mobile WiFi accesspoint?

[Stephen Ronan]

I'm not sure when a registration process is likely to be in place. In 
the FCC's opinion and order released just a month or so ago
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-99A1.pdf
the FCC gave the impression that there are still steps to be taken 
before that. (Perhaps the Ubiquiti equipment is mainly being sold for 
use outside the U.S. while pending FCC certification? I don't know.) For 
example, there's this:

"36. We will implement this approach through our equipment certification 
process, under which
we will examine for compliance with our rules all equipment proposed for 
use in the 3650 MHz band.
We will condition the certification for equipment using a restricted 
protocol to limit its operation and
tuning range to the bottom 25 megahertz of the band.80 The base and 
fixed stations registration database
will include the FCC identification number, reflecting the equipment 
certification condition restricting the
licensee’s operating frequency range if the licensee employs equipment 
using a restricted contentionbased
protocol.81 We recognize that manufacturers, through software upgrades 
or other means, may alter
the emission characteristics of previously deployed devices so that they 
move from the restricted to the
unrestricted category. To the extent that this occurs, the manufacturer 
will be responsible for complying
with the Commission’s rules regarding the need for new equipment 
certification before the device will be
permitted to tune over the full 50 megahertz of the 3650 MHz band.82 
Further, affected licensees must
update their base and fixed station registrations to reflect this change."


By the way in the "Final Rules" section on page 46 here:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-56A1.pdf
there's this which would affect parts of Washington in addition to the 
exclusion zones:

§90.1337 Operation near Canadian and Mexican borders.
(a) Fixed devices generally must be located at least 8 kilometers from 
the U.S./Canada or U.S./Mexico
border if the antenna of that device looks within the 160° sector away 
from the border. Fixed devices
must be located at least 56 kilometers from each border if the antenna 
looks within the 200° sector
towards the border.
Federal Communications Commission FCC 05-56
47
(b) Fixed devices may be located nearer to the U.S./Canada or 
U.S./Mexico border than specified in
paragraph (a) of this section only if the Commission is able to 
coordinate such use with Canada or
Mexico, as appropriate.
(c) Licensees must comply with the requirements of current and future 
agreements with Canada and
Mexico regarding operation in U.S./Canada and U.S./Mexico border areas.


- Stephen


Logan Bowers wrote:
> Have you been able to find the registration forms on the FCC website? 
> I poked around but couldn't turn anything up.
>
>
> Logan Bowers
>
> On Jul 4, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Stephen Ronan wrote:
>
>> , you'll see a map showing that much of Washington state
>>
>> falls into "exclusion zones" where the new uses of the spectrum will be
>>
>> severely restricte
>>
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