Interference Analysis - Main Report

Report to:
Ministry of Economic Development

Interference analysis:
For the proposed re-planning of the band 806 960 MHz

Ian Goodwin

2008, December 22

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1 Executive summary
The Ministry is proposing a possible re-planning of the 806 - 960 MHz band. This report analyses
the potential interference between services across four frequency boundaries in the plan. The
proposed band assignments are illustrated in the terms of reference for this study, in Annex 2 to
this report.
Potential interference is analysed in both directions across each boundary, between the alternative
technologies that can operate in each band. There are a total of 14 such interference paths across
the four boundaries.

To be conservative, each interference analysis uses worst case parameters. The criterion for
acceptable interference is a 1 dB increase in the noise plus interference in the victim receiver noise
floor, as used in many spectrum sharing and coordination methodologies in ITU-R studies. This
approach results in relatively large separation distances being required to meet the 1 dB noise floor
elevation criterion. Where the affected service is an interference limited as opposed to a noise
limited system, higher interference can generally be tolerated, such as in simplex land mobile and
cellular systems. In the case of short range devices operating in an uncontrolled band under a
GURL, interference free operation is not guaranteed, and users of such devices expect to be in an
uncontrolled RF environment with higher levels of interference than licensed spectrum users
expect.

935 MHz STL impact on GSM / W-CDMA and vice versa
At the 935 MHz boundary, studio to transmitter links and GSM / W-CDMA cellular systems should
be able to co-exist on each side of the boundary without the need for a guard band. On occasion
some STLs may need to avoid the top channel, however this can be engineered at the time of
licensing.

The report notes a need to tailor the power floor of the cellular management right to accommodate
the out of band emissions of STL licences for the top STL channel, in a similar way to how
management rights have tailored protection levels to accommodate neighbouring management
right AFELs and hence neighbouring spectrum licence UELs.

915 MHz SRD (GUL) impact on GSM / W-CDMA and vice versa
The analysis shows a large separation distance is required for SRDs to operate within a few
hundred kHz of the 915 MHz boundary with GSM, but SRDs should be able to operate with W-CDMA
and in the remainder of the proposed SRD band with GSM. However there is serious concern about
the potential impact of multiple SRD devices such as future check-out counter scanners impacting
on GSM base station receivers as these and other new SRD products become more common.

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Noting that the use of this band for SRDs originates in USA where there are no adjacent GSM
bands, it is suggested that the administration of this band for SRDs in countries that also use
GSM900 should be studied to better understand and manage the issues.

870 MHz SRD (GUL) impact on CDMA2000 and W-CDMA and vice versa
Whereas the analysis shows that large separation distances are required for SRDs to operate next
to CDMA2000 and W-CDMA above 870 MHz, a second analysis based on the adjacent channel level
tolerance of CDMA2000 mobile receivers indicates that quite small separation distances would be
sufficient. Because simplex land mobile currently operates satisfactorily up to 869 MHz, we can
conclude that SRDs could also. However without testing, we can only surmise that they may also
be able to operate right up to the 870 MHz cellular boundary.

819/820 MHz Simplex land mobile impacting on SRD (GUL) and vice versa
The analysis suggests that simplex land mobile can probably operate satisfactorily in the
819 - 820 MHz band adjacent to SRDs, however it is noted that one trunk mobile vendors product
operating in the 800 MHz TS bands cannot operate its simplex mode in the 819 - 820 MHz band,
and other vendors products should be checked to see if simplex products are available.

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2 Contents
1 Executive summary ........................................................................................................ 2
2 Contents ....................................................................................................................... 4
Interfaces requiring analysis ............................................................................................... 5
Summary of transmit and receive paths requiring analysis ..................................................... 6
Glossary........................................................................................................................... 7
3 Interference analysis....................................................................................................... 8
1a) 935 MHz - STL transmit into GSM MS receive.......................................................... 8
1b) 935 MHz - STL transmit into W-CDMA MS receive.................................................. 12
1c) 935 MHz - GSM BS transmit into STL receive ........................................................ 15
1d) 935 MHz - W-CDMA BS transmit into STL receive .................................................. 18
2a) 915 MHz - SRD transmit into GSM BS receive ....................................................... 21
2b) 915 MHz - SRD transmit into W-CDMA BS receive ................................................. 25
2c) 915 MHz - GSM MS transmit into SRD receive....................................................... 27
2d) 915 MHz - W-CDMA MS transmit into SRD receive................................................. 29
3a) 870 MHz - SRD transmit into CDMA2000 MS receive.............................................. 31
3b) 870 MHz - SRD transmit into W-CDMA 800 MS receive........................................... 34
3c) 870 MHz - CDMA2000 BS transmit into SRD receive .............................................. 36
3d) 870 MHz - W-CDMA 800 BS transmit into SRD receive ........................................... 38
4a) 819/820 MHz - SRD transmit into simplex land mobile receive ............................. 40
4b) 819/820 MHz - Simplex land mobile transmit into SRD receive............................. 42
4 Annex 1 - Reference data ............................................................................................ 44
GSM .............................................................................................................................. 44
W-CDMA ........................................................................................................................ 48
CDMA2000 ..................................................................................................................... 54
Short Range Devices (SRD) .............................................................................................. 56
5 Annex 2 Terms of Reference...................................................................................... 67

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Interfaces requiring analysis
935 MHz STL impact on GSM / W-CDMA and vice versa
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1a) STL transmit into GSM MS receive
1b) STL transmit into W-CDMA MS receive
1c) GSM BS transmit into STL receive
1d) W-CDMA BS transmit into STL receive

915 MHz SRD (GUL) impact on GSM / W-CDMA and vice versa.

2a) SRD transmit into GSM BS receive
2b) SRD transmit into W-CDMA BS receive
2c) GSM MS transmit into SRD receive
2d) W-CDMA MS transmit into SRD receive

870 MHz SRD (GUL) impact on CDMA2000 and W-CDMA and vice versa

3a) SRD transmit into CDMA2000 MS receive
3b) SRD transmit into W-CDMA 800 MS receive
3c) CDMA2000 BS transmit into SRD receive
3d) W-CDMA 800 BS transmit into SRD receive

819/820 MHz Simplex land mobile impacting on SRD (GUL) and vice versa

4a) SRD transmit into simplex land mobile receive
4b) Simplex land mobile transmit into SRD receive

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The MEDs request for interface analysis at 939 MHz does not apply after the proposed
allocation change in the band 935 - 939 MHz, from unused STL or cellular, to cellular
base station transmit. The change effectively moves the lower cellular boundary to
935 MHz.

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Summary of transmit and receive paths requiring analysis
System MS Tx MS Rx BS Tx BS Rx
GSM 2c 1a 1c 2a
W-CDMA
(900MHz)
2d 1b 1d 2b
CDMA2000 - 3a 3c -
W-CDMA
(800MHz)
- 3b 3d -
Simplex
Land Mobile
4b 4a n/a n/a

System Tx Rx
STL 1a, 1b 1c, 1d
SRD 2a, 2b
3a, 3b
4a
2c, 2d
3c, 3d
4b

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Glossary

1G 1
st
Generation cellular mobile system, e.g. GSM or AMPS
3G 3
RD
Generation cellular system, e.g.: IMT, UMTS, W-CDMA, CDMA2000
3GPP 3
RD
Generation Partnership Protocol standard for W-CDMA
3GPP2 3
RD
Generation Partnership Protocol 2 standard for CDMA2000
BS Base Station (BS), or Base Transceiver Station (BTS), or Node-B
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDMA2000 IMT compliant standard using CDMA and defined by 3GPP2
C/I Carrier to Interference power ratio
GSM Group System for Mobiles. 1G digital cellular mobile standard
IMT International Mobile Telecommunications. ITU-R name for 3G
ITU-R International Telecommunications Union Radio sector
MS Mobile Station or user terminal or UE
SRD Short Range Device
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UE User Equipment. Mobile station user terminal
W-CDMA Wideband CDMA. IMT compliant standard using CDMA and defined by 3GPP

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3 Interference analysis
1a) 935 MHz - STL transmit into GSM MS receive
The physical separation necessary to avoid unacceptable interference has been calculated for
combinations of frequency offset between the STL and GSM carriers and different azimuths from
the STL transmit antenna bore-sight. The calculated necessary separation distances are tabulated
below. At the end of this section is a calculation sheet showing the calculation for one of these
table entries.

Physical separation required to avoid interference
Angle from STL
bore-sight
Df = 200 kHz Df = 400 kHz Df = 600 kHz
0-17 580,000 m 20,000 m 14,000 m
17-90 91,000 m 3,100 m 2,500 m
90-180 81,000 m 2,750 m 2,000 m

The STL antenna characteristics used in the calculation are:
STL Ant. model RFS YS15W 16 element Yagi
G mid 15 dBi
Beam width 35 Deg
Fr to Bk 17 dB

The analysis of acceptable separation distance is based on the criterion of the acceptable
interference threshold. The acceptable interference threshold is when the total interference power
spectral density within the victim channel is 6 dB below the victim receiver noise floor, including the
receiver noise figure. (This psd based criterion is used because the bandwidth of the STL interferer
is greater than the GSM bandwidth.)

The calculation for the above table takes account of both transmitter adjacent channel leakage ratio
(ACLR) and receive channel selectivity. It also takes account of the STL antenna azimuth
discrimination, and the relative bandwidths of the STL and GSM systems. The calculation sheet
shown below is populated with values for greater than 90 degrees from bore-sight and for 600 kHz
separation.

The analysis uses the most common STL antenna: RFS model YS15W, 16 element Yagi
The STL power is +23 dBW eirp.

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Although the STL channel raster is 250 kHz and the GSM raster 200 kHz, the analysis assumes the
STL assignment is centred on one of the GSM channels, hence the channel separation in reality
would be 25% greater than in the analysis.

Although the analysis shows the distance separation needed for the combined ACLR and ACS
interference mechanisms to not exceed a level 6 dB below the GSM receiver noise floor, the out-of-
band emissions of the STL are approximately 9 dB below the MPIS where they fall co-channel into
the GSM receiver. This may be because the analysis uses a conservative value of 5 dB for the GSM
MS receiver noise figure.

The values for the ACS of the GSM MS receiver are interpreted from the ETSI specification for GSM,
and are thought to be very conservative. The GSM receiver noise figure is not given in
ETSI 300 910 so a conservative figure of 5 dB is used in this analysis. By comparison the W-CDMA
MS noise figure given in 3GPP standard TR 25.942 V7.0.0 is 9 dB. Hence the physical separation
distances in the above table may be 4 dB, (or 60%) greater than would be needed with a 9 dB
noise figure.

This analysis is also conservative in analysing the interference path as a free space loss, whereas
urban paths would include clutter and often building penetration loss which are not included in this
analysis. The STL antenna HRP template used in the analysis is simplified to assume maximum
bore sight gain throughout the 35 degree beam width, and uniform 0 dB gain between the main
beam and 90 degrees, then 17 dB below bore-sight from 90 to 180 degrees. The template
describes the maximum gain for antenna lobes, and in reality, much of the actual antenna gain lies
below the level of the lobe peaks.

Conclusion
Apart from the fact that the closest separation that an STL can be from a GSM assignment is
225 kHz, the first adjacent channel separation is unlikely to occur in reality, with both the STL
being assigned the top channel and a GSM cell in the same location using the lowest channel. The
200 kHz separation case can therefore be ignored. Within the bore-sight (0-17 degrees) the
necessary separation distance for GSM MS to receive no harmful interference, when operating at
the margin of coverage and using the two GSM channels closest to the band edge, is 14 to 20 km
from the STL transmitter. STLs generally transmit from the roof of a studio or neighbouring high
building and are directed to the broadcast transmitter on a suitable mountain. The STLs
0-17 degree bore-sight cone is unlikely to impact other buildings or ground level within a close
distance of the STL transmitter.

Therefore it is considered that the STL to GSM interaction across the 935 MHz boundary is not likely
to require a guard band.

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A licensing issue at the 935 MHz boundary
There is a need to cater for out-of-band emissions of both the cellular transmitters above 935 MHz
and the STL transmitters below. Where management rights are adjacent, there are usually AFELs
and corresponding contoured protection levels in the adjacent management right to accommodate
the AFEL. Spectrum licences created in a management right can then have their necessary
unwanted emission limits (UELs) overlapping into the neighbouring management right provided of
course that the mandatory technical compatibility considerations have been taken.

Where a management right bounds on spectrum under the radio licence regime, spectrum licences
can have UELs provided the management right has the necessary AFELs. A radio licence on the
other hand does not generally have a facility to operate with its out-of-band emissions overhanging
into a management right if they would be above the power floor, which is generally -50 dBW per
reference bandwidth.

To cater for radio licence out of band (OOB) emissions such as for STLs below 935 MHz, the
management right immediately above the boundary should have a suitably shaped elevated power
floor to cater for the radio licence, in the same way that the management rights suitably shaped
and elevated protection limit at the other boundary, caters for the neighbouring management
rights AFELs and subsequent spectrum licence UELs.

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1a) 935 MHz - STL into GSM MS calculation for bore-sight, 200 kHz 1
st
adjacent channel.

Interference calculation (1a) STL into GSM MS Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Main output cells Intermediate results
Useful constants linear dB
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
Boltzmann K 1.38E-23 J/deg -228.60 dBJ.deg
-1
Room temp T 293 deg K 24.67 dB deg K
Space impedance Z
o
3.77E+02 Ohms 25.76 dB Ohms
Useful constant: 4 Pi Pi.4 12.56637061 10.99 dB
Path length Dist 2,000 metres 66.02 dB(metres
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Tilt (A to B) #VALUE! deg. up
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A STL Tx
Frequency A f
A
934.8750 MHz 179.42 dB
Hz
2
Occupied bandwidth A BW
A
0.2500 MHz 53.98 dB
Hz
Transmit Basepower P
Tx
6 W 8.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
{Use -ve for loss, eg -4dB} 0.00 dB
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
15.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
0 Deg. From bore-sight
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
{Use -ve for loss, eg -4dB} -17.00 dB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
(OOB leakage) ACLR {Use -ve for loss, eg -60dB} -60.00 dB
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
3.98 W
eirp
6.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000003981 W
eirp
-54.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
15.92 W
eirp
/MHz 12.02 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.000015924 W
eirp
/MHz -47.98 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B GSM MS Rx
Frequency B f
B
935.2000 MHz 179.42 dB
Hz
2
Receiver bandwidth B BW
B
0.2000 MHz 53.01 dB
Hz
Licence MPIS MPIS 23.00 dBuV/m
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
Rx Ant discrimination angle BB to A Az
B0A
#VALUE! Deg. boresight
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
{Use -ve for loss, eg -4dB} 0.00 dBr
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
Rx filter&duplexer loss f
B
L
RxBB
Receiver noise figure F
B
5.00 dB
Receiver noise floor psd N
0
-198.93 dBW.Hz
-1
Receiver noise floor power in BW
B
N
B
-145.92 dBW
In front of the Rx antenna...
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
{Free space} -64.99 dBW.m
-2
.MHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.MHz
-2
Field strength in BW
B
at f
B
E
fB
13.78 dBuV.m
-1
Equiv. boresight Field Strength at f
B
E
fB_0
13.78 dBuV.m
-1
EfB_0 relative to MPIS {For CCI compliance it should be -ve} -9.22 dB
At the receiver input...
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-212.86 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-205.86 dBW.Hz
-1
Total received equiv.co-channel psd PSD
Rx
-205.07 dBW.Hz
-1
PSD above noise floor Margin
0
-6.13 dB
PSD above -6dB [coordination] threshold Margin
-6
Unwanted signals should be -ve} -0.13 dB

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1b) 935 MHz - STL transmit into W-CDMA MS receive

Angle from STL
bore-sight
Df = 2.5 7.5 MHz Df = 7.5 12.5 MHz
0-17 46,000 m 14,650 m
17-90 8,200 m 2,600 m
90-180 6,550 m 2,070 m
In the table, Df separations are the carrier-to-carrier spacing between W-CDMA and STL interferer.

The acceptable interference threshold in this analysis is when the total interference power within
the victim channel is 6 dB below the victim receiver noise floor, including the receiver noise figure.

Because the 3GPP standard for UE terminal receiver adjacent channel selectivity is only given as
-33 dB for the 1st adjacent 5 MHz channel, we have inferred the filter characteristics from the UE
transmitter ACLR filter response which is -33 dB for the 1st and -43 dB for the 2nd adjacent
channel ACLR. Hence we have assumed the second adjacent channel ASC is also -43 dB.

The physical separation distances resulting from the analysis are relatively large. As with analysis
1a for GSM, the interference within the 0-17 degree cone around the bore-sight can generally be
ignored. However the remaining values between a nominal 8 km and 2 km seem excessive. In
addition to the factors discussed in the GSM case (1a), other factors that are not taken into account
in the simplified and conservative analysis for the above table will significantly reduce the actual
separation distances.

The W-CDMA cellular network can re-use the same channel for neighbouring cell sites because the
CDMA modulation rejects the signals from the other sites that have different spreading codes, due
to the benefits of the CDMA processing gain. These other W-CDMA cell sites appear as intra-
system interference. Consequently, the W-CDMA system is interference limited, not noise limited,
and hence using a criterion for acceptable interference threshold at 6 dB below the receiver noise
floor is very conservative.

Given the above mitigating factors, it is safe to expect the separation distances to be much less
than the conservative figures in the above table.

There would be little benefit to gain from proposing the use of a guard band between STL and
W-CDMA services, because the adjacent channel selectivity of the W-CDMA receiver does not seem
to drop off steeply. ETSI TS 25.101 only gives the first channel ACS for the UE receiver at -33 dB.
This is a 5 MHz wide channel. However we can infer the likely slope of W-CDMA RF filters from the
W-CDMA transmitter ACS response which is also -33 dB for the 1
st
adjacent channel, and -43 dB for

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the 2
nd
adjacent channel. This slope of approximately 10 dB per 5 MHz suggests there would not
be much benefit from using guard bands in the 250 kHz STL raster.

Conclusion
It is considered that the interaction of STL and W-CDMA across the 935 MHz boundary would
benefit little from introducing a guard band.

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1b) 935 MHz - STL into W CDMA MS - Calculation for >90 from STL antenna bore-sight, 2nd
adjacent channel
Interference calculation (1b) STL into W-CDMA MS Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A STL Tx
Frequency A f
A
929.1250 MHz 179.36 dB
Hz
2
A
0.2500 MHz 53.98 dB
Hz
Tx
6 W 8.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
15.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
3.98 W
eirp
6.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000003981 W
eirp
-54.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
15.92 W
eirp
/MHz 12.02 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.000015924 W
eirp
/MHz -47.98 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B W-CDMA MS Rx
Frequency B f
B
937.5000 MHz 179.44 dB
Hz
2
B
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Licence MPIS MPIS 9.00 dBuV/m
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
9.00 dB
0
-194.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-129.09 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.MHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.MHz
-2
Received power at f
A
I
A
-135.20 dBW.
Received power at f
B
I
B
-152.12 dBW.
Total received equiv.co-channel power I
Rx
-135.11 dBW.
I
Rx
above noise floor Margin
0
-6.02 dB
I
Rx
above -6dB [coordination] threshold Margin
-6

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1c) 935 MHz - GSM BS transmit into STL receive

Angle from
STL bore-sight
Df = 250 kHz Df = 500 kHz Df = 750 kHz Df = 1,000 kHz
0-17 3,200,000 m 170,000 m 150,000 m 144,000 m
17-90 570,000 m 29,500 m 26,700 m 25,600 m
90-180 455,000 m 23,500 m 21,500 m 20,400 m

This analysis uses the same STL antenna as used in case 1a.

Unlike cases 1a and 1b where it was argued that the interference within the 0 to 17 degree cone
from the STL transmitter within an urban building-top location could be ignored, in this case the
STL receiver is on a hill top, looking down on the urban area where the STL up-link would typically
be located. Many GSM cell sites in that urban area would be visible from the STL receiver location
within the +/- 17 degree beam. Even at the fourth adjacent STL channel from the GSM edge
channel, where the GSM out-of-band emission limit is -78 dB with respect to the GSM in-channel
psd, the necessary separation is excessive when GSM base stations are in the bore-sight cone.
Increasing beyond this 1,000 kHz carrier separation would yield little improvement.

STL operators may be able to mitigate the noise increase that they would experience from GSM
base stations by operating with a higher fade margin than would otherwise be necessary for the
path. Use of horizontal polarisation would offer approximately 15 dB or so cross polar
discrimination.

In the analysis, the ACS of STL receivers is assumed to be approximately 60 dB. However this may
be better in practice. Between the present STL band upper limit (935 MHz) and the present GSM
band which currently is used only down to 939 MHz, there is a 4 MHz guard band. This would offer
limited additional protection from the GSM out-of-band emission, which would improve by
approximately 7 dB with respect to the 1,000 kHz out-of-band emission. The fact that current STL
links operate satisfactorily in the presence of todays GSM assignments, suggests that the STL ACS
performance is much higher than the 60 dB used in this analysis. Because the SGM transmitter
ACLR is 18 dB better than the assumed ACS of the STL receiver at the 1,000 kHz carrier separation,
higher performance STL receiver input filters would yield up to 18 dB improvement in net ACS
interference rejection beyond the calculated values, and a corresponding decrease in net received
ACIR interference power, and hence a reduction in the necessary separation distance.

The GSM base station power used in the analysis is +28 dBW eirp. This is the maximum for power
class 1 which is more typical of rural base stations serving large cell areas with low population

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densities. High customer densities in urban areas results in smaller cell sizes with lower powers,
however this advantage is balanced by the greater number of cell sites that will be in the main
beam of the STL receive antenna.

Conclusion
Considering the high level of interference to STLs from GSM base stations, viable use of the band
by STLs would rely on high performance receiver input filters, higher receive input levels to counter
the erosion of the fade margin due to interference power, and horizontal polarisation. STLs in
urban areas should inevitably avoid using the edge channel adjacent to the GSM band, except for
shorter paths where better C/I would result in a viable link.

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1c) 935 MHz - GSM BS into STL - Calculation for >90 from the STL receiver bore-sight and
1 MHz carrier separation
Interference calculation (1c) GSM BS Tx to STL Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A GSM BS Tx
Frequency A f
A
935.2000 MHz 179.42 dB
Hz
2
A
0.2000 MHz 53.01 dB
Hz
Tx
631 W 28.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
630.96 W
eirp
28.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000010000 W
eirp
-50.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
3,154.79 W
eirp
/MHz 34.99 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.000050000 W
eirp
/MHz -43.01 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B STL Rx
Frequency B f
B
934.1250 MHz 179.41 dB
Hz
2
B
0.2500 MHz 53.98 dB
Hz
Licence MPIS MPIS -110.00 dBm
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
15.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
{Use -ve for loss, eg -4dB} -17.00 dBr
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
4.00 dB
0
-199.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-145.95 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.MHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.MHz
-2
Received power at f
A
I
A
-152.04 dBW.
Received power at f
B
I
B
-170.05 dBW.
Rx
-151.97 dBW.
I
Rx
0
-6.02 dB
I
Rx
-6

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1d) 935 MHz - W-CDMA BS transmit into STL receive
Angle from STL
bore-sight
Df = 2.65 2.715 MHz Df = 3.515 4.0 MHz
(STL = 934.875 MHz) (STL = 933.875 MHz)
0-17 18,300 m 5,300 m
17-90 3,300 m 940 m
90-180 2,600 m 750 m

The lower power spectral density of W-CDMA compared to GSM results in much lower interference
levels and manageable separation distances.

The W-CDMA standard TS 25.104 gives the maximum power for medium range W-CDMA base
stations as <8 dBW measured into the antenna connector. For this analysis an antenna gain of
+10 dB is assumed, giving an eirp of +18 dBW.

The analysis is based on a single W-CDMA base station interfering with an STL receiver. The
analysis uses the maximum power for a medium range base station, appropriate to a rural base
station serving a cell with a large radius of several km. In urban and suburban areas, multiple base
stations will be operating to provide cellular coverage to the high population density. In such
areas, as traffic demands are higher and thus cellular base station density increases, cell sites use
lower power classes than in the rural case.

Urban W-CDMA cells are typically 300 m radius compared with several km in low population areas
where base stations operate at the higher powers. In urban areas with high cellular densities, the
base stations also use antenna down-tilt to manage the intra-system interference at a nominal
level. Such down-tilted antennas, in conjunction wit the lower power for urban base stations, will
mitigate the net aggregate interference seen by an STL receiver on a hill top looking down at the
urban centre.

Hence in a multi-cellular environment, net aggregate interference levels from multiple co-frequency
cellular base stations can be expected to be nominally similar to the interference from a single high
power W-CDMA cell site.

The necessary physical separation of the STL receiver from a W-CDMA base station on bore-sight is
of the order of typical STL path lengths, even in the case of the STL channel adjacent to the
W-CDMA band. Short paths can easily be accommodated by use of lower STL channels for them.

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Conclusion
No guard bands are considered necessary for STL links and W-CDMA base stations to operate in
adjacent bands.

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1d) 935 MHz - W CDMA BS into STL - Calculation for STL bore-sight in closest STL channel
Interference calculation (1d) W-CDMA BS Tx to STL Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A W-CDMA BS Tx
Frequency A f
A
937.5000 MHz 179.44 dB
Hz
2
A
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Tx
6 W 8.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
10.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
63.10 W
eirp
18.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.015848932 W
eirp
-18.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
16.43 W
eirp
/MHz 12.16 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.004127326 W
eirp
/MHz -23.84 dBW.MHz
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B STL Rx
Frequency B f
B
934.8750 MHz 179.42 dB
Hz
2
B
0.2500 MHz 53.98 dB
Hz
Licence MPIS MPIS -110.00 dBm
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
9.00 dB
0
-194.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-140.95 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.MHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.MHz
-2
Received power at f
A
I
A
-170.97 dBW.
Received power at f
B
I
B
-146.99 dBW.
Rx
-146.98 dBW.
I
Rx
0
-6.02 dB
I
Rx
-6

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2a) 915 MHz - SRD transmit into GSM BS receive

Two scenarios are considered:
A single SRD operated in close proximity to a GSM BS receiver
A large population of SRD devices distributed randomly throughout the urban environment.

As listed in Annex 1 of this report, (from Recommendation ITU-R SM.1538), there are many types
of SRD device, and many more are likely to be invented. There are also a number of regulatory
and standards references to consider:

Maximum power in band 915 - 921 MHz
Reference Parameter Power Interpreted (dBW eirp)
GURL (SRDs)
Telemetry &
Telecommand
+3mW -27 dBW eirp
ETSI EN 300 220-1 Social alarms (class A) >2mW to 10 mW erp < -18 dBW eirp

Although Class A social alarms in the ETSI spec may operate up to -18 dBW eirp, this would exceed
the GURL limit. It is presumed therefore that no higher than ETSI classes B, C or D could be
operated in New Zealand. Hence a value of -27 dBW eirp is used in this analysis.

Unwanted emissions adjacent to the band 915 - 921 MHz
Reference Parameter Power or psd
Interpreted
(dBW eirp / 100 kHz)
MED Radiocomms
Notice 2007
30 1,000 MHz -56 dBW eirp / 100 kHz -56 dBW eirp / 100 kHz
AS.NZS4771:2000
Spurious emissions
(narrow band)
-36 dBm -66 dBW eirp / 100 kHz
AS.NZS4771:2000
Spurious emissions
(wide band)
-86 dBm / Hz -66 dBW eirp / 100 kHz
AS.NZS4771:2000
Footnote:
In NZ, OOB shall not
exceed:-
-55 dBW eirp -55 dBW eirp / 100 kHz

It is presumed that although the MED Radiocommunications (Radio Standards) Notice 2007 refers
to AS/NZS 4771 as an applicable standard for spread spectrum devices, and the standard allows
only -36 dBm for spurious emissions, (i.e. -66 dBW eirp / 100 kHz.) The footnote to that standard
implies that for New Zealand, a higher level of -55 dBW spurious emissions is permitted. This is
1 dB higher than the Radiocommunications Notice 2007 allows, (-56 dBw / 100kHz), however this
analysis uses the value of -55 dBW eirp / 100 kHz to be more conservative with respect to potential
interference. (The reference bandwidth is presumed to be 100 kHz in accordance with Rec. ITU-R
SM.329.) As a worst case, we assume the SRD is a wide band device such as one using frequency

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hopping or CDMA technology to occupy most of the 6 MHz SRD band 915 - 921 MHz. Hence the
characteristic spectrum of the out-of-band emissions is typically also a wideband shoulder emission
falling into the neighbouring cellular band below 915 MHz.

Outdoor case
The following analysis considers line of sight free space interference from a single SRD device to a
GSM base station receiver. The SRD is operating at maximum power with the maximum out-of-
band emissions. This is a scenario for out-door use of an SRD. The analysis shows that a
8,200 metre separation is required. The main factor affecting interference is the SRD out-of-band
emissions. The GSM base station ACS is much better than the corresponding SRD ACLR. Hence
there is little that a GSM operator can do through improved receiver filtering to overcome the
interference.

Indoor case
If we consider an SRD operating indoors, and analyse the interference to an outdoors GSM base
station, a typical additional loss for building penetration is included. Typical values in this band are
up to around 10 or 20 dB. This reduces the required separation to approximately 2,400 to
800 metres.

Case Separation distance
Outdoor case 8,200 m
Indoor case 2,400 m

Multiple SRD devices
When considering the spatial distribution of SRDs transmitting simultaneously, the possible density
is somewhat like the length of a piece of string. One extreme that does seem possible is that the
majority of bar-coded products over time may become tagged with SRDs. Many retail shops
already have magnetic security tags on products, and SRD tags would provide that security
function at the shop door, as well as the bar code role at the checkout. Shops such as
supermarkets will be interrogating SRDs with scanners at a very high rate - probably many items
per minute across the checkout counters.

There are suggestions that systems to interrogate items while they are still in the trolley are under
development. Such scanners will surely operate close to the maximum permitted power. In
shopping malls, we might expect a GSM cell site to be impacted at times by emissions from dozens
of SRD scanners. The necessary separation distance in such circumstances would appear to be
impractical and incompatible with GSM base stations serving such a mall.

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Conclusion
The analysis shows a much higher separation distance is required than one would expect for the
outdoor SRD case. The indoor case is also more than one would expect for SRDs which are also
known as Low Power Devices.

Multiple SRDs are more problematic when we contemplate the possible proliferation of SRDs at
point of sale in the future.

In the USA where SRDs use this band, there are no GSM900 cellular allocations in neighbouring
spectrum.

One avenue of investigation is to understand what measures are adopted in Australia where SRDs
have an allocation in the band 915 - 918 MHz, with GSM UE transmit in bands below 915 MHz.

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2a) 915 MHz - SRD into GSM BS - Single SRD at GURL maximum power

Interference calculation (2a) SRD into GSM BS Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A SRD Tx
Frequency A f
A
918.0000 MHz 179.26 dB
Hz
2
A
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Tx
0.002 W -27.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
0.00 W
eirp
-27.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000189671 W
eirp
-37.22 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.00 W
eirp
/MHz -44.78 dBW.100kHz
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.000003161 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B GSM BS Rx
Frequency B f
B
914.8000 MHz 179.23 dB
Hz
2
B
0.2000 MHz 53.01 dB
Hz
Licence MPIS MPIS dBuV/m
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
10.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
5.00 dB
0
-198.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-145.92 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
4.50 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
4.50 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-261.73 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-204.98 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-204.98 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.04 dB
-6

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2b) 915 MHz - SRD transmit into W-CDMA BS receive

Because the SRD device used in the model has a 6 MHz wideband signal, the out-of-band emissions
are wider than both the GSM bandwidth analysed in case 2a above, and the 3.84 MHz W-CDMA
channel. Hence the power spectral density arriving in the base station receiver in both the GSM
and W CDMA cases are the same. The following analysis sheet shows the same 8,200 m separation
distance is required for W-CDMA.

Conclusions
The conclusions for this W-CDMA case (2b) are the same as for the previous GSM case (2a).

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2b) 915 MHz - SRD into W-CDMA BS -

Interference calculation (2b) SRD into W-CDMA BS Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Frequency A f
A
918.0000 MHz 179.26 dB
Hz
2
A
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Tx
0.002 W -27.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
0.00 W
eirp
-27.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000189671 W
eirp
-37.22 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.00 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.000003161 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B W-CDMA BS Rx
Frequency B f
B
912.5000 MHz 179.20 dB
Hz
2
B
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
10.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
5.00 dB
0
-198.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-133.09 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
17.34 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
17.34 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-227.70 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-204.98 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-204.95 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.02 dB
-6

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2c) 915 MHz - GSM MS transmit into SRD receive

The following analysis initially considers an SRD device operating with a 200 kHz channel adjacent
to the GSM band, while the GSM MS operating at peak power for class 5 (0.8 W), is assigned a
channel adjacent to the 915 MHz boundary. Wider spectrum separations are analysed as shown in
the table.

Channel offset (kHz) Separation distance
250 6,600 m
400 380 m
600 to 1,800 380 m

We see that the separation distance necessary to meet the criterion of 1 dB elevation of the SRD
noise floor, drops off rapidly with increasing channel separation between the SRD and GSM carriers.

The separation distances seem to be impractically large when one considers likely scenarios of
people using cell phones near to SRD devices. These separation distances correspond to two
limiting conditions: one where the SRD is operating from the limit of its wanted reception with only
a 1 dB margin, the other where the cell phone is at the limit of coverage from its base station, and
thus is transmitting at full power back to the base station.

Ignoring the first adjacent to the GSM boundary, the 380 metre separation seems daunting. For it
to be reduced to something practical such as 3.8 metres or less, the SRD device would have to
operate with a much higher C/I margin of the order of 40 dB. How practical that is would depend
on which of the many SRD products and applications is to use the band. Wide band SRD devices
using direct spreading or frequency hopping throughout most of the 6 MHz band, would experience
a reduced effective interference impact by the bandwidth ratio 0.2 MHz/6.0 MHz, i.e. -15 dB.

Many such SRD applications are listed in Annex 1 to this report under the section on
Recommendation ITU-R SM.1538.

Conclusion
SRDs would generally be inoperable if they were narrow band and attempted to use a channel in
the first 250 kHz adjacent to a cell phone assigned to the top GSM channel adjacent to the 915 MHz
boundary and being used near the edge of the cell phones coverage. However under more typical
conditions with nearby cell phones not operating in the edge channel, not at maximum power, and
wide band SRD devices not within 1 dB of their threshold of reception, SRDs could function in the
915 921 MHz band alongside GSM.

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2c) 915 MHz - GSM MS into SRD calculation for GSM class 5 (0.8W) into the adjacent channel

Interference calculation (2c) GSM MS Tx to SRD Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A GSM MS Tx
Frequency A f
A
914.8000 MHz 179.23 dB
Hz
2
A
0.2000 MHz 53.01 dB
Hz
Tx
0.794 W -1.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
0.79 W
eirp
-1.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000398107 W
eirp
-34.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.40 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.000199054 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B SRD Rx
Frequency B f
B
918.0000 MHz 179.26 dB
Hz
2
B
0.2000 MHz 53.01 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
14.92 dB
0
-189.01 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-136.00 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
24.38 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
24.38 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-224.10 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-195.07 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-195.06 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.05 dB
-6

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2d) 915 MHz - W-CDMA MS transmit into SRD receive

The calculations determine the necessary separation, based on a W-CDMA MS transmitting at
maximum power for class 3, such as when it is near the limit of its coverage from its base station.
It is in the 5 MHz channel adjacent to 915 MHz. We see that if an SRD device is within 1 dB of its
C/I threshold, a worst case separation distance of 850 metres would be required.

This analysis assumes free space between the MS and SRD device, which would not be realistic
over that distance in an urban environment. Allowing for building penetration losses and local
clutter losses totalling say 20 dB, and recognising that the SRD device would not necessarily be
operating close to its threshold of reception, a more typical separation distance could perhaps be
more than 20 dB closer, i.e. around 80 metres, or more when multiple W-CDMA MSs are
transmitting in the vicinity.

Because the necessary separation distance to the SRD device is dominated by the relatively low
(-33 dB) ACLR specification for W-CDMA MS terminals, there would be no benefit for SRD devices
that exceeded the 60 - 70 dB ACS performance required by ETSI spec EN 300 220, (as inferred
from Table 13 of that spec. and depending on the SRD noise figure.)

Due to the wide band channel used by W-CDMA, the out-of-band emissions will not slope off
significantly across the proposed SRD band 915 - 921 MHz. Hence a guard band would be of little
benefit.

Conclusion
If the band 915 - 921 MHz was to be administered under a GURL for SRD devices, adjacent to
W-CDMA operating below 915 MHz, some SRD devices would suffer interference from W-CDMA user
terminals in the vicinity. Other SRD devices that function with a greater C/I margin might suffer
less. However as an unlicensed band, SRD users would have to take their chances.

30
2d) 915 MHz - W-CDMA MS into SRDs - Calculation for the W-CDMA MS operating a
maximum power for class 3 in the channel adjacent to 915 MHz
Interference calculation (2d) W-CDMA MS Tx to SRD Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
Path length Dist 850 metres 58.59 dB(metres
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A W-CDMA MS Tx
Frequency A f
A
912.5000 MHz 179.20 dB
Hz
2
A
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Tx
0.251 W -6.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
0.25 W
eirp
-6.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000125893 W
eirp
-39.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.01 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.0000033 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Frequency B f
B
918.0000 MHz 179.26 dB
Hz
2
B
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
14.92 dB
0
-189.01 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-121.23 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
39.12 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
39.12 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-224.13 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-195.08 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-195.07 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.06 dB
-6

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3a) 870 MHz - SRD transmit into CDMA2000 MS receive

The analysis considers alternative SRD devices operating at a range of maximum powers
corresponding to values permitted in the GURL. Schedule 1 allows +6 dBW eirp in the band
864 - 868 MHz for certain modulations. Otherwise 0 dBW eirp is the limit. In the band
869.2 - 869.25 MHz, the limit is -20 dBW eirp. In the 4 and 1 Watt cases the ACLR of the SRD is
adjusted to give -55 dBW eirp per 100 kHz, (which is the maximum permitted out-of-band
emissions for New Zealand according to AS/NZS 4771.) The following table shows the separation
distance necessary to meet the criterion of 1 dB elevation in the CDMA2000 receiver noise floor.

SRD power (dBW eirp) Separation distance
+6 2,750 m
0 2,750 m
-20 275 m

Multiple SRD devices would further increase the necessary separation distance.

As noted in the discussion in section 1b, about the interference criterion for CDMA based systems
that are interference limited, not noise limited, the 1 dB noise floor elevation criterion may be
inappropriately conservative. To explore an alternative, the interference analysis was repeated for
these three power limits. The noise floor elevation was ignored, and instead the
-37 dBm / 1.23 MHz maximum signal strength in the adjacent 1.23 MHz channel was used as a
threshold for acceptable interference. This value is obtained from s4.2.8 of the ETSI specification
as the maximum adjacent interference level for the MS receiver to meet its ACS performance.
Unfortunately the specification does not give explicit values for ACR, hence the analysis adjusted
the separation distance for each SRD power, to meet the -37 dBm (-67 dBW) adjacent channel
power criterion with the results shown in the following table.

+6 2.3 m
0 1.2 m
-20 0.12 m

The separation distances resulting from this criterion for adjacent channel selectivity are much
smaller than with the noise floor elevation criterion. They ignore the effect of SRD outof-band
emissions that fall within the CDMA channel. Clearly the correct values will lie somewhere between
the ranges of the two tables above. Because the analysis uses worst case parameters, (an SRD
device with 6 MHz wide band modulation), narrower band SRDs would generally have

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correspondingly narrower out-of-band emissions meeting the -55 dBW eirp per 100 kHz limit.
These narrower band SRDs would have correspondingly less total interference energy falling in the
CDMA channel.

Considering that the existing SRD allocation from 864 - 868 MHz, in conjunction with the Trunk
Mobile simplex allocation from 868 - 869 MHz has proved compatible with CDMA2000 above
870 MHz, replacing trunk mobile with SRDs in the band 868 - 869 MHz at comparable radiated
power levels will very likely be equally compatible.

The question must next be asked will extending SRDs the additional 1 MHz from 869 MHz up to
870 MHz significantly impact CDMA2000?

The ETSI specification for CDMA2000 only hints at the answer. It does not explicitly quantify the
receiver ACS response, however it gives the ACS test methodology giving -77 dB per 1.23 MHz in
the adjacent channel. The channel spacing is 1.25 MHz, leaving 0.02 MHz between the occupied
bandwidth of adjacent channels. This is 0.1 MHz from the inter-channel boundary to the next
channels occupied bandwidth.

Conclusion
Despite the lack of explicit ACS parameters in the ETSI specification for CDMA2000, the available
information and the two methods of analysis suggest that CDMA2000 can tolerate extending the
present SRD band up from 868 MHz, to 870 MHz.

33
3a) 870 MHz - SRD into CDMA2000 MS - Calculation for SRD at maximum 4 Watt with 6 MHz
wide band modulation and meeting the -55 dBW / 100 kHz unwanted emission limit.
Interference calculation (3a) SRD into CDMA2000 MS Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Frequency A f
A
867.0000 MHz 178.76 dB
Hz
2
A
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Tx
3.981 W 6.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
3.98 W
eirp
6.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000189671 W
eirp
-37.22 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.0664 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.00000316 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B CDMA2000 MS Rx
Frequency B f
B
870.6250 MHz 178.80 dB
Hz
2
B
1.2300 MHz 60.90 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
5.00 dB
0 -198.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-138.03 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
21.88 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
21.88 dBuV.m
-1
Power out of Rx ant. in 1.23MHz at fA -92.69 dBm
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-226.81 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-204.99 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-204.96 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.03 dB
-6

34
3b) 870 MHz - SRD transmit into W-CDMA 800 MS receive

The analysis below shows that the impact of a wide band SRD device occupying 6 MHz bandwidth
and at a power of +6 dBW eirp, requires a separation distance of 9,300 metres from a W-CDMA800
MS terminal receiving near its edge of coverage. This relatively large free space distance is mainly
the result of W-CDMA800s modest ACS performance of only -33 dB. Multiple SRD devices would
further increase the necessary separation distance.

As noted in the discussion for other CDMA analyses, the 1 dB noise floor elevation criterion is
conservative for these interference limited systems. It is difficult to surmise what lesser separation
distance would be sufficient for compatible co-existence.

One consideration is that if no changes were made to the 864 - 870 MHz band, the introduction of
W-CDMA800 would have to accept the existing services. As noted in the 3a) discussion, replacing
trunk mobile simplex operations in the upper part of the band with SRDs would not significantly
change the interference parameters into W-CDMA. The remaining question is whether the
remaining band 869 - 870 MHz could be allocated to SRDs without noticeably changing any impact
on W-CDMA800.

Conclusion
A free space interference analysis based on the 1 dB noise floor elevation criterion shows that
unacceptably large separation distances of the order of 9 km would be required to protect the
W-CDMA800 MS terminals. However this method of analysis is very conservative, because it does
not take account of interference limited nature of CDMA networks, nor any building loss or clutter.
The same analysis method would also show the comparable separation distances for wide band
SRD operating in the present lower SRD band (864 - 868 MHz) because most of this band lies
within the first adjacent channel spectrum of the lowest W-CDMA channel at 872.5 MHz.

There would appear to be little change to the interference parameters if the trunk mobile simplex
below 869 MHz is replaced by an SRD allocation, however the band 869 - 870 MHz is less clear,
although it may make little difference to the W-CDMA whether SRD allocation went up to 869 or
870 MHz.

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3b) 870 MHz - SRD transmit into W-CDMA 800 MS receive

Interference calculation (3b) SRD into W-CDMA8000 MS Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Frequency A f
A
867.0000 MHz 178.76 dB
Hz
2
A
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Tx
3.981 W 6.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
3.98 W
eirp
6.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000189671 W
eirp
-37.22 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.0664 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.00000316 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B W-CDMA800 MS Rx
Frequency B f
B
872.5000 MHz 178.82 dB
Hz
2
B
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
5.00 dB
0 -198.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-133.09 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
16.24 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
16.24 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-205.41 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-215.57 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-205.01 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.08 dB
-6

36
3c) 870 MHz - CDMA2000 BS transmit into SRD receive

The analysis shows that a wide band SRD device requires a separation distance of 1,070 metres
from the CDMA2000 base station transmitting at +8 dBW eirp. No building penetration or clutter
loss are allowed for in this free space calculation. On the other hand, emissions from other
CDMA2000 bse stations that are operating co-channel with this base station are not taken into
account. These factors will largely cancel each other.

Most of the third-order intermodulation products from existing CDMA2000 transmissions fall into
the first adjacent 1.25 MHz channel, extending down to 868.75 MHz. This intermodulation energy
will not be experienced by existing SRDs in the band 864 - 868 MHz, future SRDs operating in the
proposed SRD band up to 870 MHz would receive more interference power from CDMA2000 base
stations. However, those products that are sensitive to such levels of unwanted interference, could
choose to operate in the present SRD band.

Conclusion
Although SRDs operating in an expanded SRD band extending up to 870 MHz would experience
more interference closer to the 870 MHz boundary than is experienced in the present
864 - 868 MHz SRD band, SRDs would generally have greater flexibility to operate in the expanded
SRD allocation.

37
3c) 870 MHz - CDMA2000 BS into SRD - Calculation for an SRD having a 6 MHz bandwidth

Interference calculation (3c) CDMA2000 BS into SRD
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A CDMA2000 Tx
Frequency A f
A
870.6250 MHz 178.80 dB
Hz
2
A
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Tx
6.310 W 8.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
10.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
63.10 W
eirp
18.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000251189 W
eirp
-36.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
1.0516 W
eirp
/MHz 0.22 dBW.100kHz
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.00000419 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Frequency B f
B
867.0000 MHz 178.76 dB
Hz
2
B
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
15.00 dB
0 -188.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-121.15 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
38.18 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
38.18 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-203.57 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-195.61 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-194.96 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.03 dB
-6

38
3d) 870 MHz - W-CDMA 800 BS transmit into SRD receive

A 6 MHz wide band SRD system operating in the band adjacent to 870 MHz requires a separation
distance of 3,600 metres to avoid a noise floor degradation of 1 dB. Although such a degradation
would only affect SRDs operating close to their limit of reception in the absence of interference, it is
still a significantly large separation distance.

Narrower band SRD systems would suffer less total interference power in their receivers channel,
however their noise floor degradation would be the same, and their loss of C/I would be the same
as for this wide band SRD device.

This analysis is based on a free space interference path which ignores building penetration losses
and clutter losses, however these simplifications are offset by the additional interference that would
be received from other nearby W-CDMA base stations operating co-channel.

Conclusion
As for the analysis of case 3c.

39
3d) 870 MHz - W CDMA 800 BS into SRD

Interference calculation (3d) W-CDMA800 BS into SRD
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A W-CDMA800 Tx
Frequency A f
A
872.5000 MHz 178.82 dB
Hz
2
A
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Tx
6 W 8.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
10.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
63.10 W
eirp
18.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.001995262 W
eirp
-27.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
1.6431 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.00005196 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Frequency B f
B
867.0000 MHz 178.76 dB
Hz
2
B
6.0000 MHz 67.78 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
15.00 dB
Receiver noise floor psd N0 -188.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-121.15 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
38.58 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
38.58 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-212.17 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-195.23 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-195.14 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.21 dB
-6

40
4a) 819/820 MHz - SRD transmit into simplex land mobile
receive

This analysis considers a narrow band SRD device in a channel adjacent to the 820 MHz boundary
with simplex land mobile. The SRD transmits at the maximum -10 dBW eirp allowed by the current
GURL, and has out-of-band emissions totalling -55 dBW allowed in New Zealand under
AS/NZS4771. (The 4 Watt allowance in the GURL does not apply to this band.)

-10 9,200 m

The simplex receiver in the channel adjacent to 820 MHz experiences a 1 dB noise floor elevation
from the free space path over a separation distance of 9,200 m. Other more separated simplex
channels will experience significantly less interference as both the SRD out-of-band emissions and
the simplex receiver filter selectivity both suppress more with distance from 820 MHz.

Where the SRD or the simplex equipment is used indoors or in urban locations, additional losses
due to building penetration and clutter loss will reduce the separation distance, although this will be
offset somewhat where there are multiple SRD devices. The biggest factor in reducing the effective
separation distance will be the use of channels further from the boundary. In the case of simplex
land mobile equipment most are capable of switching to alternative quieter channels when there is
traffic or interference on a channel.

Apart from the compatibility with neighbouring SRDs, a vital question concerning the possible
assignment of the 819 820 MHz band to simplex, is the need for the band to be recognised by
manufacturers. Motorola trunk mobile handsets being used in the duplex TS band, have a simplex
mode, but will not operate in their simplex mode down in the proposed 819 820 MHz band.

Conclusion
Simplex land mobiles can probably be operated in the proposed band 819 820 MHz despite the
proximity of the adjacent SRD band. However the availability of mobile simplex equipment that will
operate in the band should be investigated prior to any decision whether or not to allocate simplex
land mobile.

Another matter to consider is whether legacy SRD devices that were put into operation under the
current GURL (starting at 819 MHz) would cause co-channel interference to simplex land mobile
equipment if the allocation for the band is changed to simplex.

41
4a) 819/820 MHz - SRD into simplex land mobile

Interference calculation (4a) SRD into Simplex Land Mobile Rx
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Frequency A f
A
820.0250 MHz 178.28 dB
Hz
2
A
0.0200 MHz 43.01 dB
Hz
Tx
0.100 W -10.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
0.10 W
eirp
-10.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000003 W
eirp
-55.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
0.5000 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.00001581 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Site B (Rx) Site-name_B Simplex Land Mobile Rx
Frequency B f
B
819.9875 MHz 178.28 dB
Hz
2
B
3.8400 MHz 65.84 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
5.00 dB
0 -198.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-133.09 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
23.33 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
23.33 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-208.00 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-208.00 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-204.99 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.06 dB
-6

42
4b) 819/820 MHz - Simplex land mobile transmit into SRD
receive

The analysis shows that simplex land mobile equipment transmitting at 2 Watts in the channel
adjacent to the 820 MHz SRD band would require a separation distance of 9,800 m if line of sight to
an SRD device operating within 1 dB of its C/I threshold.

Simplex power (dBW eirp) Separation distance
3 9,800 m

Although the SRD device operating in the edge channel may not be able to select another channel,
the possibility of a narrow band SRD device operating on a single channel in the band is unlikely.
The various types of SRD device typically employ spread spectrum through frequency hopping, or
through direct sequence CDMA modulation. Such wide band devices would be much less affected
by adjacent channel incompatibility of the single simplex channel at the band edge, as analysed in
the sheet below.

The proof that simplex land mobile will be compatible with SRD devices above 820 MHz, is the
presence of duplex trunk mobile user terminals currently transmitting in the 812 - 819 band,
adjacent to SRDs above 819 MHz. The duplex user terminals transmit with the same parameters
as a simplex user terminal would transmit in the same band, and would be indistinguishable from
the point of view of a victim of simplex land mobiles.

Conclusion
Simplex land mobiles can probably safely operate in the band 819 - 820 MHz without increasing the
interference to SRDs in the band above 820 MHz. Simplex land mobiles would not cause more
interference to SRDs above 820 MHz, than duplex land mobile currently cause to SRDs operating
above 819 MHz.

43
4b) 819/820 MHz - Simplex land mobile into SRD

Interference calculation (4b) Simplex Land Mobile into SRD
Legend
Input cells Info
Vel of light V
c
3.00E+08 m/s 169.54 dBm
2
.s
-2
-1
Space impedance Z
o
2
)
Azimuth (A to B) Az
AB
#VALUE! deg. True
Azimuth (B to A) Az
BA
#VALUE! deg. True
Site A (Tx) Site-name_A Simplex Land Mobile
Frequency A f
A
819.9875 MHz 178.28 dB
Hz
2
A
0.0180 MHz 42.55 dB
Hz
Tx
2 W 3.00 dBW
Tx Feederloss L
Tx
Tx Combinerloss L
com
Tx Ant Gain G
Tx
0.00 dBi
Tx Ant Boresight Az
AA
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxHPR_AB
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
AB
) G
RxVPR_AB
Tx ACLR at f
B
Radiated power at f
A
P
eirp
2.00 W
eirp
3.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated power at f
B
P
eirp
0.000063096 W
eirp
-42.00 dBW
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
A
PSD
eirp
11.0848 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Radiated PSD at f
B
PSD
eirp
0.00035053 W
eirp
-1
eirp
Frequency B f
B
820.0250 MHz 178.28 dB
Hz
2
B
0.0200 MHz 43.01 dB
Hz
Rx Ant Gain G
Rx
0.00 dBi
Rx Ant Boresight Az
BB
n/a Deg. True
B0A
Rx Ant HRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxHPR_BA
Rx Ant VRP at (Az
BA
) G
RxVPR_BA
Rx feeder loss L
Rx
Rx filter loss f
A
(ACS) L
RxAB
B
L
RxBB
B
15.00 dB
Receiver noise floor psd N0 -188.93 dBW.Hz
-1
B
N
B
-145.92 dBW
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
A
psfd
A
-2
.100kHz
-1
PSFD
A
at Rx at f
B
psfd
B
-2
.100kHz
-2
B
at f
B
E
fB
13.40 dBuV.m
-1
B
E
fB_0
13.40 dBuV.m
-1
Received psd at f
A
PSD
A
-212.10 dBW.Hz
-1
Received psd at f
B
PSD
B
-195.10 dBW.Hz
-1
Rx
-195.01 dBW.Hz
-1
0
-6.08 dB
-6

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4 Annex 1 - Reference data
The following notes are the extracted reference data relevant to the interference paths analysed in
the each particular band.

GSM
ETSI standard EN 300 910 V8.5.1 (2000-11)
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);
Radio transmission and reception
(GSM 05.05 version 8.5.1 Release 1999)

4.1 Output power
4.1.1 Mobile Station (MS) Output power
GSM900 Nominal Maximum output power. (Measured at the antenna input port.)
Power Class 4 2 W (+33 dBm, +3 dBW)
Power class 5 0.8 W (29 dBm, -1 dBW))
Use antenna gain 0 dBi for eirp

4.1.2 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Output Power
GSM900 Maximum output power. (Measured at the input to the BSS Tx combiner.)
Power class 1 320 (<640) W (+55 to +58 dBm)

4.2 Output RF Spectrum
4.2.1 Spectrum due to modulation and wide band noise

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GSM900 MS

For MS power classes 4 and 5, transmit power level <33 dBm

Out-of-band power per measuring bandwidth, relative to carrier power per 30 kHz
Offset from
carrier (kHz)
100 200 250 400
600~
1800
1800~
3000
3000~
6000
>6000
Measuring
BW (kHz)
30kHz 30kHz 30kHz 30kHz 30kHz 100 kHz 100 kHz 100 kHz
OOB power
(dBr /30 kHz
at carrier)
0.5 -30 -33 -60 -60 -63 -65 -71
See Annex A, Figure A.1a (p59)

Interpreted MS ACLR (for normalised uniform reference bandwidth)
Offset from
carrier (kHz)
100 200 250 400
600~
1800
1800~
3000
3000~
6000
>6000
ACLR 0.5 -30 -33 -60 -60 -66 -68 -74

GSM900 BTS

For worst case transmit power level 43 dBm
Offset from
carrier (kHz)
100 200 250 400
600~
1200
1200~
1800
1800~
6000
>6000
Measuring
BW (kHz)
30kHz 30kHz 30kHz 30kHz 30kHz 100 kHz 100 kHz 100 kHz
OOB power
(dBr/30 kHz at
carrier)
0.5 -30 -33 -60 -70 -73 -75 -80
See Annex A, Figure A.2a (p61)

Micro-BS and pico-BS have up to 10 dB higher OOB relative to carrier above 600 kHz, but their
carrier power is lower by much more than 10 dB.

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Interpreted BS ACLR (for normalised uniform reference bandwidth)
Offset from
carrier (kHz)
100 200 250 400
600~
1800
1800~
3000
3000~
6000
>6000
ACLR 0.5 -30 -33 -60 -70 -78 -80 -85

4.3 Spurious Emissions
4.3.1-2 Base Transceiver Station

GSM900 BTS

Unwanted spurious emissions < -36 dBm / x kHz

Where reference bandwidth x depends on the offset from the edge of the BS Tx band:

Offset from edge of
BS Tx band
(MHz)
Measurement bandwidth of
spurious emission
(MHz)
2 0.03
5 0.1
10 0.3
20 1
30 3

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4.3.3 Mobile Station
GSM900 MS
As for GSM900 BS in 4.3.1-2 above

5 Receiver characteristics
5.1 Blocking characteristics

MS MS BTS
Out-of-band range (MHz) 0.1 915 MHz 925 935 MHz 0.1 870 MHz
Max worst case blocking
signal (offset n*200 kHz)
0 dBm
(*)
0 dBm +8 dBm
(*)

(*)
MS & BS values implied from table on P30 of ETSI spec for P- E- and R-GSM900.

6.2 Reference sensitivity level
GSM900 MS -102 dBm
GSM900 BS -104 dBm

6.3 Reference interference level
For all GSM900 MS and BS
Adjacent (200 kHz)
channel carrier offset

MS and BS
C/I
MS
Imax
BS
Imax
MS
ACS
(*)

0 kHz C/Ic +9 dB -111 dBm -113 dBm 0
200 kHz C/Ia1 -9 dBm -93 dBm -95 dBm -18

(*)
MS ACS is calculated from the co-channel and adjacent channel C/I ratios. The I
max
values are
calculated from the reference sensitivity levels and the C/I values.

End of GSM
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W-CDMA
3GPP standard TS 25.101 V8.4.0 (2008-09)
Technical Specification
3rd Generation Partnership Project;
Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network;
User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception (FDD)
(Release 8)

W-CDMA UE parameters

6.2.1 UE maximum output power
Table 6.1: UE Power Classes
Power
Class 3
Power
Class 3
Power
Class 3bis
Power
Class 3bis
Power
Class 4
Power
Class 4
Power
(dBm)
Tol
(dB)
Power
(dBm)
Tol
(dB)
Power
(dBm)
Tol
(dB)
+24 +1/-3 23 +2/-2 +21 +2/-2

Table 6.11: UE ACLR
Power
Class
Adjacent channel frequency
relative to assigned channel
frequency
ACLR limit
3 + 5 MHz or - 5 MHz 33 dB
3 + 10 MHz or - 10 MHz 43 dB
4 + 5 MHz or - 5 MHz 33 dB
4 + 10 MHz or -10 MHz 43 dB

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7.5 Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS)
Table 7.4: Adjacent Channel Selectivity (MS)
Power Class Unit ACS
3 dB 33
4 dB 33

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3GPP TS 25.104 V8.4.1 (2008-09)
Technical Specification
Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network;
Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception (FDD)
(Release 8)

W-CDMA BS parameters

6.2.1 Base station maximum output power
Maximum output power, Pmax, of the base station is the mean power level per carrier measured at
the antenna connector in specified reference condition.
Table 6.0A: Base Station rated output power
BS class PRAT
Wide Area BS - (note)
Medium Range BS < +38 dBm
Local Area BS < + 24 dBm
Home BS < + [20] dBm (without transmit
diversity or MIMO)
< + [17] dBm (with transmit
diversity or MIMO)
NOTE: There is no upper limit required for the rated output power of
the Wide Area Base Station like for the base station for General
Purpose application in Release 99, 4, and 5.

Table 6.7 Base station ACLR
Adjacent channel carrier ACLR
5 MHz -45 dBc
10 MHz -50 dBc

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3GPP standard TR 25.942 V7.0.0 (2007-03)
Technical Specification Group Radio Access Networks;
Radio Frequency (RF) system scenarios
(Release 7)

4.2 Mobile Station to Mobile Station
4.2.1 Near-far effect
MS to MS is similar geometry to the following cases where an [STL or an] SRD device replaces one
of the MS terminals:
[1b) STL transmit into W-CDMA MS receive]
2d) W-CDMA MS transmit into SRD receive
3b) SRD transmit into W-CDMA 800 MS receive

b) Affected parameters
MS Out-of-band emissions.
MS Spurious emissions.
MS Blocking.
MS Reference interference level.

c) Methodology
The first approach suggested by the 3GPP standard is to calculate the minimum coupling loss
between the two mobiles, taking into account a minimum separation distance. Assume the
interfering mobile operates at maximum power and the victim mobile operates 3 dB above
sensitivity.

4.2.3 Estimating UE Out-of-band Blocking
The 3GPP standard suggests using -15 dBm as the UE receiver blocking level in the UE transmit
band, similar to Band I. Similar result (-15 dBm) in Band V.

4.3 Mobile Station to Base Station
MS to BS is similar geometry to the following case where an SRD device replaces the MS terminal:
2b) SRD transmit into W-CDMA BS receive
The 3GPP standard notes that the method assuming the MS uses maximum transmit power, and
calculating the minimum separation distance, is well suited for the blocking phenomenon.

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4.4 Base Station to Mobile Station
BS to MS is similar geometry to the following cases where an STL replaces the BS terminal or an
SRD device replaces the MS terminal:
1b) STL transmit into W-CDMA MS receive
3d) W-CDMA 800 BS transmit into SRD receive
The 3GPP standard suggests a methodology to calculate the minimum coupling loss, taking into
account a minimum separation distance, and assuming the mobile is operating 3 dB above
sensitivity.

4.5 Base Station to Base Station
BS to BS is similar geometry to the following case where one BS is replaced by an STL terminal:
1d) W-CDMA BS transmit into STL receive
The 3GPP standard suggests analysis based on minimum coupling loss.

7.4.2 Simulation parameters
Parameters BS receiver MS receiver
Maximum BS power 43 dBm macro
Average TX power 21 dBm
30 dBm macro
20 dBm micro
Noise figure 5 dB 9 dB
Receiving bandwidth 4.096 MHz proposed 4.096 MHz proposed
Noise power -103 dBm proposed -99 dBm proposed

9.2.1 Interference modelling methodology
ACLR Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (of a transmitter)
ACLR = Tx power (in Tx channel) / Power emitted in the adjacent channel
ACS Adjacent Channel Selectivity (of a receiver)
ACS = Receive filter attenuation on the assigned channel / attenuation on the
adjacent channel.
ACIR Adjacent Channel Interference ratio
ACIR = Tx power (in the culprits channel) / Interference power (in victim receiver
in the victims channel)

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ACIR = (ACLR
-1
+ ACS
-1
)
-1

3GPP simulations used:
BS ACS = 45 dB
MS ACLR = 33 dB

End of W-CDMA

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CDMA2000
ETSI standard EN 301 908-4 V3.2.1 (2007-09)

4.2.2.2 Spurious emission limits
In Band Classes 6, 8, 9 and 13, spurious emissions measured in the respective mobile stations
receive band shall be less than -76 dBm measured in 1 MHz resolution bandwidth.

It is reasonable to assume the emissions in neighbouring bands will be similar.

Table 3: Transmitter spurious emission limits for spreading rate 1
For |f| within the range Emission limit
885 kHz to 1,25 MHz
(BC 9 only)
less stringent of
-42 dBc/30 kHz or -54 dBm/1,23 MHz
1,25 MHz to 1,98 MHz less stringent of
1,98 MHz to 4,00 MHz
(BC 9 only)
less stringent of
(BC 6, 8 and 13 only)
less stringent of
(BC 6, 8 and 13 only)
-(13 + 1 (f - 2,25 MHz)) dBm/1 MHz
> 4,00 MHz -36 dBm/1 kHz; 9 kHz < f < 150 kHz
-36 dBm/10 kHz; 150 kHz < f < 30
MHz
-36 dBm/100 kHz; 30 MHz < f < 1 GHz
-30 dBm/1 MHz; 1 GHz < f < 12,75
GHz
All frequencies in the measurement bandwidth shall satisfy the restrictions on |f|
where f = centre frequency - closer edge frequency (f) of the measurement filter.

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Table 4: Additional transmitter spurious emission limits for spreading rate 1
Measurement
frequency
Emission limit Victim band
Applies to
Operating Band
921 MHz to 925 MHz 60 dBm/100 kHz GSM 900 BC 6, 8, 13
925 MHz to 935 MHz 67 dBm/100 kHz GSM 900 BC 6, 8, 13
935 MHz to 960 MHz -79 dBm/100kHz GSM 900 BC 6, 8, 13

Tone Measurements apply only when the measurement frequency is at least 5,625 MHz from the
CDMA tx centre frequency. The measurements shall be made on frequencies which are integer
multiples of 200 kHz. As exceptions, up to five measurements with a level up to the spurious
emission limits in table 3 are allowed.

Table 7 Effective radiated power at maximum output power (MS)
Mobile station
Class
Radiating
Measurement
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Class I eirp 28 dBm (0,63 W) 33 dBm (2,0 W)
Class II eirp 23 dBm (0,2 W) 30 dBm (1,0 W)
Class III eirp 18 dBm (63 mW) 27 dBm (0,5 W)
Class IV eirp 13 dBm (20 mW) 24 dBm (0,25 W)
Class V eirp 8 dBm (6,3 mW) 21 dBm (0,13 W)

End of CDMA2000

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Short Range Devices (SRD)
SRD bands proposed for NZ
NZ SRD Bands Adjacent use - low Adjacent use - high
820 824 MHz
Possible Simplex sub-band,
or trunk mobile base Rx
1 MHz GB, then
Cellular Base Rx
864 - 870 MHz Trunk mobile base Tx Cellular base Tx
915 - 921 MHz Cellular base Rx SRD (1 W)
921 - 929 MHz SRD (3 mW) STL
(Services highlighted in bold require interference analysis to and from SRDs in this study.)

GURL for SRDs - Existing SRD bands in NZ
Radiocommunications Regulations
(General User Radio Licence for Short Range Devices) Notice 2007

Schedule 1
From (MHz) To (MHz) Peak Power eirp (mW) Designated Use
819 824 100 Unrestricted
864 868 1000
Unrestricted
(refer Note 2)
869.2 869.25 10
Telemetry/Telecommand
(refer Note 3)
915 921 3 Telemetry/Telecommand
921 929 1000 Unrestricted
Note 2: Transmitters employing frequency hopping or digital modulation techniques in
864 868 MHz, may operate with gain antennas provided the peak power does not
exceed 4 watts e.i.r.p.
Note 3: In the band 869.2 - 869.25 MHz the maximum permitted duty cycle is 0.1%

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MED RFS 27 (Issue 4, October 1994)
Specification for Radio Apparatus - Telecommand and Telemetry

5 Maximum power
For ISM band: 5.0 Watts (eirp)
9 Emissions beyond the permitted bandwidth must be < -23 dBm (eirp).

10 ISM bands also available for Telecommand and Telemetry
Centre frequency: 925 MHz
Bandwidth: 8 MHz

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MED Radiocommunications (Radio Standards) Notice 2007

Tale 1 Applicable standards
1. Short Range Devices
Short Range Devices: 25 MHz 25 GHz: AS/NZS 4268
Spread spectrum Devices: 900 MHz bands : AS/NZS 4771

Short Range Devices (25 MHz 1 GHz) : EN 300 220
(Extracts from the ETSI specification EN 300 220 follow this section.)

Table 2 Unwanted emission Limits
Spurious Emissions
Limit (peak power)
Frequency Range
Measurement Bandwidth
-56 dBW (2.25 W) eirp
(59 dBV/m at 10 metre)
30 MHz 1 GHz 100 kHz

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ETSI
Draft ETSI standard EN 300 220-1 v2.2.1 (2008-04)
Electromagnetic compatibility
and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM);
Short Range Devices (SRD);
Radio equipment to be used in the 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz
frequency range with power levels ranging up to 500 mW;
Part 1: Technical characteristics and test methods

MED Radiocommunications (Radio Standards) Notice 2007 refers to this ETSI standard for SRDs in
the range 25 MHz to 1 GHz.

Extract from Table 1
Item Frequency Bands Applications
1 Transmit and Receive 863.000 MHz to 870.000 MHz Generic use

Proposed SRD bands in NZ and relevance to items in the above ETSI table
NZ Frequency Bands Items ETSI Applications
820 824 MHz n/a n/a
864 870 MHz 1 Generic use
915 921 MHz n/a n/a
921 929 MHz n/a n/a

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Table 2 Receiver categories
Receiver category Risk assessment of receiver performance
1
Highly reliable SRD communication media; e.g. serving
human life inherent systems (may result in a physical
risk to a person).
2
Medium reliable SRD communication media e.g.
causing inconvenience to persons, which cannot simply
be overcome by other means.
3
Standard reliable SRD communication media e.g.
Inconvenience to persons, which can simply be
overcome by other means (e.g. manual).

8.2 Receiver LBT (Listen Before Talk) threshold
Table 12 Receiver LBT threshold limit versus transmit power and channel spacing
Tx power
Receiver bandwidth <100 mW 500 mW Maximum Tx on-time
6,25 kHz -102 dBm -106 dBm
12,5 kHz -99 dBm -103 dBm
20/25 kHz -96 dBm -100 dBm
50 kHz -93 dBm -97 dBm
100 kHz -90 dBm -94 dBm
200 kHz -87 dBm -91 dBm
500 kHz -83 dBm -
600 kHz -82 dBm -
<1s
For other receiver bandwidths, use linear interpolation as necessary.

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8.3.3 Limits for adjacent channel selectivity & saturation
Table 13 Limit for adjacent channel selectivity
Levels in the table are adjacent channel unwanted power for receive threshold when wanted signal
is 3 dB above normal threshold. This implies a 3 dB noise floor degradation.
Receiver category Channel spacing <25 kHz Channel spacing >25 kHz
1 >-50 dBm >-44 dBm

Table 14 Limit for receiver saturation at adjacent channel
Levels in the table are adjacent channel unwanted power for receive saturation threshold when
wanted signal is 43 dB above normal threshold.
Receiver category Channel spacing <25 kHz Channel spacing >25 kHz
1 >-20 dBm >-10 dBm

8.4 Limits for blocking
Table 15 Limit for receiver blocking
Levels in the table are unwanted power at the given offset, for receive threshold when wanted
signal is 3 dB above normal threshold.
Receiver category Frequency offset Limit
1 2 MHz >-20 dBm
2 2 MHz >-69 dBm
10 MHz >-44 dBm

8.5.5 Spurious emission limits
2nW (-87 dBw) below 1 GHz

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Table D.1: Classification of effective radiated power (e.r.p.) for social alarms
Power Class e.r.p. Approximate eirp
A 2 mW to 10 mW -25 to -18 dBW
B 100 W to 2 mW -38 to -25 dBW
C 10 W to < 100 W -48 to -38 dBW
D < 10 W < -48 dBW
For eirp, add approximately 2 dB

Table E.1: Limits for average radiated usable sensitivity in the band 806 - 960 MHz
SRD type Average usable sensitivity dBV/m
Integral antenna fully within the case 30.0
Integral or dedicated antenna with external
length <20 cm to the case
28.0
Integral or dedicated antenna with external
length >20 cm to the case
28.0

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ITU-R
Rec. ITU-R SM.1538-2
Technical and operating parameters and spectrum requirements for short-range
radiocommunication devices

SRD applications
The Rec. lists the following wide range of applications for SRDs
Telecommand; Telemetry; Voice and video; Equipment for detecting avalanche victims; Broadband
radio local area networks (RLANs); Railway applications, including: Automatic vehicle identification
(AVI), Balise system, Loop system; Road transport and traffic telematics (RTTTs) also known as
transport information and control systems (TICSs); Equipment for detecting movement and
equipment for alert; Alarms including: Alarm in general, Social alarms, Model control; Inductive
applications; Radio microphones; RF identification (RFID) systems; Ultra low power active medical
implant (ULP-AMI); Wireless audio applications; RF (radar) level gauges.

Common frequency bands
Table 1 of the Rec. lists commonly used frequency bands, but does not include any bands between
405 and 2400 MHz.

Radiated power limits
Table 2 Power limits in CEPT countries
Maximum radiated power l Frequency bands
5 mW
(1)
869.700 870.000 MHz
10 mW
(1)

863.000 865.000 MHz
868.600 868.700 MHz
869.200 869.300 MHz
25 mW
(1)

868.000 868.600 MHz
868.700 869.200 MHz
869.650 869.700 MHz
500 mW
(1)
869.400 869.650 MHz
(1)
Effective radiated power (e.r.p.) below 1 000 MHz.

Appendix 2 to Annex 2 - Understanding FCC rules for legal low-power, non-licensed transmitters

SRDs are described as low-power, non-licensed and comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Most
are 1 mW (<-30 dBW.)

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Table 12 General limits for any intentional transmitter
Frequency (MHz)
Field strength
(V/m)
Measurement
Distance (m)
Equivalent
EIRP (dBW)
216-960 200 3 -79

Table 13 Exception or exclusion from the general limits
Frequency
(MHz)
Type of use
Limit (V/m)
at distance (m)
A-average
Q-quasi-peak
Equivalent
EIRP
(*)

(dBW)
806-890 Intermittent control signal 12 500 at 3m A or Q -43
806-890 Periodic transmission 5 000 at 3m A or Q -51
Periodic transmission 5 000 at 3m A or Q -51

Signals used to measure a
material characteristic
500 at 30m A -51
902-928
Spread spectrum
transmitters
1 Watt output
power
- -
Field disturbance sensors 500 000 at 3m A -11
Any 15.249 50 000 at 3m Q -31

500 at 30m A -51
Intermittent control signal 12 500 at 3m A or Q -43

500 at 30m A -51
[
(*)
Equivalent EIRP is calculated from the limit (V/m) at distance (m) values. ]

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Rec. ITU-R SM.1055
Use of spread spectrum techniques

This recommendation provides an excellent treatise on RF engineering theory and methodology for
analysing spread spectrum systems.

Rec. ITU-R SM.1056-1 -
Limitation of radiation from industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment

Table 2 Range of measured field strength from ISM equipment in the
ITU-designated bands
Frequency band
Centre
frequency
Appropriate Footnote
to the Table of
Frequency Allocations
of the ITU RR
Range of
measured
(1)

field
strengths
(dB(V/m))
Equivalent
EIRP (dBW)
(3)

902 928 MHz
(2)
915 MHz 5.150 (Region 2) 60-120 -45 to +14
(1)
Field strengths measured at 30 m from the building containing the ISM equipment. Hence
actual distance to the ISM equipment is not known.
(2)
896 MHz in the UK.
(3)
This is the calculated equivalent EIRP of the ISM equipment and the building as a whole,
hence it is the net eirp, taking account of the building penetration loss.

This Rec. gives further methodology for analysing spread spectrum systems and their interaction
with conventional radiocommunication systems.

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AS/NZS 4771:2000
Technical Characteristics and test conditions for data transmission equipment operating in
the 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands and using spread spectrum modulation
techniques

Table 1 Transmitter limits for narrowband spurious emissions
Frequency band Limit when operating Limit when in standby
30 1000 MHz -36 dBm -57 dBm

Table 2 Transmitter limits for wideband spurious emissions
Frequency band Limit when operating Limit when in standby
30 1000 MHz -86 dBm/Hz -107 dBm/Hz

Table 3 Receiver limits for narrowband spurious emissions
Frequency band Limit
30 1000 MHz -57 dBm

Table 4 Receiver limits for wideband spurious emissions
Frequency band Limit
30 1000 MHz -107 dBm/Hz

*Spurious emissions are measured for compliance with a bandwidth resolution of 100 kHz

In New Zealand, any emission outside the permitted range of frequencies shall not exceed
60 dBuV/m at 10 metres, which equates to -55 dBW EIRP.

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5 Annex 2 Terms of Reference

Interference analysis: band plan 806 - 960 MHz

Figure 1 is a scaled schematic diagram depicting the current allocations and use of the band
806 - 960 MHz in New Zealand:

The Ministry is proposing to re-plan this band in order to maximise technical efficiencies and to
reduce fragmentation. A process is currently underway to swap some of the Management Right
spectrum.

Figure 2 depicts a possible configuration of the new band plan, involving the relocation of STLs,
harmonisation of SRDs and re-location of the Land Mobile Simplex Tx band:

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The proposed re-planning exercise requires a number of technical compatibility analyses to be
carried out between services. Proposed changes to services in a particular spectrum band and the
consequent change of relationships with services in adjacent bands need to be evaluated for
technical compatibility, including the potential for interference and any interference mitigation
solutions that may be required.

= Unused / Guardband
= Fixed STL
= SRD
= Cellular (European)
Key
= Fixed KK
= Land Mobile Tx
= Cellular (N. American)
SR GURL Telemetry
915 - 921 MHz
SRD GURL Telemetry
869.2 - 869.25 MHz
806 MHz 960 MHz
Current
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The interfaces requiring such analysis are:

935 MHz STL impact of GSM/W-CDMA and vice versa;
915 MHz SRD (GUL) impact on GSM/W-CDMA and vice versa (note each type of SRD
application may need to be treated separately);
870 MHz SRD (GUL) impact on CDMA2000 and W-CDMA and vice versa;
819/820 MHz Simplex land mobile use impacting on SRDs (GUL) and vice versa.

Interference mitigation can be achieved via a number of methods, or combinations of methods, the
exact choice depends on the situation and service being introduced and the service being protected.

The analysis should take into account worst-case interference scenarios (using maximum output
powers allowed for the bands concerned) and consider (but not limited to) the following issues:

- aggregate interference effects from SRDs;
- interference into mobile receivers;
- interference from mobiles into fixed receivers;
- whether or not guard bands are sufficient and effective

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