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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 158 / Thursday, August 19, 2021 / Proposed Rules 6. Amend 2.911 by adding paragraph d5 to read as follows:

2.911

Application requirements.

d
5 The applicant shall provide a written and signed certification that, as of the date of the filing of the application, the equipment for which the applicant seeks equipment authorization through certification is not covered equipment on the Covered List established pursuant to 1.50002 of this chapter.

7. Amend 2.1033 by revising paragraph b1 to read as follows:
2.1033

Application for certification.

b
1 The identification, by name, mailing address and telephone number or internet contact information, of the manufacturer of the device, the applicant for certification, and the responsible party as defined in 2.909.
The responsible party must be located within the United States.

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47 CFR Part 15
ET Docket No. 21264; FCC 2183; FR ID
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FCC Seeks To Enable State-of-the-Art Radar Sensors in 60 GHz Band Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission proposes to revise the Commissions rules to provide expanded operational flexibility to unlicensed field disturbance sensor FDS devices e.g., radars that operate in the 5764 GHz band 60 GHz band.
The Commissions proposal recognizes the increasing practicality of using mobile radar devices in the 60 GHz band to perform innovative and lifesaving functions, including gesture control, detection of unattended children in vehicles, and monitoring of vulnerable medical patients, and it is designed to stimulate the development of new products and services in a wide variety of areas to include, for example, personal safety, autonomous vehicles, home automation, environmental
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control, and healthcare monitoring, while also ensuring coexistence among unlicensed FDS devices and current and future unlicensed communications devices in the 60 GHz band.
DATES: Comments are due on or before September 20, 2021; reply comments are due on or before October 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ET Docket No. 21264, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: http apps.fcc.gov/
ecfs/.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing.
Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commissions Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
Commercial overnight mail other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail must be sent to 9050
Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
20701.
U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Effective March 19, 2020, and until further notice, the Commission no longer accepts any hand or messenger delivered filings. This is a temporary measure taken to help protect the health and safety of individuals, and to mitigate the transmission of COVID19.
See FCC Announces Closure of FCC
Headquarters Open Window and Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public Notice, DA 20304 March 19, 2020.
https www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy.
People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities braille, large print, electronic files, audio format, send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 2024180530 voice, 202
4180432 TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anh Wride, Office of Engineering and Technology, 2024180577, anh.wride@
fcc.gov, or Thomas Struble at 202418
2470 or Thomas.Struble@fcc.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commissions Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NPRM, in ET
Docket No. 21264, FCC 2183, adopted on July 13, 2021 and released on July 14, 2021. The full text of this document is available for public inspection and
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www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-seeksenable-state-art-radar-sensors-60-ghzband-0 or by using the search function for ET Docket No. 20382 on the Commissions ECFS web page at www.fcc.gov/ecfs.
Synopsis Discussion. The Part 15 rules permit low-power intentional radiators popularly known as unlicensed devices to operate without an individual license where such use is not anticipated to cause harmful interference to authorized users of the radio spectrum. Unlicensed devices in the 60 GHz band generally include indoor/outdoor communication devices such as WiGig wireless local area networking WLAN devices, outdoor fixed point-to-point communication links, and field disturbance sensors FDSwhich includes radar operations. Unlicensed device users must account for the operations of authorized Federal and non-Federal users in the band, who operate under a variety of co-primary allocations. These allocations, which vary by band segment, consist of the Mobile, Fixed, Inter-Satellite, Earth-Exploration Satellite Service EESS, Space Research, Mobile-Satellite, Radiolocation, Radionavigation, and Radionavigation-Satellite services.
Section 15.255 of the rules stipulates operational policies and technical parameters for the 60 GHz band. The rule limits FDS operations to fixed operation or when used as short-range devices for interactive motion sensing SRIMS. Furthermore, a fixed FDS with an occupied bandwidth fully contained within the 61.061.5 GHz band may operate with average output power levels up to 40 dBm and peak output power levels up to 43 dBm, while all other FDS devices including those being used for SRIMS are limited to a maximum transmitter conducted output power not to exceed 10 dBm and a maximum EIRP level not to exceed 10
dBm.
When it first adopted 15.255 in 1995, the Commission stated that its intent was to foster the potential of the 60 GHz band for allowing the development of short-range wireless radio systems with communications capabilities approaching those . . .
achievable only with coaxial and optical fiber cable. When it finalized the rule by adopting a spectrum etiquette three years later, it also included a provision that permitted fixed FDS operation in the band.
In 2016, the Commission further expanded unlicensed device use in the
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