Blue Ridge Envisioneering, Inc.

0350-EX-ST-2019

Status: Pending

N/A
2019-03-04

Application Form:

OET Special Temporary Authority Report

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

Applicant Name

Name of Applicant:

Blue Ridge Envisioneering, Inc.

Address

Attention:	Edward R. Zimmer
Street Address:	5180 Parkstone Dr., Suite 200
P.O. Box:
City:	Chantilly
State:	VA
Zip Code:	20151
Country:	United States
E-Mail Address:	[email protected]

Best Contact

Give the following information of person who can best handle inquiries pertaining to this application:
Last Name: Zimmer
First Name: Edward
Title: President
Phone Number: 5713490900 x101

Explanation

Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
BRE is a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense. We have developed signal locating equipment under contract, and wish to demonstrate its ability to locate GSM Phones. As GSM is being phased out in the U.S., there are few or no available functioning GSM cells with which to test/demonstrate. BRE plans to demonstrate our equipment by using a USRP software-defined Radio, along with the OpenBTS software, to operate a GSM base station in a very restricted mode, enabling only a single GSM phone (our phone, the one to be located) to join the OpenBTS station. Transmit power from the OpenBTS GSM base station will be minimized by locating the GSM handset in close proximity to the OpenBTS Base Station and manually controlling the base station transmit power to the minimum required to communicate with the GSM handset. The GSM handset is an un-modified commercial device. We intend to operate this equipment at the DoDs Trident Spectre demonstration/experiment (https://www.tridentspectre.org/Pages/default_anon.aspx), to be held at Ft. Story, Virginia, from 29 April - 10 May 2019. We provide some buffer around this planned demonstration window to allow for pre-demonstration testing, and afterwards for follow-up demonstrations with our customer, as required.

Purpose of Operation

Please explain the purpose of operation:

Objective of the demonstration is to show ability to locate GSM handset. However, in order to demonstrate this, the handset must be operating normally - associated with a GSM base station. As GSM is being phased out in the U.S., we need to supply our own GSM base station (leveraging OpenBTS and a Software-Defined Radio).

Information

Callsign:	WO9XAP
Class of Station:	MO
Nature of Service:	Experimental

Requested Period of Operation

Operation Start Date:	04/01/2019
Operation End Date:	06/30/2019

Manufacturer

Manufacturer	Model Number	No. Of Units	Experimental
List below transmitting equipment to be installed (if experimental, so state) if additional rows are required, please submit equipment list as an exhibit:
Ettus Research	N200	1	Yes

Certification

Neither the applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. The applicant hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the prvious use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests authorization in accordance with this application. (See Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) The applicant acknowledges that all statements made in this application and attached exhibits are considered material representations, and that all the exhibits part hereof and are incorporated herein as if set out in full in this application; undersigned certifies that all statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Applicant certifies that construction of the station would NOT be an action which is likely to have a significant environmental effect. See the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR1.1301-1.1319.

Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form):	Edward R. Zimmer
Title of Applicant (if any):	President
Date:	2019-03-04 00:00:00.0

Station Location

	City	State	Latitude	Longitude	Mobile	Radius of Operation
	Ft. Story	Virginia	North 36 55 32	West 76 0 59	Various locations at Ft. Story, Virginia	2.00

Datum: NAD 83
Is a directional antenna (other than radar) used? No
Exhibit submitted: No
(a) Width of beam in degrees at the half-power point:
(b) Orientation in horizontal plane:
(c) Orientation in vertical plane:
Will the antenna extend more than 6 meters above the ground, or if mounted on an existing building, will it extend more than 6 meters above the building, or will the proposed antenna be mounted on an existing structure other than a building? No
(a) Overall height above ground to tip of antenna in meters:
(b) Elevation of ground at antenna site above mean sea level in meters:
(c) Distance to nearest aircraft landing area in kilometers:
(d) List any natural formations of existing man-made structures (hills, trees, water tanks, towers, etc.) which, in the opinion of the applicant, would tend to shield the antenna from aircraft:

Action	Frequency	Station Class	Output Power/ERP	Mean Peak	Frequency Tolerance (+/-)	Emission Designator	Modulating Signal
New	945.00000000-945.40000000 MHz	MO	31.600000 mW 31.600000 mW	P	0.00000100 %	400KF1W	GSM Audio TextMsg

15093