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Public safety systems in the former General Category pool (851-854 MHz) must be retuned to other channels in the 800 MHz band, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order. The cost of these channel and system reconfigurations is Nextel’s responsibility.
As illustrated below, these channels have been reallocated for public safety use through established National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committees (NPSPAC).
General Category systems may be retuned into the public safety/critical infrastructure industries
(PS/CII Block) or the Interleaved Block. No public safety licensee can be involuntarily relocated into the Expansion Band, and no licensee may be involuntarily relocated into the Guard Band.
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Public safety systems in the interleaved portion of
the band, including the PS/CII Block and Expansion Band,
(854-861 MHz) may not be required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
Public safety licensees in the Expansion Band, however, may request to
be retuned to other channels lower in the band at Nextel’s
expense.
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Public safety systems in the former NPSPAC (“National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee” at 866-869 MHz) pool must be retuned to other frequencies, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order. The cost of these channel and system reconfigurations is Nextel’s responsibility.
As illustrated here, these channels have been reallocated for cellular ESMR use. NPSPAC systems will be retuned into the New NPSPAC Block at 851-854 MHz.
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Industrial/business systems in the former General Category pool (851-854 MHz) must be retuned to other frequencies, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order. The cost of these channel and system reconfigurations is Nextel’s responsibility.
As illustrated below, these channels have been reallocated for public safety use through established National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committees (NPSPAC).
General Category systems may be retuned into the public safety/critical infrastructure industries
(PS/CII) Block, if operations are considered critical infrastructure, the Interleaved Block, or the Expansion Band. No licensee may be involuntarily relocated into the Guard Band.
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Industrial/business systems in the interleaved portion of the band, including the
PS/CII Block and Expansion Band, (854-861 MHz) are not required to be retuned, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
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Site-based SMR systems in the former General Category pool (851-854 MHz) must be retuned to other frequencies, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order. The cost of these channel and system reconfigurations is Nextel’s responsibility.
As illustrated below, these channels have been reallocated for public safety use through established National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committees (NPSPAC).
General Category systems may be retuned into the Interleaved Block or the Expansion Band. No licensee may be involuntarily relocated into the Guard Band.
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see a Graphic of the Band Plan
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Site-based SMR systems in the interleaved portion of the band, including the
PS/CII Block and the Expansion Band, (854-861 MHz) are not required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
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Site-based SMR systems in the “Upper 200” channel pool (861-866 MHz) are not required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
Non-Nextel licensees with an authorization to operate in the Guard Band are
grandfathered, and may continue to operate on their existing channels, with their existing facilities, on a non-interference basis. System additions and modifications for grandfathered Guard Band licensees, however, will be subject to pre-coordination.
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Systems operating on geographic area (“EA”) licenses in the former General Category pool (851-854 MHz) that were acquired at auction must be retuned to other frequencies, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
As illustrated here, these channels have been reallocated for public safety use through established National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committees
(NPSPAC).
EA licensees, that are not operating an ESMR (Enhanced SMR) system, whether or not they have constructed facilities, may retune into the Cellular ESMR Block, but only with the “same unencumbered area that it had” on November 22, 2004. Additional unencumbered “white area” in the EA will be available for use by Nextel only. Entities choosing this option will only be entitled to reasonable transactional costs, “such as legal and engineering fees directly related to determination of comparable spectrum,” and will not be entitled to “hardware related” expenses, including infrastructure, equipment, tower leases, etc.
EA licensees in the former General Category pool that are not operating an ESMR system and desire not to retune to the Cellular ESMR band will be provided, at a minimum, new channels with the same unencumbered geographic area as their existing channels. “White area” created by relocations or attrition—other than an ESMR facility—will revert to the licensee. Constructed EA licensees will have their existing facilities altered at Nextel’s expense; non-constructed EA licensees will only be entitled to reasonable transactional costs, “such as legal and engineering fees directly related to determination of comparable spectrum,” and will not be entitled to “hardware related” expenses, including infrastructure, equipment, tower leases, etc.
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SMR systems operating on geographic area (“EA”) licenses in the interleaved portion of the band (“Lower 80 SMR Channels” at 854-861 MHz) acquired at auction are not required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
EA licensees, that are not operating an ESMR (Enhanced SMR) system, whether or not they have constructed facilities, may retune into the Cellular ESMR Block, but only with the “same unencumbered area that it had” on November 22, 2004. Additional unencumbered “white area” in the EA will be available for use by Nextel only. Entities choosing this option will only be entitled to reasonable transactional costs, “such as legal and engineering fees directly related to determination of comparable spectrum,” and will not be entitled to “hardware related” expenses, including infrastructure, equipment, tower leases, etc.
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SMR Systems operating on geographic area (“EA”) licenses in the “Upper 200” channel pool (861-866 MHz) acquired at auction are not required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
Non-Nextel licensees with an authorization to operate in the Guard Band are
grandfathered, and may continue to operate on their existing channels, with their existing facilities, on a non-interference basis. System additions and modifications for grandfathered Guard Band licensees, however, will be subject to pre-coordination. If these Guard Band licensees are not operating an ESMR system, they may still retune to the Cellular ESMR Block, whether or not they have constructed facilities, but only with the “same unencumbered area that it had” on November 22, 2004. Additional unencumbered “white area” in the EA will be available for use by Nextel only. Entities choosing this option will only be entitled to reasonable transactional costs, “such as legal and engineering fees directly related to determination of comparable spectrum,” and will not be entitled to “hardware related” expenses, including infrastructure, equipment, tower leases, etc.
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see a Graphic of the Band Plan
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ESMR (Enhanced SMR) systems operating on geographic area (“EA”) licenses in the former General Category pool (851-854 MHz) that were acquired at auction, must be retuned, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order. The cost of these channel and system reconfigurations is Nextel’s responsibility.
As illustrated HERE, these channels have been reallocated for public safety use through established National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committees (NPSPAC).
The two retuning options for General Category ESMR licensees are as follows:
- Relocate all of their systems in a market into the ESMR portion of the band. The FCC guided the Transition Administrator to commence relocations of EA licensees seeking ESMR operations on channels immediately above 862 MHz, progressing upwards, and determined that “comparable facilities” for these licensees consist of “encumbrance-free spectrum.”
- ESMR licensees electing to relocate to the ESMR portion of the band have the option to relocate their site-based licenses along with their EA-licenses to the ESMR portion of the band. In order to transfer a site-based channel into the ESMR segment, site-based cells must be “an integral part”—requiring overlapping cells with 40
dBu/V coverage contours and “hand off” capability—of the EA licensee’s ESMR system, and will be limited to the 40
dBu/V coverage contour it provided as of November 22, 2004.
- Relocate their systems as close as possible to the ESMR portion of the band but remain in the non-cellular portion of the band, i.e. in order of preference: (a) the 861-862 MHz Guard Band; (b) the 860-861 MHz Expansion Band; and (c) channels below 860 MHz if necessary. These licensees will operate on a strict non-interference basis, subject to pre-coordination of any new or modified operations.
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ESMR (Enhanced SMR) systems operating on geographic area (“EA”) licenses in the interleaved portion of the band (“Lower 80 SMR Channels” at 854-861 MHz) that were acquired at auction are not required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
The FCC provided three possible relocation options for ESMR Licensees in the Interleaved portion of the band:
- Relocate all of their systems in a market into the ESMR portion of the band. The FCC guided the Transition Administrator to commence relocations of EA licensees seeking ESMR operations on channels immediately above 862 MHz, progressing upwards, and determined that “comparable facilities” for these licensees consist of “encumbrance-free spectrum” at Nextel’s expense.
- ESMR licensees electing to relocate to the ESMR portion of the band have the option to relocate their site-based licenses along with their EA-licenses to the ESMR portion of the band. In order to transfer a site-based channel into the ESMR segment, site-based cells must be “an integral part”—requiring overlapping cells with 40
dBu/V coverage contours and “hand off” capability—of the EA licensee’s ESMR system, and will be limited to the 40
dBu/V coverage contour it provided as of November 22, 2004.
- Relocate their systems, at Nextel’s expense, as close as possible to the ESMR portion of the band but remain in the non-cellular portion of the band, i.e. in order of preference: (a) the 861-862 MHz Guard Band; (b) the 860-861 MHz Expansion Band; and (c) channels below 860 MHz if necessary. These licensees will operate on a strict non-interference basis, subject to pre-coordination of any new or modified operations.
- Remain on their current channels in the non-cellular portion of the band on a strict non-interference basis, subject to pre-coordination of any new or modified operations.
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ESMR (Enhanced SMR) systems operating on geographic area (“EA”) licenses in the “Upper 200” channel pool (861-866 MHz) that were acquired at auction, are not required to retune, pursuant to the Commission’s August 6, 2004, Order.
Non-Nextel licensees with an authorization to operate in the Guard Band are
grandfathered, and may continue to operate on their existing channels, with their existing facilities, on a non-interference basis. System additions and modifications for grandfathered Guard Band licensees, however, will be subject to pre-coordination.
Otherwise, the Guard Band licensee can retune all of their systems in a market into the ESMR portion of the band. The FCC guided the Transition Administrator to commence retuning of EA licensees seeking ESMR operations on channels immediately above 862 MHz, progressing upwards, and determined that “comparable facilities” for these licensees consist of “encumbrance-free spectrum” at Nextel’s expense. ESMR licensees electing to relocate to the ESMR portion of the band also have the option to relocate their site-based licenses along with their EA-licenses to the ESMR portion of the band. In order to transfer a site-based channel into the ESMR segment, site-based cells must be “an integral part”—requiring overlapping cells with 40
dBu/V coverage contours and “hand off” capability—of the EA licensee’s ESMR system, and will be limited to the 40
dBu/V coverage contour it provided as of November 22, 2004.
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