13Additional protection requirements — incumbent fixed-satellite service earth receive stations under earth receive licences in 3600 MHz to 3800 MHz

13 Additional protection requirements – incumbent fixed-satellite service earth receive stations under earth receive licences in 3600 MHz to 3800 MHz

Application (1) If subsection (2) applies to an earth receive station, a person operating a 3.4 GHz transmitter (the relevant transmitter) under a 3.4 GHz spectrum licence is to protect the station in the manner set out in: (a) sections 11 and 12, as if those sections apply to the earth receive station; and (b) subsection (3). (2) This subsection applies to an earth receive station if: (a) the station is operated under an earth receive licence; and (b) the station operates in the 3600 MHz to 3800 MHz frequency band; and (c) the station is authorised to use a frequency, and be located at a site, that is within the frequencies and areas contained in one of the following spectrum re-allocation declarations, as in force at the time the declaration commenced: (i) the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation – 3.4 GHz and 3.7 GHz Bands) Declaration 2022; (ii) the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation – 3.6 GHz Band for Adelaide and Eastern Metropolitan Australia) Declaration 2018; (iii) the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation – 3.6 GHz Band for Perth) Declaration 2018; (iv) the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation – 3.6 GHz Band for Regional Australia) Declaration 2018.

Note: Each of these spectrum re-allocation declarations is available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Co-channel emissions (3) A 3.4 GHz spectrum licensee is to protect an earth receive station within 300 kilometres of the relevant transmitter from co-channel emissions to a maximum interference level of - 119.9 dBm/MHz, which is not to be exceeded more than 0.005% of the time.

Note 1: See ITU-R Recommendation SF.1006 for further guidance on the procedure to use for the protection of fixed-satellite service earth receive stations. ITU-R Recommendation SF.1006 is available, free of charge, from the International Telecommunication Union’s website at www.itu.int.

Note 2: Locations of earth receive stations are available, free of charge, from the Register of Radiocommunications Licences on the ACMA’s website at www.acma.gov.au.