Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 13th August 2007.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“ automotive vehicle ” has the meaning given for “vehicle” by Article 2 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers( 2 ), as amended( 3 );

“dBm” means decibel milliWatt;

“dBm/MHz” means decibel per milliWatt;

“e.i.r.p.” means equivalent isotropic radiated power;

“ equivalent transmission level ” means the peak level of transmission contained within a bandwidth which is other than 50 MHz, centred 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 other bandwidth expressed in MHz;

“GHz” means gigahertz;

“ indoors ” means inside buildings or places in which the shielding will typically provide the necessary attenuation to protect wireless telegraphy against harmful interference;

“mean e.i.r.p. density” means the mean e.i.r.p. measured with a 1 MHz resolution bandwidth, a root-mean-square detector and an averaging time of one millisecond or less;

“MHz” means megahertz;

“peak e.i.r.p.” means the peak e.i.r.p. contained within a 50 MHz bandwidth centred on the frequency at which the highest mean radiated power occurs;

“ railway vehicle ” has the meaning given by Article 3 of EC Regulation 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics( 4 ), as amended( 5 );

“ ultra-wideband equipment ” means a wireless telegraphy station or wireless telegraphy apparatus incorporating, as an integral part or as an accessory, technology for short-range radiocommunication involving the intentional generation and transmission of radio-frequency energy that spreads over a frequency range wider than 50 MHz, which may overlap several frequency bands allocated to wireless telegraphy.

Exemption

3. The establishment, installation or use of ultra-wideband equipment complying with the terms, provisions and limitations set out in regulation 4 is hereby exempt from the provisions of section 8(1) of the Act.

Terms, provisions and limitations

4. —(1) The exemption provided for in regulation 3 shall be limited to ultra-wideband equipment which satisfies the conditions set out in paragraphs (2) to (5) of this regulation.

(2) The equipment is used—

(a) indoors; or

(b) other than indoors provided it is not attached to:

(i) a fixed installation;

(ii) a fixed infrastructure;

(iii) a fixed outdoor antenna; or

(iv) an automotive vehicle or railway vehicle.

(3) The equipment does not cause or contribute to undue interference to any wireless telegraphy.

(4) The equipment only emits transmissions at frequencies up to and including 3.4 GHz or at frequencies above 4.8 GHz which:

(a) at frequencies below and up to and including 1.6 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(i) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -90.0 dBm/MHz; and

(ii) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -50.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(b) at frequencies between 1.6 GHz and up to and including 3.4 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(i) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -85.0 dBm/MHz; and

(ii) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -45.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(c) at frequencies between 4.8 GHz and up to and including 6.0 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(i) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -70.0 dBm/MHz; and

(ii) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -30.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(d) at frequencies between 6.0 GHz and up to and including 8.5 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(i) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -41.3 dBm/MHz; and

(ii) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than 0.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(e) at frequencies between 8.5 GHz and up to and including 10.6 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(i) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -65.0 dBm/MHz; and

(ii) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -25.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(f) at frequencies above 10.6 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(i) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -85.0 dBm/MHz; and

(ii) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -45.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level.

(5) The equipment only emits transmissions at frequencies between 3.4 GHz and up to and including 4.8 GHz which:

(a) at frequencies between:

(i) 3.4 GHz and up to and including 3.8 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(aa) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -85.0 dBm/MHz; and

(bb) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -45.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(ii) 3.8 GHz and up to and including 4.2 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(aa) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -70.0 dBm/MHz; and

(bb) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than -30.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level;

(iii) 4.2 GHz and up to and including 4.8 GHz when measured in any direction have:

(aa) a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -41.3 dBm/MHz; and

(bb) a maximum peak e.i.r.p. no greater than 0.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level; or

(b) at frequencies between 3.4 GHz and up to and including 4.8 GHz when measured in any direction have a maximum mean e.i.r.p. density no greater than -41.3 dBm/MHz provided a low duty cycle applies such that:

(i) the duration of each transmission does not exceed five milliseconds;

(ii) the sum of all transmitted signals in any second is less than 5% of that second;

(iii) the sum of all transmitted signals in any hour is less than 0.5% of that hour; and

(iv) the maximum peak e.i.r.p. is no greater than 0.0 dBm or the equivalent transmission level.