STA Letter

0591-EX-ST-2013 Text Documents

Alcatel-Lucent

2013-06-25ELS_138434

                                           June 25, 2013

VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Julie Knapp
Chief
Federal Communications Commission
Office of Engineering and Technology
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20554

          Re:       Special Temporary Authority for Demonstration at the Association of
                    Public-Safety Communications Officials Conference (APCO 2013)

Dear Ms. Dortch:

       Alcatel-Lucent seeks Experimental Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) from the
Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) to use the public safety spectrum in
the 700 MHz Band 14 to demonstrate Long Term Evolution (“LTE”) equipment in Anaheim,
California in conjunction with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials
(APCO) Conference, which will take place August 18 through August 21, 2013.

     The demonstration will conform to the following parameters:

     1. Operation will be confined to the vicinity of the Anaheim Convention Center 800 W.
        Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802. The equipment for these operations will
        include one base station and associated antenna located at the demonstration site,
        along-with a small number of portable units operating at no more than 1.0 kilometers
        from the base site.

     2. Alcatel-Lucent requests authority to operate over the 758-768/788-798 MHz band,
        which is currently licensed on a nationwide basis to the First Responder Network
        Authority (“FirstNet”).

     3. Operation will occur between August 16, 2013 and August 21, 2013, allowing time
        for setup and testing, demonstrations, and teardown.

     4. This Experimental STA cannot be renewed. To the extent Alcatel-Lucent would like
        to obtain additional Experimental STA use of the radio frequencies licensed to
        FirstNet, beyond the period specified above, Alcatel-Lucent must file a separate
        request with the FCC.

     5. Alcatel-Lucent has analyzed information from the FCC’s ULS 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.




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        Specifically, we found no active public safety licenses authorizing operation in the
        Las Vegas area on frequencies that are co-channel to those proposed in this STA
        request.

   6. Temporary operations pursuant to this Experimental STA will not be used in mission-
      critical operations or in the delivery of live transmissions in duties to protect life,
      property, or safety. .

   7. Alcatel-Lucent will work with other conference attendees operating pursuant to STA
      to coordinate sharing spectrum to avoid any interference issues between vendors
      operating in the above specified frequencies.

   8.    The Experimental STA will serve the public interest by providing APCO attendees
        with an opportunity to test and receive an introductory knowledge of the potential
        benefits and capabilities of a Band 14 LTE public safety network.

    For the foregoing reasons, Alcatel-Lucent respectfully requests that the Commission grant
the requested Experimental STA for the purpose of demonstrating LTE equipment at the
APCO Conference.

                                              Respectfully submitted,

                                              /s/

                                              Glenn A Steitz
                                              Senior Manager
                                              Demonstrations and New Technology
                                              Introduction




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