The FCC International Bureau adopted changes Thursday to the earth...
The FCC International Bureau adopted changes Thursday to the earth stations on board vessels (ESV) rules, in a second order on reconsideration (http://xrl.us/bnhf8k). The bureau’s actions stemmed from Boeing and ViaSat petitions, the bureau said. Its revisions will provide greater…
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operational flexibility for ESVs “while continuing to ensure that the FSS operators are protected from harmful interference in the C- and Ku-bands,” the order said. It said the aggregate power-density rule will allow ESVs with variable power, co-frequency systems “to operate their individual transmitters simultaneously while using varying off-axis equivalent isotropically radiated power-density levels instead of requiring each transmitter within the system to use the same EIRP-density.” The order requires variable power ESV systems to operate 1 decibel below the off-axis EIRP-density limits “to protect fixed satellite services from harmful interference.” Other rule changes involve renumbering the rules “to incorporate the variable power ESV provisions ... and incorporating the new requirement to file coordination notifications electronically” on the bureau filing and reporting system, the order said. It said the agency doesn’t expect a substantial number of small entities to be directly impacted by the rule changes.