FCC-12-130A1.doc-FederalCommunicationsCommission.doc

Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Amendment of Part 27 of the Commission’s Rules to Govern the Operation of Wireless Communications Services in the 2.3 GHz Band Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WT Docket No. 07-293 IB Docket No. 95-91 Order on Reconsideration Adopted: October 17, 2012 Released: October 17, 2012 By the Commission: Chairman Genachowski and Commissioners McDowell, Clyburn, Rosenworcel, and Pai issuing separate statements. Table of Contents Heading Paragraph # I. INtroduction 1 II. BACKGROUND 6 A. WCS and SDARS Overview 6 B. Procedural History 7 III. ORDER ON RECONSIDeration in Wt Docket no. 07-293 20 A. WCS Base and Fixed Stations 20 1. Emissions 21 2. Circumstances Requiring Coordination to Resolve Interference 27 3. Bands of Operation 32 4. Point-To-Point/Point-To-Multipoint Station Description Clarification 37 B. Fixed WCS Customer Premises Equipment 41 1. Power and Power Spectral Density Limits 42 2. Bands of Operation 52 3. Outdoor and Outdoor Antenna Use 58 C. WCS Mobile and Portable Devices 64 1. Power Spectral Density Limit 65 2. Out-of-Band Emissions Limits 76 3. Bands of Operation 82 D. WCS Mobile, Portable, and Fixed Customer Premises Equipment Duty Cycle Limits 90 E. WCS Out-of-Band Emissions Limit in the 2300-2305 MHz Amateur Radio Service Band 104 F. WCS Performance Requirements 111 1. Extension of Construction Deadlines 113 2. Coverage Requirements Instead of Substantial Service 122 3. Performance Penalties 127 G. WCS Information Sharing Requirements 136 1. Notification Requirements 138 2. Duty to Cooperate and Coordination 150 H. Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry and Deep Space Network Coordination 160 IV. order on reconsideration in ib docket no. 95-91 174 A. Operation of SDARS Terrestrial Repeaters Above 12 Kilowatts Average EIRP 177 1. Site-by-Site Licensing 180