FCC Web Documents citing 15.242

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  • First Report and Order in WT Docket No. 99-168, 15 FCC Rcd 476 (2000), Report and Order in ET Docket No. 97-157, 12 FCC Rcd 22953 (1998) and Report and Order in GN Docket No. 01-74, 17 FCC Rcd 1022 (2002). 8 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 90.301-.317 and 47 C.F.R. § 20.625. 9 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.231, 15.241 and 15.242. Effective October 16, 2002, the Commission ceased granting certification for new medical telemetry equipment that operates on TV channels, but there is no cutoff on the sale or use of equipment that was certified before that date. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.37(i). 3 channel 37 is allocated for radio astronomy and the wireless medical telemetry service (WMTS) and is not
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  • to patients in terms of mobility and comfort. Prior to the establishment of the WMTS, medical telemetry devices could be operated only on an unlicensed basis under Part 15 of the FCC's rules (on vacant VHF and UHF television channels) or on a secondary basis to PLMR operations under Part 90 (in the 450-470 MHz band). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.242, 90.238, 90.267. The Commission was concerned that recent regulatory developments - the introduction of digital television service and the rechannelization of the 450-470 MHz band ( would result in more intensive use of the spectrum by the services with primary status, subjecting wireless medical telemetry operations to greater interference and perhaps precluding such operations entirely in many instances. See WMTS
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  • of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION D'wana R. Terry Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission's Rules to Create a Wireless Medical Telemetry Service, Report and Order, ET Docket 99-255, 15 FCC Rcd 11206 (2000) (Report and Order). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.242, 90.238, 90.267. Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd at 11206-08 ¶¶ 2-6. See 47 C.F.R. § 2.106, footnotes US350, US351, US352; 47 C.F.R. § 95.630. Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd at 11216 ¶ 27. The Commission noted that there were no comments opposing the proposal that WMTS equipment be licensed by rule. Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 95.1111, 95.1113.
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  • to broadcast DTV signals utilizing a DTS network on Channel 25 in Reading, Pennsylvania, IS GRANTED subject to the following conditions and technical parameters: The grant of this permit is subject to the condition that, with ample time before commencing operation, you make a good-faith effort to identify and notify health-care facilities (e.g., hospitals and nursing homes, see 47 CFR 15.242(a)(1)) within your service area that potentially could be affected by your DTV operations. Contact with state and/or local hospital associations and local governmental health-care-licensing authorities may prove helpful in this process. During this pre-broadcast period, you must provide all notified entities with relevant technical details of your operation, such as DTV channel, targeted on-air date, effective radiated power, antenna location,
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  • digital repeater network on Channels 12, 33 and 65 in New York, New York, IS GRANTED subject to the following conditions and technical parameters: The grant of this permit is subject to the condition that, with ample time before commencing operation, you make a good-faith effort to identify and notify health-care facilities (e.g., hospitals and nursing homes, see 47 CFR 15.242(a)(1)) within your service area that potentially could be affected by your DTV operations. Contact with state and/or local hospital associations and local governmental health-care-licensing authorities may prove helpful in this process. During this pre-broadcast period, you must provide all notified entities with relevant technical details of your operation, such as DTV channel, targeted on-air date, effective radiated power, antenna location,
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  • U.S.C. Sections 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f), and 303(r), the Petition for Partial Reconsideration filed by the National Association of Broadcasters IS DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Report and Order in ET Docket No. 95-177, 12 FCC Rcd 17828 (1997). See 47 C.F.R. § 15.241. See Report and Order, supra, at 17832-17834. See also 47 C.F.R. § 15.242. The Grade B field strength contour for a TV broadcast station is 56 dB(V/m for TV channels 7-13 and 64 dB(V/m for TV channels 14-46. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.683(a). The separation distances we adopted require that medical telemetry transmitters be located at least 10.3 km outside of the Grade B field strength contour of a TV broadcast station operating
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  • are designated as restricted bands in Part 15 to protect certain sensitive radio services from interference, such as those that protect safety of life or those that use very low received levels, such as satellite downlinks or radio astronomy. Only spurious emissions are permitted in restricted bands. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.205. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.209, 15.231, 15.241 and 15.242. Effective October 16, 2002, equipment authorizations will no longer be granted for medical telemetry transmitters that operate in the TV broadcast bands. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.37(i). ``Spectrum Policy Task Force Seeks Public Comment on Issues Related to Commission's Spectrum Policies,'' Public Notice, ET Docket No. 02-135 (rel. June 6, 2002). ``Spectrum Policy Task Force Announces Panelists for the August
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  • which ... seriously degrades, obstructs, of repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunication service operating in accordance with these [international] Radio Regulations. (RR).'' See 47 C.F.R. § 2.1(c). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.205 and 15.209. Remote control and medical telemetry devices are the only unlicensed transmitters that are currently permitted to operate in the TV bands. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.231, 15.241 and 15.242. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.603(a). Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service, MM Docket 87-268, Sixth Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 14588 (1997). See 47 C.F.R. § 73.622. In developing the initial table of allotments for digital TV stations, the required separations to prevent interference between digital stations and between analog and digital stations
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  • transmitters operating on either a licensed and unlicensed basis, and to provide guidance on how to take measurements for compliance with the Commission's standards on human exposure to RF emissions. See n. 1, supra. Petition for Rule Making of Biotronik, Inc., filed June 16, 2006. This petition has been added to the record of this proceeding. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.242 and 47 C.F.R. § 15.241. 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.37(i), 90.203(a)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 95.1101-1129. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.205 See Petition to Amend the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) Rules to add Inductive Telemetry at 90-110 KHz, filed February 21, 2006. 47 C.F.R. § 95.1209(a). The rules also provide for immediate transmission initiated by the medical implant transmitter in the
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  • (a) * * * ** Except as provided in paragraph (g), fundamental emissions from intentional radiators operating under this Section shall not be located in the frequency bands 54-72 MHz, 76-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz or 470-806 MHz. However, operation within these frequency bands is permitted under Subpart H and under other sections of this Part, e.g., Sections 15.231, 15.241 and 15.242. * * * * * A new Subpart H is added to read as follows: Subpart H - Unlicensed TV Band Devices § 15.701 Scope This subpart sets out the regulations for unlicensed TV band devices operating in the 76-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz, 512-608 MHz and 614-698 MHz bands. § 15.703 Definitions. (a) Available Channel. A radio channel on which
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  • to patients in terms of mobility and comfort. Prior to the establishment of the WMTS, medical telemetry devices could be operated only on an unlicensed basis under Part 15 of the FCC's rules (on vacant VHF and UHF television channels) or on a secondary basis to PLMR operations under Part 90 (in the 450-470 MHz band). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.242, 90.238, 90.267. The Commission was concerned that recent regulatory developments - the introduction of digital television service and the rechannelization of the 450-470 MHz band ( would result in more intensive use of the spectrum by the services with primary status, subjecting wireless medical telemetry operations to greater interference and perhaps precluding such operations entirely in many instances. See WMTS
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  • restricted bands for operation where unlicensed intentional radiators are not allowed to operate. Section 15.209 provides the general radiated emission limits that apply to intentional radiators, including limits on their out-of-band emissions. Remote control and medical telemetry devices are the only unlicensed transmitters that are currently permitted to operate in the TV bands. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.231, 15.241 and 15.242. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.603(a). After February 17, 2009, only low power television stations will be permitted to operate on channels 52-69. See for example, Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service, MM Docket 87-268, Sixth Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 14588 (1997). The analog and digital TV channels currently used by full service
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  • are mitigated with the required minimum separation distances, as discussed supra. The required minimum separation distances will result in significant signal attenuation at the customer's boundary and provide further protection to broadcast operations in residential areas. We also observe that our approach here is consistent with Commission regulations that allow unlicensed biomedical telemetry devices to operate under Sections 15.241 and 15.242 within the TV bands at power levels significantly higher than the general emission limits of Section 15.209. The interference potential of these higher powered medical devices is limited by restricting the types of medical facilities where they may be operated, and by ensuring that minimum separation distances are maintained between the biomedical telemetry devices and authorized users of the bands.
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  • 13.553-13.556 MHz (13 MHz ISM band), 174-216 MHz (TV channels 7-13), 218-222 MHz, 293-320 MHz, 410-450 MHz, 512-608 MHz (TV channels 14-36), 614-668 MHz (TV channels 38-46), 902-928 MHz (915 MHz ISM band), and 2400-2483.5 MHz (2.45 GHz ISM band) bands. Certain medical devices also operate on an unlicensed basis using inductive techniques at low frequencies. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.242 and 47 C.F.R. § 15.241. First Report and Order in Docket No. 19478 and RM-1842 (Amendment of Parts 2 and 91 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Medical Telemetry and Other Low-Power Uses of Offset Frequencies in the Business Radio Service), 41 F.C.C.2d 8 (1973). Report and Order in ET Docket No. 99-255 and PR Docket No. 92-235 (Amendment of
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  • It states that the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) bands are already heavily used in laboratories, and thus present a high risk of interference; that operation under the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS) (Part 95, Subpart H) is limited to authorized health care providers within health care facilities; that approvals for operation as biomedical telemetry devices (under §§ 5.241 & 15.242) are no longer granted pursuant to § 15.37(i); and that periodic operation under § 15.231 requires power/duty cycle limitations that are incompatible with telemetry. Medtronic, in response to these requests, argues that, given the nascent stage of medical device deployment in the MICS band, now is not the time to expand the types of allowable uses beyond what the rules
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  • 13.553-13.556 MHz (13 MHz ISM band), 174-216 MHz (TV channels 7-13), 218-222 MHz, 293-320 MHz, 410-450 MHz, 512-608 MHz (TV channels 14-36), 614-668 MHz (TV channels 38-46), 902-928 MHz (915 MHz ISM band), and 2400-2483.5 MHz (2.45 GHz ISM band) bands. Certain medical devices also operate on an unlicensed basis using inductive techniques at low frequencies. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.242 and 47 C.F.R. § 15.241. ``Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission's Rules to Create a Wireless Medical Telemetry Service,'' Report and Order, ET Docket No. 99-255 and PR Docket No. 92-235, 15 FCC Rcd 11206 (2000) (WMTS Order). 47 C.F.R. § 95.401(e). Voice and video communications are expressly prohibited in the WMTS bands. However, the Commission decided
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  • equipment provides significant benefits to patients in terms of mobility and comfort. Prior to the establishment of the WMTS, medical telemetry devises were permitted to operate on vacant VHF and UHF television channels under Part 15 on an unlicensed basis, or in the 450-470 MHz band under Part 90 on a secondary basis to PLMR operations. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.242, 90.238, 90.267. See Amendments to Parts 1, 2, 27, and 90 of the Commission's Rules to License Services in the 216-220 MHz, 1390-1395 MHz, 1427-1429 MHz, 1429-1432 MHz, 1432-1435 MHz, 1670-1675 MHz, and 2385-2390 MHz Government Transfer Bands, Report and Order, WT Docket No. 02-8, 17 FCC Rcd 9980, 9993-94 ¶ 27 (2003) (27 MHz Report and Order). See 47
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  • U.S.C. 154, 302, 303, 304, 307 and 544A. 7. Section 15.37 is amended by adding a new paragraph (h). § 15.37 Transition provisions for compliance with the rules. * * * * * (h) Effective [two years from effective date of final rules], an equipment approval may no longer be obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the provisions of §15.242. The requirements for obtaining an approval for medical telemetry equipment after this date are found in Subpart H of Part 95 of this chapter. PART 90 -- PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES 8. The authority citation for Part 90 continues to read as follows: AUTHORITY: Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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  • 2005 Turf Valley Country Club 7 Part 15 Technical Problems Part 15 Technical Problems Common Problems (Cont'd) AC Line Conducted Data Missing ·15.207(c), last sentence ·Connect to AC line directly or indirectly 15.209 Limits are CISPR Q-Pknot Ave. Duty Cycle Applied to PkOnly ·Not Ave. or CISPR Q-Pk Manual/Auto. Activated Tx; Cease < 5 Sec. ·15.231(a)(1) & (2) 15.241 & 15.242 No Longer WMTS ·See 15.37(i) February 24-25, 2005 Turf Valley Country Club 8 Part 15 Technical Problems Part 15 Technical Problems RF Safety Problems 20 cm is Minimum Mobile Distance ·MPE estimate not valid < 20 cm ·Less than 20 cm. = SAR applies SAR Levels Wrong on Perm. Ch. ·All SAR/grant note carry forward ·Highest SAR used on Perm.
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  • Fundamental:11,000 uV/meter at 3 m (Average) 55,000 uV/meter at 3 m (Peak) Spurious: Section 15.209. Operation limitation 60 second duration, 10 second silent period Check list: Use the General Checklist with the following frequent compliance issues. -Check manual and installation instructions for agreement with appropriate operational requirements (a)-(e). -Check limits on spurious emissions October 2005 TCB Workshop 88 15.241 and 15.242 15.241 and 15.242 DO NOT GRANT Part 15 devices in these sections. Per 15.37(i) Effective October 16, 2002, an equipment approval may no longer be obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the provisions of § 15.241 or § 15.242. The requirements for obtaining an approval for medical telemetry equipment after this date are found in Subpart H of Part
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  • details and any changes) Fundamental:11,000 uV/meter at 3 m (Average) 55,000 uV/meter at 3 m (Peak) Spurious: Section 15.209. Operation limitation 60 second duration, 10 second silent period Check list: Use the General Checklist with the following frequent compliance issues. -Check manual and installation instructions for agreement with appropriate operational requirements (a)-(e). -Check limits on spurious emissions 89 15.241 and 15.242 15.241 and 15.242 DO NOT GRANT Part 15 devices in these sections. Per 15.37(i) Effective October 16, 2002, an equipment approval may no longer be obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the provisions of § 15.241 or §15.242. The requirements for obtaining an approval for medical telemetry equipment after this date are found in Subpart H of Part 95