[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR25.134]

[Page 282-283]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 25--SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
 
Sec. 25.134  Licensing provisions of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and C-band Small Aperture Terminal (CSAT) networks.

    (a)(1) VSAT networks operating in the 12/14 GHz bands. All 
applications for digital VSAT networks with a maximum outbound downlink 
EIRP density of +6.0 dBW/4 kHz per carrier and earth station antennas 
with maximum input power density of -14 dBW/4 kHz and maximum hub EIRP 
of 78.3 dBW will be processed routinely. All applications for analog 
VSAT networks with maximum outbound downlink power densities of +13.0 
dBW/4 kHz per carrier and maximum antenna input power densities of -8.0 
dBW/4 kHz shall be processed routinely in accordance with Declaratory 
Order in the Matter of Routine Licensing of Earth Stations in the 6 GHz 
and 14 GHz Bands Using Antennas Less than 9 Meters and 5 Meters in 
Diameter, Respectively, for Both Full Transponder and Narrowband 
Transmissions, 2 FCC Rcd 2149 (1987) (Declaratory Order).
    (a)(2) Large Networks of Small Antennas operating in the 4/6 GHz 
frequency bands. All applications for digital and/or analog operations 
will be routinely processed provided the network employs antennas that 
are 4.5 meter or larger in diameter, that are consistent with 
Sec. 25.209, the power levels are consistent with Secs. 25.211(d) and 
25.212(d), and frequency coordination has been satisfactorily completed. 
The use of smaller antennas or non-consistent power levels require the 
filing of an initial lead application (Sec. 25.115(c)(2)) that includes 
all technical analyses required to demonstrate that unacceptable 
interference will not be caused to any and all affected adjacent 
satellite operators by the operation of the non-conforming earth 
station.
    (b) VSAT networks operating in the 12/14 GHz bands. Each applicant 
for digital and/or analog VSAT network authorization proposing to use 
transmitted satellite carrier EIRP densities in excess of +6.0 dBW/4 kHz 
and +13.0 dBW/4 kHz, respectively, and/or maximum antenna input power 
densities of -14.0 dBW/4 kHz and maximum hub EIRPs of 78.3 dBW and -8.0 
dBW/4 kHz per carrier, respectively, shall conduct an engineering 
analysis using the Sharp, Adjacent Satellite Interference Analysis 
(ASIA) program. Applicants shall submit a complete description of those 
baseline parameters they use in conducting their analysis and tabular 
summaries of the ASIA program's output detailing potential interference 
shortfalls. Applicants shall also submit a narrative summary which must 
indicate whether there are margin shortfalls in any of the current 
baseline services as a result of the addition of the new applicant's 
high power service, and if so, how the applicant intends to resolve 
those margin shortfalls. Applicants shall submit link budget analyses of 
the operations proposed along with a detailed written explanation of how 
each uplink and each transmitted satellite carrier density figure is 
derived. Applicants shall provide proof by affidavit that all 
potentially affected parties acknowledge and do not object to the use of 
the applicant's higher power density.
    (c) Licensees authorized pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section 
shall bear the burden of coordinating with any future applicants or 
licensees whose proposed compliant VSAT operations, as defined by 
paragraph (a) of this section, is potentially or actually adversely 
affected by the operation of the non-compliant licensee. If no good 
faith agreement can be reached, however, the non-compliant licensee 
shall reduce its power density levels to those compliant with the VSAT 
Order or the Declaratory Order, whichever is applicable.
    (d) An application for VSAT authorization shall be filed on FCC Form 
312, Main Form and Schedule B. A VSAT licensee applying to renew its 
license

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must include on FCC Form 405, the number of constructed VSAT units in 
its network.

[56 FR 66001, Dec. 20, 1991, as amended at 62 FR 5929, Feb. 10, 1997; 66 
FR 31560, June 12, 2001]