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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

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Radio Frequency Spectrum Amendment Regulations, 2021

Part IV - Procedures for Radio Frequency Spectrum Licensing and Assignment

16A. Channel Plans : The E Band

 

(1) The use of the E-Band shall be as follows:
(a) The band 71 - 76 GHz is paired with 81 - 86 GHz.
(b) The plan is based on 2 x 19 basic channels of 250MHz with 10GHz duplex separation and 125MHz guard channels on the band edges.
(c) The basic channels can be aggregated to form higher bandwidth channels.

 

(2) The E-Band is segmented as follows:
(a) A self-coordination block, 73.375 - 75.875 GHz paired with 83.375 - 85.875 GHz which shall be referred to as Block A; and
(b) A block coordinated fully licensed by the Authority, 71.125 - 73.125 GHz paired with 81.125 - 83.125 GHz which shall be referred to as Block B.

 

(3) The use of Block A shall be in the following manner:
(a) The prospective user shall notify the Authority of the position and technical details of the link (s) within 30 days of link deployment. Details of what needs to be notified are contained in Annex 1.
(b) Prior to link notification, the prospective user shall perform technical assessments against a database of already registered links. The link can only be registered once it has been established that it won't cause harmful interference to the links in the database.

 

(4) The use of Block B shall follow the standard application process as prescribed in the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015.

 

(5) The Technical parameters reflected in Annexure 3 must be complied with.

 

[Regulation 16A inserted by regulation 10 of Notice 781 of 2016, GG 40436, dated 22 November 2016]