26Protection requirements

26 Protection requirements

A person operating a 3.4 GHz transmitter is to protect an earth station operating in the 3400 MHz to 4200 MHz frequency band at the Uralla facility to the levels specified in RALI MS 44.

Note 1: RALI MS 44 is available, free of charge, from the ACMA’s website at www.acma.gov.au.

Note 2: Given some of the services operating at the Uralla facility are temporal in nature and/or may only track certain parts of the sky, there may be opportunity for detailed negotiations between licensees to manage interference while improving spectrum utilisation.

Note 3: The long-term viability of the Uralla facility may be reviewed in the future. This is in light of the increasing demand for fixed and mobile broadband capacity, growing international interest in the 3400 MHz to 4200 MHz band for use by fixed and mobile wireless broadband services, and the proximity of the site to major regional population centres. However, if fixed and mobile broadband service deployments in nearby major towns are not unreasonably restricted (noting there are likely to be some restrictions), this would be taken into consideration when assessing the long-term viability of the Uralla facility.