We are not always slaves to everyone else. LMS licensees are required to demonstrate through actual field tests, that they do not cause interference with unlicensed devices in the band.
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-117A1.pdf 5. The 915 MHz band is shared by a variety of users under a hierarchy of spectrum usage rights. The band is allocated for primary use by Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) equipment and Federal Government radiolocation systems.6 Federal Government fixed and mobile services are secondary to both of these primary uses.7 LMS licensees are next in order of priority and may not cause interference to and must tolerate interference from all Federal Government uses and ISM devices.8 Amateur radio operations, in turn, are secondary to all Federal Government users and LMS licensees and must accept any interference caused by ISM equipment.9 Finally, unlicensed devices authorized under Part 15 are not entitled to interference protection from and may not cause harmful interference to any authorized services in the band.10 Nonetheless, in recognition of the important contributions to the public that both Part 15 technologies and amateur operators provide in the 915 MHz band, the Commission adopted a "safe harbor" provision, whereby unlicensed devices and amateur services operating pursuant to specific Commission technical rules are deemed not to be causing harmful interference to LMS operations.11 Further, LMS licensees are required to demonstrate through actual field tests that their systems do not cause unacceptable levels of interference to unlicensed devices in this band.12 The Commission's rules for spectrum sharing between LMS operations and Part 15 devices in the 915 MHz band were originally adopted in 1995, and were thus known to prospective applicants prior to the M-LMS auctions in 1999 and 2001.13 ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
