Radio equipment for wireless access systems including radio local area networks (WAS/RLANs); Telecommunication systems in general (ICS 33.040.01)

Draft Commission Implementing Decision on the harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5945-6425 MHz frequency band for the implementation of wireless access systems including radio local area networks (WAS/RLANs)

Table 2 of the Annex to Decision (EU) 2021/1067 sets, for Very Low Power (VLP) WAS/RLANs, the limit of maximum mean equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) density for out-of-band (OOB) emissions below 5 935 MHz at - 45 dBm/MHz until 31 December 2024. Moreover, Note 3 of that Table provides that the appropriateness of that limit should be subject to review by 31 December 2024, and that in the absence of justified evidence, a less stringent limit value of - 37 dBm/MHz would apply from 1 January 2025.

The aim of the amending Decision is to ensure legal certainty for transport safety and the coexistence of VLP WAS/RLANs with urban rail intelligent transport systems (ITS), including communication based train control (CBTC), which use spectrum in parts of the 5905-5935 MHz frequency band. It is necessary to proceed with this amendment, because the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was not able to deliver on the mandate to review by July 2024 the limit of OOB emissions below 5 935 MHz applicable to VLP WAS/RLAN devices using the 5 945-6 425 MHz band. Therefore, as regards that limit, the draft Decision amending Decision (EU) 2021/1067 will ensure that the current value of - 45 dBm/MHz continues to apply beyond 31 December 2024. The change of the date of application of this limit is the only change introduced by the amending Decision. There is no change of the substance of Decision (EU) 2021/1067.