadcast Carriage Requirements. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1412 MVDDS eligibility restrictions for DBS operators and cable systems. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1429 Designated entities. 101.1440 MVDDS protection
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  • the 12.2 (Part 101) stations in the 12.2­­12.7 GHz band licensed prior to MVDDS. 12.7 GHz band licensed prior to MVDDS. ··MVDDS licensees must coordinate and share with adjacent MVDDS licensees must coordinate and share with adjacent--area MVDDS. area MVDDS. See 47 C.F.R. See 47 C.F.R. §§101.105 101.105 (Interference protection criteria) (Interference protection criteria) See 47 C.F.R. See 47 C.F.R. §§101.1409 101.1409 (Treatment of incumbent licensees) (Treatment of incumbent licensees) See 47 C.F.R. See 47 C.F.R. §§101.1421 101.1421 (Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations and (Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations and incumbent public safety POFS stations) incumbent public safety POFS stations) Co Co--Primary Satellite Primary Satellite Licensees Licensees ·· MVDDS users will share the 12.2 MVDDS users will share the
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  • must use spectrum in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band for any digital fixed non-broadcast service (broadcast services are intended for reception of the general public and not on a subscribership basis) including one-way direct-to-home/office wireless service. Mobile and aeronautical services are not authorized. Two-way services may be provided by using other spectrum or media for the return or upstream path. § 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. Terrestrial private operational fixed point-to-point licensees in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band which were licensed prior to MVDDS or NGSO FSS satellite stations are incumbent point-to-point stations and are not entitled to protection from harmful interference caused by later MVDDS or NGSO FSS entrants in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band, except for public safety stations which must be
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  • are incumbent point-to-point stations. However, only those stations licensed as public safety must be protected from harmful interference caused by later MVDDS entrants in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band. MVDDS operators have the responsibility of resolving any harmful interference problems that their operations may cause to these public safety incumbent point-to-point operations in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band. (See 47 C.F.R. 101.147(p), 101.1409, 101.1421). Adjacent MVDDS: MVDDS licensees in the 12.212.7 GHz band are required to develop sharing and protection agreements based on the design and architecture of their systems, in order to ensure that no harmful interference occurs between adjacent geographical area licensees. (See 47 C.F.R. 101.1421). International: MVDDS systems may not cause harmful interference to stations in Canada or Mexico. No
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  • rules under 101.1400 to read as follows: Subpart P - Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Rules for the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band Note: Because the Commission is seeking comment on various proposals in some instances, alternative text is shown under the relevant proposed section headings. 101.1401 Service areas. 101.1403 Must carry rules. 101.1405 Channeling plan. 101.1407 Permissible operations for MVDDS. 101.1409 Treatment of incumbent licensees. 101.1411 Regulatory status and eligibility. 101.1413 License term and renewal expectancy. 101.1415 Partitioning and disaggregation. 101.1417 Annual report. 101.1421 Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations. 101.1423 Canadian and Mexican coordination. 101.1425 RF safety. 101.1427 Over-the-air reception devices rules (OTARD). 101.1437 MVDDS licenses subject to competitive bidding. 101.1438 Designated entities. § 101.1401 Service areas. OPTION ONE: Multichannel