Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/3157 of 17 December 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1067 on the harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5 945–6 425 MHz frequency band for the implementation of wireless access systems including radio local area networks (WAS/RLANs) (notified under document C(2024) 8803)
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Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1067 is amended as follows: (1) Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 This Decision shall be subject to review by 31 December 2025 taking into account additional studies and measurements as regards the maximum mean e.i.r.p. density limit for VLP WAS/RLANs out-of-band emissions below 5 935 MHz.’ ; (2) the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX ‘ANNEX Harmonised technical conditions for WAS/RLANs in the 5 945–6 425 MHz frequency band Table 1 Low power indoor (‘LPI’) WAS/RLANs devices Parameter Technical conditions Permissible operation Restricted to indoor use, including in trains with metal-coated windows (note 1) and aircraft. Outdoor use, including in road vehicles, is not permitted. Category of device An LPI access point or bridge that is supplied with power from a wired connection has an integrated antenna and is not battery powered. An LPI client device that is connected to an LPI access point or another LPI client device and may or may not be battery powered. Frequency band 5 945 –6 425 MHz Maximum mean equivalent isotropically radiated power (‘e.i.r.p.’) for in-band emissions (note 2) 23 dBm Maximum mean e.i.r.p. density for in-band emissions (note 2) 10 dBm/MHz Maximum mean e.i.r.p. density for out-of-band emissions below 5 935 MHz (note 2) – 22 dBm/MHz Note 1: Or similar structures made of material with comparable attenuation characteristics. Note 2: The mean e.i.r.p. refers to the e.i.r.p. during the transmission burst which corresponds to the highest power, if power control is implemented. Techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) shall be used. Where relevant techniques are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to the performance level associated with those techniques shall be ensured. Table 2 Very Low Power (VLP) WAS/RLAN devices Parameter Technical conditions Permissible operation Indoors and outdoors. Use on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is not permitted. Category of device The VLP device is a portable device. Frequency band 5 945 –6 425 MHz Maximum mean e.i.r.p. for in-band emissions (note 1) 14 dBm Maximum mean e.i.r.p. density for in-band emissions (note 1) 1 dBm/MHz Narrowband usage maximum mean e.i.r.p. density for in-band emissions (note 1) (note 2) 10 dBm/MHz Maximum mean e.i.r.p. density for out-of-band emissions below 5 935 MHz (note 1) – 45 dBm/MHz (note 3) Note 1: The mean e.i.r.p. refers to the e.i.r.p. during the transmission burst which corresponds to the highest power, if power control is implemented. Note 2: Narrowband (NB) devices are devices that operate in channel bandwidths below 20 MHz. NB devices also require a frequency hopping mechanism based on at least 15 hop channels to operate at a value of in-band power spectral density (PSD) above 1 dBm/MHz. Note 3: The replacement of the limit – 45 dBm/MHz with the limit – 37 dBm/MHz shall be decided by 31 December 2025, based on the CEPT response to the Commission mandate of 21 April 2021. Techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. Where relevant techniques are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to the performance level associated with those techniques shall be ensured. ’ ( 1 ) Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC ( OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62 .).
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