The use of very low power Ultra-wideband devices (Exemption from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2018

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 18th October, 2018 G.S.R. 1046(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4 and 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) and sections 4 and 10 of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Use of Very Low Power Ultra-wideband Devices (Exemption from Licensing Requirements) Rules, 2018. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions.— In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, — (a) “Act” means the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885); (b) “Authority” means the authority notified by the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885); (c) “ultra-wideband device or equipment” means a short-range device having a bandwidth of at least 50 MHz; (d) “EN” is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). (e) “effective radiated power (in a given direction)” or e.r.p. means the product of the power supplied to the antenna and its gain relative to a half-wave dipole in a given direction; (f) “equivalent isotropic radiated power or e.i.r.p.” means the total power that would have to be radiated by a hypothetical isotropic antenna to give the same signal strength as the actual source in the direction of the antennas strongest beam; (g) “power density” means the total energy output per unit bandwidth from a pulse or sequence of pulses for which transmit power is at its maximum level, divided by the total duration of the pulses; (h) “maximum mean power spectral density” means the maximum mean e.i.r.p. of a radio device under test at a particular frequency with the average power per unit bandwidth centered on that frequency, radiated in the direction of the maximum level; (i) “total radiated power spectral density” means the average of the mean power spectral density values measured over a sphere around the measurement scenario contained within harmonized standard EN302 435-1(8) with a resolution of at least 15 degrees between each measurement point; (j) “peak power” means the peak e.i.r.p. contained within a 50 MHz bandwidth at the frequency at which the highest mean radiated power occurs, radiated in the direction of the maximum level; (k) “duty cycle” means ratio expressed as a percentage of the cumulative duration of transmission Ton_cum within an observation interval Tobs. duty cycle on an observation bandwidth Fobs (l) “indoors” means inside buildings or places in which the shielding will typically provide the necessary attenuation to protect wireless telegraphy against undue interference; (m) “exterior limit” is the maximum mean power spectral density for emissions measured outside a vehicle at elevation angles above horizontal plane; (n) “horizontal plane” means a horizontal plane with a tolerance of -20 degrees to 30 degrees’ elevation; (o) “interference” means the effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions, radiations or induction upon reception in a radio communication system, manifested by any performance degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information which could be extracted in the absence of such unwanted energy; (p) “Generic ultra-wideband device” means a device that is using ultra-wideband technology for communication applications such as personal computers, handheld terminals, cable modems, set-top boxes, indoor access points etc. (q) “Location tracking system” means a system intended for location tracking of people or objects; (r) “Material sensing device” means a radio determination device designed to detect the location of objects within a structure or to determine the physical properties of a material; (s) “Building material analysis device” means a material sensing device that is used to detect the location of objects within a building structure, or to determine the physical properties of building material; (t) “equivalent transmission level” means the peak level of transmission contained within a bandwidth which is other than 50 MHz, centered on the frequency at which the highest mean radiated power occurs and which is the relevant maximum peak e.i.r.p. scaled down by a factor of 20log(50/x) dB, where “x” is the bandwidth expressed in MHz; (u) “Total power control” means a mechanism to reduce the amount of power to that necessary for successful communication; (v) words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), shall have the same meanings respectively as assigned to them in those Acts. 3. Exemption.— No licence shall be required by any person to establish, maintain, work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of usage of very low power ultra-wideband devices or wireless equipment in the frequency bands on non-interference, non-protection and shared on non-exclusive basis, with the equivalent isotropic radiated power or effective radiated power, maximum mean power spectral density, maximum peak power defined in 50 MHz and complying with the technical specification contained in the Table-I to Table-V, namely: — Note: The emission masks shown in the Table-I to Table-V are based on European Union’s DECISION 2014/702/EU, dated 7 October 2014. Generic ultra-wideband device usage S.No. Frequency range in GHz Maximum mean power (e.i.r.p.) spectral density Maximum peak power (e.i.r.p.) (defined in 50 MHz) 4 3.1< f ≤ 3.4 or or DAA – 36 dBm or 0 dBm 5 3.4< f ≤ 3.8 or – 40 dBm or 0 dBm 6 3.8< f ≤ 4.8 or or DAA – 30 dBm or 0 dBm 9 8.5< f ≤ 9 or – 25 dBm or 0 dBm (1) Within the band 3.1 GHz to 4.8 GHz. The Low duty cycle mitigation technique and its limits are defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-1. ) Within the band 3.1 GHz to 4.8 GHz and 8.5 GHz to 9 GHz. The Detect and Avoid mitigation technique and its limits are defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-1. Table -II Location tracking system S.No. Frequency range in GHz Maximum mean power (e.i.r.p.) spectral density Maximum peak power (e.i.r.p.) (defined in 50 MHz) 4 3.4< f ≤ 3.8 – 40 dBm 5 3.8< f ≤ 6.0 – 30 dBm 7 8.5< f ≤ 9 or – 25 dBm or 0 dBm ) The Detect and Avoid mitigation technique and its limits are defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-2 Table -III Ultra-wideband device installed in Road and Rail Vehicle S.No. Frequency range in GHz Maximum mean power (e.i.r.p.) spectral density Maximum peak power (e.i.r.p.) (defined in 50 MHz) 4 3.1< f ≤ 3.4 or + e.l or – 36 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm 5 3.4< f ≤ 3.8 or + e.l or – 40 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm 3.8< f ≤ 4.8 or + e.l or – 30 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm or + e.l or + e.l – 13.3 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm or ≤ 0 dBm 8.5< f ≤ 9 or + DAA + e.l – 25 dBm or 0 dBm 10 9 < f ≤ 10.6 11 f > 10.6 The Low duty cycle mitigation technique and its limits are defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-3. The Detect and Avoid mitigation technique and its limits are defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-3. The Transmit power control mitigation technique and its limits are defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-3 The exterior limit (e.l.) ≤ – 53.3 dBm/MHz is required. The exterior limit is defined in ETSI Standard EN 302 065-3 Table -IV Material sensing device using ultra-wideband technology S.No. Frequency range in GHz Fixed installations (Application A) Non-fixed installations (Application B) Maximum mean power Maximum mean power Maximum mean power in the horizontal plane to 30 elevation) The peak power in dBm measured in a bandwidth of 50 MHz shall be less than a limit that is obtained by adding a conversion factor 25 dB to the ‘maximum mean power spectral density’ in dBm/MHz limit. Devices using a Listen before talk mechanism, as described in the harmonized standard EN 302 498-2, are permitted to operate in frequency range 2.5 to 2.69 GHz and 2.9 to 3.4 GHz with a maximum mean power spectral density of – 50 To protect the radio services, non-fixed installations (application B) must fulfil the following requirement for total radiated power spectral density: (a) In the frequency ranges 2.5 to 2.69 GHz and 4.8 to 5 GHz, the total radiated power spectral density has to be 10 dB below the maximum mean power spectral density; (b) In the frequency ranges 3.4 to 3.8 GHz, the total radiated power spectral density has to be 5dB below the maximum mean power spectral density. Limitation of the duty cycle to 10 % per second. Note: For the purpose of this Table, material sensing devices permitted under this category shall fulfil the following requirements; namely: — —Fixed installation (application A) — The transmitter has to switch off if the machine is not running, ‘running sensor’; — The transmitter shall implement a TPC with a dynamic range of 10 dB, as described in the harmonized standard EN 302 498-2 for ODC (Object Discrimination and Characterizations) applications; — The transmitter shall be attached to a fixed installation. —Non-fixed installation (application B) — Transmitter-on only if manually operated with a non-locking switch, which may be a sensor for the presence of the operators hand, plus being in contact or close proximity to the investigated material and the emissions being directed into the direction of the object (e.g. measured by a proximity sensor or imposed by the mechanical design); — The transmitter has to switch off if the machine is not running, ‘running sensor’ Emissions radiating from material sensing devices permitted under this category Shall be kept to a minimum and in any case not exceed the e.i.r.p. density limits within above Table. The compliance with the limits of the above Table for non-fixed installations (application B) has to be ensured with the device on a representative structure of the investigated material (e.g. representative wall as defined in ETSI EN 302 435-1 or ETSI EN 302 498-1). Table -V Building material analysis device S.No. Frequency range in GHz Maximum mean power (e.i.r.p.) spectral density Maximum peak power (e.i.r.p.) (defined in 50 MHz) (1) – 25 dBm (2) – 15 dBm 8 4.8< f ≤ 5 (2) – 15 dBm 10 f > 8.5 – 45 dBm Devices using a Listen Before Talk (LBT) mechanism, as described in the harmonized standard EN 302 435-1, are permitted to operate in frequency range 1.215 to 1.73 GHz with a maximum mean power spectral density of – 70 dBm/MHz and in frequency range 2.5 to 2.69 GHz and 2.9 to 3.4 GHz with a maximum mean power spectral density of (2) To protect the Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) bands 2.69 to 2.7 GHz and 4.8 to 5 GHz, the total radiated power spectral density has to be below -65 dBm/MHz. Note:1 Building material analysis device permitted under this Category shall fulfil the following requirements: (a) Transmitter-On only if manually operated with a non-locking switch plus being in contact or close proximity to the investigated material and the emissions being directed into the direction of the object; (b) The BMA transmitter has to switch-off after max 10s without movement; (c) The total radiated power spectral density has to be 5 dB below the maximum mean power spectral density limits in the table below; Note: 2 Emissions radiating from building material analysis device shall be kept to a minimum and in any case not exceed the maximum power limits within the table above with the building material analysis device on a representative wall as defined within ETSI Standards EN 302 435-1 and EN 302 498-2. 4. Interference.— (1) The effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions, radiations or induction upon reception in a radio communication system, manifested by any performance degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information which could be extracted in the absence of such unwanted energy, where any person whom a license has been issued under the provisions of section 4 of the Act; and section 4 of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 informs the Authority that his licensed system is getting harmful interference from any other radio communication system exempted under these rules, then such authority shall call upon the user of such unlicensed wireless equipment to take necessary steps to avoid interference by relocating the equipment, reducing the power and using special type of antennae, failing which such Authority shall recommend discontinuation of such wireless use. (2) The Authority shall give a reasonable opportunity to the user of wireless equipment before making recommendation of discontinuation of wireless use under sub-rule (1) above. 5. Equipment.— (1) The equipment shall comply with the respective EN number for effective use of spectrum and to avoid harmful interference. (2) The wireless equipment shall be type approved and designed and constructed in such a manner that the bandwidth of emission and other parameters shall conform to the limits specified in rule 3 and the application for obtaining equipment type approval shall be made to the Central Government in the format given in Annexure. (3) The safety related requirements shall be as per the International or National standards such as ITU/ETSI/ANSI/BIS/ICNIRP for the respective devices and frequency bands. [No. R-11017/05/2018-PP] ANNEXURE APPLICATION FOR EQUIPMENT TYPE APPROVAL (Refer sub-rule (2) of rule 5) Section-A- Applicant 1. Name of manufacturing agency applying : for equipment type approval 2. Postal Address of manufacturing Agency : 3. Name and address of Indian agency applying for the type approval. 4. Name of product and the product Identification (model number etc.,) : Section- B- Details of Transmitter 1. Frequency range : 2. No. of preset switchable channels : 3. No. of voice /Data/ TV Channels : (In case of multi- channel equipment) (In case of Duplex/multi-channel equipment) 5. Adjacent channel separation : (In case of multi-channel equipment) 6. Frequency stability : 7. Spurious/ Harmonic radiations : i. Carrier suppression : (In case of carrier suppressed systems) ii. Unwanted side band suppression : (In case of SSB systems) iii. 2 nd Harmonic radiations : iv. 3 rd Harmonic radiations : 8. Max. Frequency Deviation : 9. Mode of emission : 10. Bandwidth of emission : 11. Test Tone deviation : 12. Base band frequency : (In case of multi-channel equipment) 13. Type of modulation to be required : 14. Pre-emphasis : 15. Power output : (At the input of antenna) 16. Any other information : Section-C- Details of Receivers 1. Frequency range : 2. Mode of reception : 3. Spurious response of receiver : 4. Sensitivity : 5. Frequency stability : 6. (a) Effective noise temperature : (b) Threshold input level : 7. Intermediate frequency : 8. De-emphasis : 9. Selectivity : 10. Any other particulars : Signature of the applicant Place : Date : and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. MANOJ KUMAR VERMA