Letter from PSST

0511-EX-ST-2011 Text Documents

Alcatel-Lucent

2011-08-23ELS_118671

Public Safety 1101 K Street, NW, Suite 8100 Washington, DC 20005 Spectrum Trust www.psst.org August 22, 2011 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Room TWA325 Washington, DC 20554 Re: Application of Alcatel-Lucent for Temporary Spectrum Use Dear Ms. Dortch: The Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation (“PSST”) hereby provides its consent to Alcatel-Lucent’s application for an experimental special temporary authority (“Experimental STA”) regarding its proposed temporary operation in the PSST’s 700 MHz band spectrum to demonstrate Long Term Evolution (“LTE”) equipment in New Orleans, Louisiana at the American Public Transportation Authority (“APTA”) show between September 30, 2011 and October 7, 2011, as described in more detail below. The PSST understands that the demonstration operation planned would conform to the following parameters: 1. Operation will be confined to the immediate vicinity of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2. The equipment would include a base station and associated antennae located at the demonstration site, along with a small number of portable units operating at no more than 1.5 kilometers from the base site. 3. Alcatel-Lucent has requested authority from the FCC to operate over the 758-768/788-798 MHz band. This encompasses both the 763-768/793-798 MHz bands, which are currently licensed on a nationwide basis to the PSST as part of the 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband License, and the 758-763/788-793 MHz bands known as the Upper 700 MHz D Block, which has not yet been licensed for regular operation. 4. Operation will occur between September 30, 2011, and October 7, 2011, allowing time during that period for setup and testing, demonstrations, and teardown. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)  American Hospital Association (AHA) Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO) Forestry Conservation Communications Association (FCCA) International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)  International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) International City/County Management Association (ICMA)  International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO)  National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA) National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)  National Emergency Number Association (NENA) National Fraternal Order of Police (NFOP)  National Governors Association (NGA)  National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)

5. We understand that Alcatel-Lucent has analyzed information from the FCC’s license databases and has determined that the proposed operation would not interfere or create a significant potential for interference with any public safety operations in the 700 MHz band. Alcatel-Lucent has also told us that they found no active public safety licenses authorized to operate in the New Orleans, Louisiana area on frequencies which are co-channel to those proposed in the STA request. Given the above information, the PSST concurs with Alcatel-Lucent’s proposed operation on certain frequencies currently licensed to the PSST as part of the 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband License for purposes of demonstrating LTE equipment for the APTA show in New Orleans, Louisiana. As you are aware, decisions on the permanent use of the adjacent Upper 700 MHz D Block spectrum are still pending at the FCC. The PSST takes no position as to the request by Alcatel-Lucent regarding use of the D Block spectrum. This consent is subject to the PSST’s ongoing ability to monitor any operations and use of the PSST’s licensed spectrum. Respectfully submitted, Chief Harlin R. McEwen Chairman Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation (607) 227-1664 chiefhrm@pubsaf.com cc: Michael McMenamin, Alcatel-Lucent


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