1、ATIS-0700040 ATIS Standard on North American Spectrum Bands (United States and Canada) Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Approved June 2018 Abstract This document summarizes the commercial and commercial/unlicensed wireless bands currently used in North America. ATIS-0700040 ii Fore
2、word The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) serves the public through improved understanding between carriers, customers, and manufacturers. The Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee (WTSC) develops and recommends standards and technical reports related to wireless and/or
3、 mobile services and systems, including service descriptions and wireless technologies. WTSC develops and recommends positions on related subjects under consideration in other North American, regional, and international standards bodies. The mandatory requirements are designated by the word shall an
4、d recommendations by the word should. Where both a mandatory requirement and a recommendation are specified for the same criterion, the recommendation represents a goal currently identifiable as having distinct compatibility or performance advantages. The word may denotes an optional capability that
5、 could augment the standard. The standard is fully functional without the incorporation of this optional capability. Suggestions for improvement of this document are welcome. They should be sent to the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, WTSC, 1200 G Street NW, Suite 500, Washington,
6、 DC 20005. At the time of consensus on this document, WTSC, which was responsible for its development, had the following leadership: D. Zelmer, WTSC Chair (AT the full list can be found in the Radio Regulations, Articles 1.19 through 1.60). Within an allocation, it is possible to identify the freque
7、ncy band for a specific application. For example, within the mobile service, identifications can be made for IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications), PPDR (Public Protection and Disaster Relief also known as Public Safety), RLANs (Radio Local Area Networks) and so on. Sometimes, the word “desi
8、gnation” is used instead of “identification” - though the two terms are not equivalent. Even more unfortunately, neither of these terms is defined in the Radio Regulations, though Articles 1.17 and 1.18 do define “allotment” and “assignment” respectively. Generally, only allocations are made in the
9、Radio Regulations; however, it is possible to make identifications (for a specific application) as well. It is important not only to keep these two terms in mind when it comes to spectrum, but also to understand the distinction between them (no identification without an allocation at least in the Ra
10、dio Regulations). ATIS-0700040 3 NOTE: The Radio Regulations, edition of 20161, contains the complete texts of the Radio Regulations as adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 1995) (WRC-95), subsequently revised and approved by the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 19
11、97) (WRC-97), the World Radiocommunication Conference (Istanbul, 2000) (WRC-2000), the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2003) (WRC-03), the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2012) (WRC-12) and the World Radiocomm
12、unication Conference (Geneva, 2015) (WRC-15), including all Appendices, Resolutions, Recommendations and ITU-R Recommendations incorporated by reference. 3.2 Acronyms engaged in clergy activities; operating educational, philanthropic, or ecclesiastical institutions; or operating hospitals, clinics,
13、or medical associations. In 1987, the FCC set aside six megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz band for exclusive use by local, regional, and state public safety agencies under guidelines developed by the National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC). The 800 MHz NPSPAC spectrum is admin
14、istered on a regional basis by 55 regional public safety planning committees. Figure 6.1 United States 800 MHz SMR band plan 6.2 850 MHz Cellular Allocations 6.2.1 United States 850 MHz Cellular Allocation Cellular licenses are issued by FCC market areas and channel blocks. FCC market areas consist
15、of one or more counties. The market area for Cellular licenses is Cellular Market Areas (CMAs). Channel blocks are groups of frequencies. The channel blocks for US cellular licenses are: A Block: 824-835, 845-846.5, 869-880, and 890-891.5 (25 MHz) issued by CMAs. B Block: 835-845, 846.5-849, 880-890
16、, and 891.5-894 (25 MHz) issued by CMAs. The current cellular band plan is shown in Figure 6.2 and the original cellular band plan is shown in 6.3. ATIS-0700040 11 Figure 6.2 United States 850 MHz Band Plan Figure 6.3 Original United States 850 MHz Cellular Band Plan 6.3 Canada 800 MHz The 800 MHz b
17、and was opened for land mobile in the mid-1990s, which is sometimes referred to as the SMR band. The Figure 6.4 shows the band plan for 800 MHz for Land Mobile service consisting of two separate blocks, namely 806 to 824 MHz and 851 to 869 MHz. Commercial land mobile (SMR and ESMR) base transmit fro
18、m 851-866 MHz is paired with mobile transmit from 806 to 821 MHz. The remaining two blocks of spectrum, 821-824 MHz and 866-869 MHz, are designated for public safety. Figure 6.4 Canada 800 MHz Band Plan SRSP-502 has been released establishing the technical rules for systems operating in the land mob
19、ile spectrum in the 800 MHz band. Equipment must be certified in accordance with RSS-119. ATIS-0700040 12 6.3.1 Canadian 850 MHz Cellular Allocation The frequency bands allocated to the cellular and advanced services are 824-849 MHz paired at 45 MHz separation with 869-894 MHz is shown in Figure 6.5
20、 consisting of four paired blocks labeled A, B. The band 824-849 MHz is used for mobile transmit, and the band 869-894 MHz is used for base transmit. Figure 6.5 Canada 850 MHz Cellular Allocation Band Plan The sub-bands 835-845 MHz and 846.5-849 MHz paired with 880-890 MHz and 891.5-894 MHz, identif
21、ied as Sub-band B, have been designated for systems operated by the local telephone-cellular service provider. For this duplex operation, the base station transmit RF channels are in the bands 880-890 MHz and 891.5-894 MHz; the corresponding mobile transmit RF channels are in the bands 835-845 MHz a
22、nd 846.5-849 MHz. The sub-bands 824-835 MHz and 845-846.5 MHz paired with 869-880 MHz and 890-891.5 MHz, identified as Sub-band A, have been designated for systems operated by the other cellular service provider. For this duplex operation, the base station transmit RF channels are in the bands 869-8
23、80 MHz and 890-891.5 MHz; the corresponding mobile station transmit RF channels are in the bands 824-835 MHz and 845-846.5 MHz. The use of the bands 824-849 MHz and 869-894 MHz near the Canada/United States border is subject to an Interim Arrangement, Cellular Radio Systems Operating in the 800 MHz
24、Band. SRSP-503 has been released establishing the technical rules for systems operating in the commercial mobile spectrum in the 850 MHz band. Equipment must be certified in accordance with RSS-132. 6.3.2 United States Air to Ground In an FCC Report and Order (04-287), the FCC revised rules governin
25、g the four MHz of dedicated spectrum in the 800 MHz commercial Air to Ground (ATG) Radiotelephone Service band. ATG spectrum auction in 2006 created two blocks within ATG band: C block and D block. Figure 6.6 shows the ATG band in relation to neighboring frequency bands. ATG C block is adjacent to c
26、ellular B band. ATG D block is adjacent to Public Safety (PS) and Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) bands. ATG lower frequency band is used for base station to aircraft transmission, and the upper band is used for aircraft to base station transmission. The ATG duplexing scheme is reverse of the duplexi
27、ng scheme used in Cellular band. The ATG base station transmit frequency is adjacent to Cellular B band base station receive frequency, while Cellular B band base station transmit is adjacent to ATG base station receive. The ATG band can be thought of as a guard band between Cellular band and PS/SMR
28、 bands. As there are only a few hundred ATG base stations nationwide, frequency coordination and interference mitigation between hundreds of base stations is easier than between tens of thousands of cellular and PS/SMR base stations. ATIS-0700040 13 Figure 6.6 Air to Ground Spectrum Cellular and ATG
29、 operators have good success mitigating macrocell adjacent band interference through use of RF filters, antenna placement, and site collocation. 6.3.3 Canada Air to Ground In 2009, Canada issued a nationwide license allowing operation of a terrestrial Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) network for air-
30、to-ground application. ISED decided to harmonize its band plan with U.S. band plan. The band plan, described below in Figure 6.7, is based on two block pairs: 849-850.5/894-895.5 MHz and 850.5-851/895.5-896 MHz. The band 849-851 MHz is limited to transmissions from ground stations, and the use of th
31、e band 894-896 MHz is limited to transmissions from airborne stations. SRSP-515 has been released establishing the technical rules for systems operating in the commercial mobile. The use of a regionally harmonized band plan in Canada and the United States has historically proven to be advantageous f
32、or airline travelers, permitting them to place aircraft telephone calls over the North American continent. The band plan includes a wider 1.5 + 1.5 MHz block pair and a narrower 0.5 + 0.5 MHz block pair as shown in Figure 6.7. Figure 6.7 Canada Air to Ground Band Plan The band plan provides for two
33、block pairs as shown in Table 6.1. Table 6.1 Canada Air to Ground spectrum in the air-to-ground band. Equipment must be certified in accordance with RSS-127 blocks Spectrum Block Block Size Spectrum License 849-850.5 + 894-895.5 3 MHz A 850.5-851 + 895.5-896 1 MHz B A BAir to GroundC blockSMRUPCellu
34、lar DownlinkATG D BlockATG BTS Receive890 MHz891.5 MHz893.31 MHz894 MHz894.75 MHz895.5 MHz896 MHz1.44 MHzCh 7771.25 MHzATG1.25 MHzATIS-0700040 14 7 900 MHz Frequency Band 7.1 United States 900 MHz The 900 MHz band (896-901/935-940 MHz) was designated in 1986 by the FCC for narrowband private land mo
35、bile radio (PLMR) communications by Business/Industrial/Land Transportation (B/ILT) licensees and SMR providers, with systems in place today. The 900 MHz band consists of 399 narrowband (12.5 kilohertz) frequency pairs grouped into 10-channel blocks that alternate between SMR blocks that are geograp
36、hically licensed by Major Trading Area (MTA) and B/ILT blocks in which channels are assigned on a site-by-site basis. SMR service was established by the FCC to provide land mobile communications on a commercial (i.e., for profit) basis, while B/ILT radio systems serve a great variety of communicatio
37、ns needs to support licensees day-to-day business operations, safety, and emergency needs, including activities such as dispatching and diverting personnel or work vehicles, coordinating the activities of workers and machines on location, or remotely monitoring and controlling equipment. The Narrowb
38、and PCS dates back to 1990 when the FCC released a Notice of Inquiry. In 1993, the FCC announced service rules for the Narrowband PCS Service. The Narrowband PCS is in the 901 902, 930 931, and 940 941 MHz spectrum range. The most common use of Narrowband PCS spectrum is two-way paging and telemetry
39、. Telemetry includes services such as monitoring utility meters from an off-site location. Figure 7.1 United States 900 MHz Band Plan 7.2 Canada 900 MHz The 900 MHz band in Canada covers the frequency range 896 to 902 MHz similar to the United States. Following ISEDs SP 1.7 GHz decision in June 2009
40、, the band was subdivided as indicated below and illustrated in figure 8.2:896-902 and 935-941 MHz for trunked mobile service. 901-902 and 940-941 MHz authorized as extension to the trunked mobile service. 930-931 MHz for Narrowband PCS. SRSP-506 has been released establishing the technical rules fo
41、r systems operating in the land mobile spectrum in the 896-901 and 935-940 MHz bands. Equipment must be certified in accordance with RSS-119. SRSP-509 has been released establishing the technical rules for systems operating in narrowband personal communications services in 901-902 MHz, 930-931 MHz a
42、nd 940-941 MHz bands. Equipment must be certified in accordance with RSS-134. Note that SRSP-506 and SRSP-509 have not been updated since ISEDs 2009 decision. ATIS-0700040 15 Figure 7.2 Canada 900 MHz Band Plan Figure 7.3 Expanded 896-941 MHz Band in Canada 8 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) Advance
43、d Wireless Service (AWS) is the collective term the FCC uses for innovative fixed and mobile terrestrial wireless services using bandwidth that is sufficient for the provision of a variety of applications, including those using voice and data (such as internet browsing, message services, and full-mo
44、tion video) content. The services provided by AWS licensees are limited only by the Fixed and Mobile designation of the spectrum we allocate for AWS and the services rules we ultimately adopt for the bands. 8.1 United States AWS Allocation 8.1.1 AWS Background The Commission has designated several d
45、ifferent AWS spectrum bands over the years. The following contains a general description of the individual AWS bands that primarily focuses on recent actions the Commission has taken to establish rules to license these bands. The descriptions contain links to pages with more detailed information abo
46、ut each band, including historical information. AWS-1: In 2002, the FCC released an Order that allocated 90 MHz of spectrum for AWS in the 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz spectrum range. These spectrum bands are known as AWS-1. In 2002, the FCC released a ATIS-0700040 16 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking th
47、at sought comment on service rules for AWS. In 2003, the FCC released an Order that established rules to license AWS in the 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz spectrum range. AWS at 1915-1920 MHz/1995-2000 MHz (“H Block”): In 2012, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to develop rules for the H
48、 Block, as part of an effort to implement the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act). In June 2013, the FCC released a Report and Order containing licensing, operating, technical, and competitive bidding rules for the H Block. AWS-3: Following a Notice of Proposed Rulema
49、king in July 2013, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in March 2014 with allocation, technical, and licensing rules for commercial use of the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz bands. These spectrum bands are collectively known as AWS-3. The AWS-3 Report and Order required that commercial operators successfully coordinate with Federal incumbents before operating in certain Protection Zones. In July 2014, the FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) put out a Joint Public Notice Announc
