47 C.F.R. Subpart M—Intelligent Transportation Systems Radio Service


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Title 47: Telecommunication
PART 90—PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES

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Subpart M—Intelligent Transportation Systems Radio Service

Source:  60 FR 15253, Mar. 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

§ 90.350   Scope.

The Intelligent Transportation Systems radio service is for the purpose of integrating radio-based technologies into the nation's transportation infrastructure and to develop and implement the nation's intelligent transportation systems. It includes the Location and Monitoring Service (LMS) and Dedicated Short Range Communications Service (DSRCS). Rules as to eligibility for licensing, frequencies available, and any special requirements for services in the Intelligent Transportation Systems radio service are set forth in this subpart.

[64 FR 66410, Nov. 26, 1999]

§ 90.351   Location and Monitoring Service.

These provisions authorize the licensing of systems in the Location and Monitoring Service (LMS). LMS systems utilize non-voice radio techniques to determine the location and status of mobile radio units. LMS licensees authorized to operate a system in the 902–928 MHz band may serve individuals, federal government agencies, and entities eligible for licensing in this part 90.

(a) Each application to license an LMS system shall include the following supplemental information:

(1) A detailed description of the manner in which the system will operate, including a map or diagram.

(2) The necessary or occupied bandwidth of emission, whichever is greater.

(3) The data transmission characteristics as follows:

(i) The vehicle location update rates;

(ii) Specific transmitter modulation techniques used;

(iii) For codes and timing scheme: A table of bit sequences and their alphanumeric or indicator equivalents, and a statement of bit rise time, bit transmission rates, bit duration, and interval between bits;

(iv) A statement of amplitude-versus-time of the interrogation and reply formats, and an example of a typical message transmission and any synchronizing pulses utilized.

(4) A plan to show the implementation schedule during the initial license term.

(b) LMS stations are exempted from the identification requirements of §90.425; however, the Commission may impose automatic station identification requirements when determined to be necessary for monitoring and enforcement purposes.

§ 90.353   LMS operations in the 902–928 MHz band.

LMS systems may be authorized within the 902–928 MHz band, subject to the conditions in this section. LMS licensees are required to maintain whatever records are necessary to demonstrate compliance with these provisions and must make these records available to the Commission upon request:

(a) LMS operations will not cause interference to and must tolerate interference from industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) devices and radiolocation Government stations that operate in the 902–928 MHz band.

(b) LMS systems are authorized to transmit status and instructional messages, either voice or non-voice, so long as they are related to the location or monitoring functions of the system.

(c) LMS systems may utilize store and forward interconnection, where either transmissions from a vehicle or object being monitored are stored by the LMS provider for later transmission over the public switched network (PSN), or transmissions received by the LMS provider from the PSN are stored for later transmission to the vehicle or object being monitored. Real-time interconnection between vehicles or objects being monitored and the PSN will only be permitted to enable emergency communications related to a vehicle or a passenger in a vehicle. Such real-time, interconnected communications may only be sent to or received from a system dispatch point or entities eligible in the Public Safety or Special Emergency Radio Services. See subparts B and C of this part.

(d) Multilateration LMS systems will be authorized on a primary basis within the bands 904–909.75 MHz and 921.75–927.25 MHz. Additionally, multilateration and non-multilateration systems will share the 919.75–921.75 MHz band on a co-equal basis. Licensing will be on the basis of Economic Areas (EAs) for multilateration systems, with one exclusive EA license being issued for each of these three sub-bands. Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, multilateration EA licensees may be authorized to operate on only one of the three multilateration bands within a given EA. Additionally, EA multilateration LMS licenses will be conditioned upon the licensee's ability to demonstrate through actual field tests that their systems do not cause unacceptable levels of interference to 47 CFR part 15 devices.

(e) Multilateration EA-licensed systems and grandfathered AVM systems (see §90.363) are authorized on a shared basis and must cooperate in the selection and use of frequencies in accordance with Section 90.173(b).

(f) Multilateration EA licensees may be authorized to operate on both the 919.75–921.75 MHz and 921.75–927.25 MHz bands within a given EA (see §90.209(b)(10)).

(g) Multilateration LMS systems whose primary operations involve the provision of vehicle location services, may provide non-vehicular location services.

(h) Non-multilateration stations are authorized to operate on a shared, non-exclusive basis in the 902–904 MHz and 909.75–921.75 MHz sub-bands. Non-multilateration systems and multilateration systems will share the 919.75–921.75 MHz band on a co-equal basis. Non-multilateration LMS systems may not provide non-vehicular location services. The maximum antenna height above ground for non-multilateration LMS systems is 15 meters.

(i) Non-multilateration LMS licenses will be issued on a site-by-site basis, except that municipalities or other governmental operatives may file jointly for a non-multilateration license covering a given U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Area (EA). Such an application must identify all planned sites. After receiving the license, the non-multilateration EA licensee must notify the Commission if sites are deleted or if new sites are added, before those sites may be put into operation.

[60 FR 15253, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 52044, Oct. 6, 1997]

§ 90.355   LMS operations below 512 MHz.

Applications requiring not more than 25 kHz bandwidth per frequency in the 25–50 MHz, 150–170 MHz, and 450–512 MHz bands may use either base-mobile frequencies currently assigned the applicant, or be assigned base-mobile frequencies available in the service in which eligibility has been established, provided that:

(a) For transmission between vehicles and base stations, each frequency in a single-frequency mode of operation will provide location data for approximately 200 vehicles, or both frequencies in a two-frequency mode of operation will provide location data for approximately 400 vehicles, except that for frequencies in the 450–512 MHz band that are assigned in pairs in accordance with the allocation plan for the band, the requirement is that location data be provided for approximately 200 vehicles for each frequency pair; and a showing is made that 50 percent of the vehicles will be in operation within the system by the end of the second year of the initial license term, and 70 percent will be in operation within the system by the end of the initial license term; except that if these vehicle loading standards will not be met, frequencies will be assigned only on a secondary non-interference basis to any authorized radiotelephony operation.

(b) The minimum separation between a proposed LMS station and the nearest co-channel base station of another licensee operating a voice system is 75 miles (120 km) for a single frequency mode of operation or 35 miles (56 km) for a two-frequency mode of operation. Where the minimum mileage separation cannot be achieved, agreement to the use of F1D, F2D, G1D, G2D or P0N emission must be received from all existing co-channel licensees using voice emissions within the applicable mileage limits. If there is interference with voice operations and required agreement was not received, or operation was authorized on a secondary non-interference basis, the licensee of the LMS system is responsible for eliminating the interference.

(c) Frequencies additional to any assigned under paragraph (a) of this section will not be assigned to the same licensee at any stations located within 64 km (40 miles) of any station in which the licensee holds an interest until each of such licensee's frequencies for LMS operation is shown to accommodate not less than 90 percent of the frequency loading requirements specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

§ 90.357   Frequencies for LMS systems in the 902–928 MHz band.

(a) Multilateration LMS systems will be authorized on the following LMS sub-bands:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------               LMS Sub-band                       Forward Link \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------904.000-909.750 MHz.......................  927.750-928.000 MHz.919.750-921.750 MHz \2\...................  927.500-927.750 MHz.921.750-927.250 MHz.......................  927.250-927.500 MHz.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Forward links for LMS systems may also be contained within the LMS  sub-band. However, the maximum allowable power in these sub-bands is  30 watts ERP in accordance with § 90.205(j).\2\ The frequency band 919.750-921.750 MHz is shared co-equally between  multilateration and non-multilateration LMS systems.

(b) Non-multilateration LMS systems will be authorized on the following frequency bands:

LMS Sub-band1

902.000–904.000 MHz

909.750–921.750 MHz

1 Applicants for non-multilateration LMS systems should request only the minimum amount of bandwidth necessary to meet their operational needs.

[60 FR 15253, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 60 FR 37277, July 19, 1995]

§ 90.359   Field strength limits for EA-licensed LMS systems.

EA-licensed multilateration systems shall limit the field strength of signals transmitted from their base stations to 47 dBuV/m at their EA boundary.

[62 FR 52044, Oct. 6, 1997]

§ 90.361   Interference from part 15 and Amateur operations.

Operations authorized under parts 15 and 97 of this chapter may not cause harmful interference to LMS systems in the 902–928 MHz band. These operations will not be considered to be causing harmful interference to a multilateration LMS system operating in one of the three EA sub-bands (see §90.357(a)) if they are non-video links operating in accordance with the provisions of parts 15 or 97 of this chapter and at least one of the following conditions are met:

(a) It is a field disturbance sensor operating under §15.245 of this chapter and it is not operating in the 904–909.750 or 919.750–928.000 MHz sub-bands; or

(b) It does not employ an outdoor antenna; or

(c) If it does employ an outdoor antenna, then if:

(1) The directional gain of the antenna does not exceed 6 dBi, or if the directional gain of the antenna exceeds 6 dBi, it reduces its transmitter output power below 1 watt by the proportional amount that the directional gain of the antenna exceeds 6 dBi; and

(2) Either:

(i) The antenna is 5 meters or less in height above ground; or

(ii) The antenna is more than 5 meters in height above ground but less than or equal to 15 meters in height above ground and either:

(A) Adjusts its transmitter output power below 1 watt by 20 log (h/5) dB, where h is the height above ground of the antenna in meters; or

(B) Is providing the final link for communications of entities eligible under subpart B or C of this part, or is providing the final link for communications of health care providers that serve rural areas, elementary schools, secondary schools or libraries.

[60 FR 15253, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 52044, Oct. 6, 1997]

§ 90.363   Grandfathering provisions for existing AVM licensees.

(a) These provisions authorize grandfathered operation by automatic vehicle monitoring (AVM) systems licensed on or before February 3, 1995. To attain grandfathered status for their stations, existing multilateration AVM licensees must file, on or before May 22, 1995, applications to modify their station licenses to comply with the band plan shown in §90.357(a). These applications to modify must identify the multilateration sub-band or sub-bands in which the applicants intend to operate their LMS system stations, once their applications to modify have been authorized. The application to modify a license to comply with the band plan shown in §90.357(a) may also include a modification to specify an alternate site, so long as the alternate site is 2 kilometers or less from the site specified in the original license.

(b) When existing multilateration AVM licensees file applications to modify, as specified in paragraph (a) of this section, they must certify that either:

(1) The stations that compose their AVM system were constructed and placed in operation in accordance with §90.155(e) on or before February 3, 1995; or

(2) The stations were not constructed and placed in operation in accordance with §90.155(e) on or before February 3, 1995.

(c) Multilateration AVM systems that were constructed and placed in operation on or before February 3, 1995 will be given until April 1, 1998 to convert to the spectrum identified in their LMS system license. Such licensees may continue to operate their systems during this period. Licensees of multilateration AVM constructed and operational systems that do not file applications to modify on or before May 22, 1995, will be permitted to continue operations under the provisions of former §90.239 until April 1, 1998 or the end of their original license term, whichever occurs first, at which time such licenses will cancel automatically and will not be renewed.

(d) Multilateration AVM licensees for stations that were not constructed and placed in operation on or before February 3, 1995 must construct their LMS systems and place them in operation on the spectrum identified in their LMS system license on or before September 1, 1996, or their licenses will cancel automatically (see Section 90.155 (e)). Also, these licenses will cancel automatically on July 1, 1996 unless timely modification applications are filed on or before this date (see paragraph (a) of this section).

(e) Non-multilateration systems licensed in spectrum other than the 902.00–904.00 and 909.75–921.75 MHz bands must modify their licenses by April 1, 1998 to specify operation solely in the bands provided in §90.357(b) for non-multilateration systems and to operate their systems consistently with the provisions of §90.353.

[60 FR 15253, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 18986, Apr. 30, 1996]

§ 90.365   Partitioned licenses and disaggregated spectrum.

(a) Eligibility. (1) Party seeking approval for partitioning and disaggregation shall request an authorization pursuant to §1.948 of this chapter.

(2) Multilateration LMS licensees may apply to partition their licensed geographic service area or disaggregate their licensed spectrum at any time following the grant of their licenses. Multilateration LMS licensees may partition or disaggregate to any party that is also eligible to be a multilateration LMS licensee. Partitioning is permitted along any service area defined by the parties, and spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount. The Commission will also consider requests for partial assignment of licenses that propose combinations of partitioning and disaggregation.

(b) Partitioning. In the case of partitioning, applicants and licensees must file FCC Form 603 pursuant to §1.948 and list the partitioned service area on a schedule to the application. The geographic coordinates must be specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds to the nearest second of latitude and longitude and must be based upon the 1983 North American Datum (NAD83).

(c) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area, and for disaggregated spectrum shall be the remainder of the original licensee's license term.

(d) Construction requirements—(1) Requirements for partitioning. (i) Parties seeking authority to partition must meet one of the following construction requirements:

(A) The partitionee may certify that it will satisfy the applicable construction requirements for the partitioned license area; or

(B) The original licensee may certify that it has or will meet the construction requirement for the entire license area.

(ii) Failure by any partitionee to meet its respective construction requirements will result in the automatic cancellation of the partitioned or disaggregated license without further Commission action.

(2) Requirements for disaggregation. Parties seeking authority to disaggregate spectrum must certify in FCC Form 601 which of the parties will be responsible for meeting the five-year and ten-year construction requirements for the particular market.

[63 FR 40663, July 30, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 68966, Dec. 14, 1998]

Regulations Governing the Licensing and Use of Frequencies in the 5850–5925 MHz Band for Dedicated Short-Range Communications Service (DSRCS)

§ 90.371   Dedicated short range communications service.

(a) These provisions pertain to systems in the 5850–5925 MHz band for Dedicated Short-Range Communications Service (DSRCS). DSRCS systems use radio techniques to transfer data over short distances between roadside and mobile units, between mobile units, and between portable and mobile units to perform operations related to the improvement of traffic flow, traffic safety, and other intelligent transportation service applications in a variety of environments. DSRCS systems may also transmit status and instructional messages related to the units involved. DSRCS Roadside Units are authorized under this part. DSRCS On-Board Units are authorized under part 95 of this chapter.

(b) DSRCS Roadside Units (RSUs) operating in the band 5850–5925 MHz shall not receive protection from Government Radiolocation services in operation prior to the establishment of the DSRCS station. Operation of DSRCS RSU stations within 75 kilometers of the locations listed in the table below must be coordinated through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------             Location                   Latitude           Longitude------------------------------------------------------------------------Ft. Lewis, WA.....................  470525N           1223510WYakima Firing Center, WA..........  464018N           1202135WFt. Carson, CO....................  383810N           1044750WFt. Riley, KS.....................  385813N           0965139WFt. Shafter, HI...................  211800N           1574900WHunter Army Airfield, GA..........  320100N           0810800WFt. Gillem, GA....................  333600N           0841900WFt. Benning, GA...................  322130N           0845815WFt. Stewart, GA...................  315145N           0813655WFt. Rucker, AL....................  311947N           0854255WYuma Proving Grounds, AZ..........  330114N           1141855WFt. Hood, TX......................  310830N           0974550WFt. Knox, KY......................  375350N           0855655WFt. Bragg, NC.....................  350805N           0790035WFt. Campbell, KY..................  363950N           0872820WFt. Polk, LA......................  310343N           0931226WFt. Leonard Wood, MO..............  374430N           0920737WFt. Irwin, CA.....................  351536N           1164102WFt. Sill, OK......................  344024N           0982352WFt. Bliss, TX.....................  314850N           1062533WFt. Leavenworth, KS...............  392115N           0945500WFt. Drum, NY......................  440115N           0754844WFt. Gordon, GA....................  332510N           0820910WFt. McCoy, WI.....................  440636N           0904127WFt. Dix, NJ.......................  400025N           0743713WParks Reserve Forces Training       374254N           1214218W Area, CA.Ft. Hunter Ligget, CA.............  355756N           1211404WPacific Missile Test Center, CA...  340914N           1190524WNaval Air Development Center, PA..  401200N           0750500WMid-Atlantic Area Frequency         381710N           0762500W Coordinator, MD.Naval Research Laboratory, MD.....  383927N           0763143WNaval Ocean Systems Center, CA....  324500N           1171000WNaval Research Laboratory, DC.....  385500N           0770000WNaval Surface Weapons Center, MD..  390205N           0765900WNaval Electronic Systems            381000N           0762300W Engineering Activity, MD.Midway Research Center, VA........  382640N           0772650WAberdeen Proving Ground, MD.......  392825N           0760655WFt. Huachuca, AZ..................  313500N           1102000WFt. Monmouth, NJ..................  401900N           0740215WPicatinny Arsenal, NJ.............  405600N           0743400WRedstone Arsenal, AL..............  343630N           0863610WWhite Sands Missile Range, NM.....  322246N           1062813WArmy Research Laboratory, MD......  390000N           0765800WSpace and Missile Systems Center,   335500N           1182200W CA.Edwards AFB, CA...................  345400N           1175200WPatrick AFB, FL...................  281331N           0803607WEglin AFB, FL.....................  302900N           0863200WHolloman AFB, NM..................  322510N           1060601WKirtland AFB, NM..................  350230N           1063624WGriffiss AFB, NY..................  431315N           0752431WWright-Patterson AFB, OH..........  394656N           0840539WHanscom AFB, MA...................  422816N           0711725WNellis AFB, NV....................  361410N           1150245WVandenberg AFB, CA................  344348N           1203436WU.S. Air Force Academy, CO........  385800N           1044900WBrooks AFB, TX....................  292000N           0982600WArnold AFB, TN....................  352250N           0860202WTyndall AFB, FL...................  300412N           0853436WCharles E. Kelly Support            402357N           0800925W Facility_Oakdale, PA.------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) NTIA may authorize additional Government Radiolocation services. Once a new Federal assignment is made, the Commission's Universal Licensing System database will be updated, accordingly, to protect the new Federal assignment and the list in paragraph (b) of this section will be updated as soon as practicable.

[64 FR 66410, Nov. 26, 1999, as amended at 69 FR 46443, Aug. 3, 2004]

§ 90.373   Eligibility in the DSRCS.

The following entities are eligible to hold an authorization to operate Roadside units in the DSRCS:

(a) Any territory, possession, state, city, county, town or similar governmental entity.

(b) Any entity meeting the eligibility requirements of §§90.33 or 90.35.

[69 FR 46443, Aug. 3, 2004]

§ 90.375   RSU license areas, communication zones and registrations

(a) DSRCS Roadside Units (RSUs) in the 5850–5925 MHz band are licensed on the basis of non-exclusive geographic areas. Governmental applicants will be issued a geographic area license based on the geo-political area encompassing the legal jurisdiction of the entity. All other applicants will be issued a geographic area license for their proposed area of operation based on county(s), state(s) or nationwide.

(b) Applicants who are approved in accordance with FCC Form 601 will be granted non-exclusive licenses for all non-reserved DSRCS frequencies (see §90.377). Such licenses serve as a prerequisite of registering individual RSUs located within the licensed geographic area described in paragraph (a) of this section. Licensees must register each RSU in the Universal Licensing System (ULS) before operating such RSU. RSU registrations are subject, inter alia, to the requirements of §1.923 of this chapter as applicable (antenna structure registration, environmental concerns, international coordination, and quiet zones). Additionally, RSUs at locations subject to NTIA coordination (see §90.371(b) may not begin operation until NTIA -approval is received. Registrations are not effective until the Commission posts them on the ULS.

(c) Licensees must operate each RSU in accordance with the Commission's Rules and the registration data posted on the ULS for such RSU. Licensees must register each RSU for the smallest communication zone needed (for the DSRC-based intelligent transportation systems application) using one of the following four communication zones:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                          Max. output     Communications              RSU class                 power (dBm) \1\   zone (meters)------------------------------------------------------------------------A....................................               0                 15B....................................              10                100C....................................              20                400D....................................              28.8            1000------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ The ASTM-DSRC Standard is incorporated by reference in accordance  with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and approved by The Director of  the Federal Register. Copies may be inspected at the Federal  Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554  or National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For  information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-  6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/  code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. Copies of the ASTM  E2213-03 DSRC Standard can be obtained from ASTM International, 100  Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959.  Copies may also be obtained from ASTM via the Internet at http://  www.astm.org. The ASTM-DSRC Standard limits output power to 28.8 dBm  but allows more power to overcome cable losses to the antenna as long  as the antenna input power does not exceed 28.8 dBm and the EIRP does  not exceed 44.8 dBm. However, specific channels and categories of uses  have additional limitations under the ASTM-DSRC Standard.

[69 FR 46444, Aug. 3, 2004]

§ 90.377   Frequencies available; maximum EIRP and antenna height, and priority communications.

(a) Licensees shall transmit only the power (EIRP) needed to communicate with an OBU within the communications zone and must take steps to limit the Roadside Unit (RSU) signal within the zone to the maximum extent practicable.

(b) Frequencies available for assignment to eligible applicants within the 5850–5925 MHz band for RSUs and the maximum EIRP permitted for an RSU with an antenna height not exceeding 6 meters above the roadway bed surface are specified in the table. Where two EIRP limits are given, the higher limit is permitted only for state or local governmental entities.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                 Frequency   Max. EIRP          Channel No.           range (MHz)  \1\ (dBm)     Channel use------------------------------------------------------------------------170...........................    5850-5855             Reserved.172...........................    5855-5865       33    Service Channel.174...........................    5865-5875       33    Service Channel.175...........................    5865-5885       23    Service Channel.                                                         \2\176...........................    5875-5885       33    Service Channel.178...........................    5885-5895  33 / 44.8  Control channel.180...........................    5895-5905       23    Service Channel.181...........................    5895-5915       23    Service Channel.                                                         \2\182...........................    5905-5915       23    Service Channel.184...........................    5915-5925  33 / 40    Service Channel.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ An RSU may employ an antenna with a height exceeding 6 meters but  not exceeding 15 meters provided the EIRP specified in the table above  is reduced by a factor of 20 log(Ht/6) in dB where Ht is the height of  the radiation center of the antenna in meters above the roadway bed  surface. The EIRP is measured as the maximum EIRP toward the horizon  or horizontal, whichever is greater, of the gain associated with the  main or center of the transmission beam. The RSU antenna height shall  not exceed 15 meters above the roadway bed surface.\2\ Channel Nos. 174/176 may be combined to create a twenty megahertz  channel, designated Channel No. 175. Channels 180/182 may be combined  to create a twenty-megahertz channel, designated Channel No. 181.

(c) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, non-reserve DSRCS channels are available on a shared basis only for use in accordance with the Commission's Rules. All licensees shall cooperate in the selection and use of channels in order to reduce interference. This includes monitoring for communications in progress and any other measures as may be necessary to minimize interference. Licensees of RSUs suffering or causing harmful interference within a communications zone are expected to cooperate and resolve this problem by mutually satisfactory arrangements. If the licensees are unable to do so, the Commission may impose restrictions including specifying the transmitter power, antenna height and direction, additional filtering, or area or hours of operation of the stations concerned. Further the use of any channel at a given geographical location may be denied when, in the judgment of the Commission, its use at that location is not in the public interest; the use of any channel may be restricted as to specified geographical areas, maximum power, or such other operating conditions, contained in this part or in the station authorization.

(d) Safety/public safety priority. The following access priority governs all DSRCS operations:

(1) communications involving the safety of life have access priority over all other DSRCS communications;

(2) subject to a Control Channel priority system management strategy (see ASTM E2213–03 DSRC Standard at §4.1.1.2(4)) DSRCS communications involving public safety have access priority over all other DSRC communications not listed in paragraph (d)(1) of this section. Roadside Units (RSUs) operated by state or local governmental entities are presumptively engaged in public safety priority communications.

(e) Non-priority communications. DSRCS communications not listed in paragraph (d) of this section are non-priority communications. If a dispute arises concerning non-priority communications, the licensee of the later-registered RSU must accommodate the operation of the early registered RSU, i.e., interference protection rights are date-sensitive, based on the date that the RSU is first registered (see §90.375) and the later registered RSU must modify its operations to resolve the dispute in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in the ASTM-DSRC Standard, as incorporated by reference pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and approved by the Director of the Federal Register, copies may be inspected at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. Copies of the ASTM E2213–03 DSRC Standard can be obtained from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959. Copies may also be obtained from ASTM via the Internet at http://www.astm.org. Except as provided in the ASTM-DSRC Standard for the purposes of paragraph (e) of this section objectionable interference will be considered to exist when the Commission receives a complaint and the difference in signal strength between the earlier-registered RSU and the later-registered RSU (anywhere within the earlier-registered RSU's communication zone) is 18 dB or less (co-channel). Later-registered RSUs causing objectionable interference must correct the interference immediately unless written consent is obtained from the licensee of the earlier-registered RSU.

[69 FR 46444, Aug. 3, 2004]

§ 90.379   ASTM E2213–03 DSRC Standard (ASTM-DSRC Standard).

Roadside Units operating in the 5850–5925 MHz band shall comply with the following technical standard, which is incorporated by reference: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E2213–03, “Standard Specification for Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Roadside and Vehicle Systems—5 GHz Band Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications” published September 2003 (ASTM E2213–03 DSRC Standard). The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be inspected at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. Copies of the ASTM E2213–03 DSRC Standard can be obtained from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959. Copies may also be obtained from ASTM via the Internet at http://www.astm.org.

[69 FR 46445, Aug. 3, 2004]

§ 90.383   RSU sites near the U.S./Canada or U.S./Mexico border.

Until such time as agreements between the United States and Canada or the United States and Mexico, as applicable, become effective governing border area use of the 5850–5925 MHz band for DSRCS, authorizations to operate Roadside Units (RSUs) are granted subject to the following conditions:

(a) RSUs must not cause harmful interference to stations in Canada or Mexico that are licensed in accordance with the international table of frequency allocations for Region 2 (see §2.106 of this chapter) and must accept any interference that may be caused by such stations.

(b) Authority to operate DSRCS Roadside Units is subject to modifications and future agreements between the United States and Canada or the United States and Mexico, as applicable.

[69 FR 46445, Aug. 3, 2004]

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