Worldwide regulations for 60GHz – Outdoor Fixed Links Darko Beverin [email protected]

29 May 2014 1

European Regulations (60 GHz)

• • • The 60GHz band is typically licence-exempt in Europe due to the high oxygen absorption in this band. The 60GHz band in Europe refers to frequencies from 57 – 64GHz Spectrum was ‘allocated’ by recommendations by ECC* – V Band ECC/REC (09)01 • USE OF THE 57 - 64 GHz FREQUENCY BAND FOR POINT-TO-POINT FIXED WIRELESS SYSTEMs Local Regulators are thereby assured by the ECC/RECs that – ECC has considered interference issues with Pan European services – Allowing FS operation is low risk unless there are specific, existing, in-country frequency allocations that need to be considered – The channel allocation scheme is suggested for use only if a regulator wishes to coordinate links in the band, and is not mandatory *Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)

Ofcom Executive Summary - Release of the 59 – 64 GHz band, December 2009

– This statement (document IR2078) presents Ofcom’s decision to go ahead with opening the spectrum in the 59 – 64 GHz band for Fixed Wireless Systems (FWS) and to combine this with the existing 57 – 59 GHz band under one overall licence exempt authorisation approach for FWS

Worldwide regulations for 60GHz – Outdoor Fixed Links

Europe: ECC/REC/(09)01

Parameter Maximum EIRP Minimum antenna gain Maximum Tx Output power Channel arrangement ETSI regulation

+55 dBm 30 dBi +10 dBm Suggested, but not mandated USA: FCC Part 15.255

Parameter Maximum EIRP (Average) Maximum EIRP (Peak) Maximum Tx Output power Channel arrangement FCC regulation

+82 dBm (derated for antenna gain below 51dBi) +85 dBm (derated for antenna gain below 51dBi) +10 dBm Not required • No channel assignments required in 60GHz band

Licencing of 60GHz (V) Band

Country Australia Bahrain Brazil Specification

F2011C00543 • Mostly licence-exempt

Licence type Tx Power

Exempt Licensed Exempt 13dBm

EIRP Freq. band

59-63GHz

Canada Chile

RSS 210 Issue 8 Exempt Exempt 57-64GHz

China Columbia Europe Japan Korea

SRRC rule no. 82 low power ECC/REC(09)01 EN 302 217 Exempt Exempt Exempt Exempt 10dBm 59-64GHz 57-64GHz

Oman Russia Singapore Tanzania Turkey UAE Ukraine UK

TRA Decision No. 133/2008 ECC/REC(09)01 Fixed Service only ER0047935/10 EEBC Ofw48, IR2078 ECC/REC(09)01 EN 302 217 Exempt Exempt Exempt Licensed Reg fee Licensed Exempt 10dBm 55dBm 25dBm 55dBm 59-63GHz 57-64GHz

USA

Part 15.255

Exempt 82dBm (derated) 57-64GHz

Licencing of 60GHz (V) Band

CDW Hutton Tessco Winncom Cernet

license-exempt or light-license

Coordination Distances

• • • Ofcom (UK regulator) does not require any minimum coordination dist @ 60GHz Even at max 316W EIRP, boresight interference distance = 2.5km for @ 60GHz Radios in 18GHz – 38GHz bands would need to reduce EIRP to 16mW to achieve the same 2.5km interference distance

Product V-band ETSI V1000 38GHz 23GHz 18GHz 6GHz TxP (dBm)

10 6 17 17 17 24

Antenna Gain (dBi)

45 38 40 35 34 29.5

EIRP (dBm)

55 44 57 52 51 54.5

Bore-sight Int Dist (km)

2.5

1.6

109.4

67.6

121.4

300.0

Ofcom UK Min Coord Dist (km)

0 0 70 200 200 250

Equiv. EIRP (dBm)

55.0

44.0

11.1

11.9

10.5

5.3

Equiv. EIRP (mW)

316055 25119 13 16 11 3 • • Effective interference power:

316W @ 60GHz

equiv. to only

11mW @ 18GHz

Interference Minimal in 60GHz band

V-band deployments without interference

A +45 o A -45 o B +45 o B -45 o

A o • • • • Minimum distance for zero measurable signal = 50cm (co-polar).

Narrow antenna beamwidth allows to mix Tx Hi and Tx Lo for parallel links (4+0) possible on same channel Interference Minimal in 60GHz band

60 GHz Applications

Operator A Small cell Operator B

60 GHz Applications

Why Licence-free V-Band

• • Band suffers from high Oxygen absorption – Severely limits link range to 1km or less – Difficult to Intercept – Massive benefits in low interference and frequency reuse: Ideal for small cell backhaul and no need to coordinate

Received Signal Level : 45dBm EIRP and 40dBi Rx Antenna

0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80 -90 -100 0 1000 2000

Link Distance (m)

3000 4000 Actual Rx Power at 63GHz with Oxygen Loss Equipment Noise Floor (200MHz BW)