Shared Spectrum Company

0604-EX-ST-2008

Status: Denied/Dismissed

WD9XQE
2008-11-25

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DescriptionCategoryDate
Form 1494Text Documents2008-11-07
Additional InformationText Documents2008-11-07
Application Form:
OET Special Temporary Authority Report
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:  Shared Spectrum Company

Address
Attention: David G. Jones
Street Address: 1595 Spring Hill Rd. Suite 110
P.O. Box:
City: Vienna
State: VA
Zip Code: 22182
Country:
E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Best Contact
Give the following information of person who can best handle inquiries pertaining to this application:  
Last Name: Jones
First Name: David
Title: Project Manager
Phone Number: (703) 761-2818 x128

Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
Shared Spectrum Company (SSC) is under contract with the Department of Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SPAWAR) to provide three dynamic spectrum access radios developed under the DARPA NeXt Generation (XG) cognitive radio technology program (contract number FA8750-05-C-0150; contracting agency Air Force Rome Laboratory). SPAWAR is conducting evaluations of radios for use in remotely controlled robotic vehicles for use in counter improvised explosive device (IED) and explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) operations. As part of their evaluation efforts SPAWAR is participating in a robot evaluation exercise. This STA is necessary in order to conduct a demonstration of XG technology from November 16 to 22, 2008 in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Response Robot Evaluation Exercise. This activity is a series of response robot evaluation exercises for the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams and will be hosted November 17 - 21, 2008 at the Texas Task Force 1 training facility known as Disaster City® located at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. This exercise will capture robot performance data within emerging standard robot test methods and operationally relevant practice scenarios. Emerging standard test methods and usage guides for US&R robot performance are under development within the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) International Committee on Homeland Security, Operational Equipment (E54.08.01). These events help refine the proposed standard test methods and fixtures/props that developers can use to practice critical capabilities and measure performance in ways that are relevant to emergency responders. These events are conducted in US&R training scenarios to help correlate the proposed standard test methods with envisioned deployment tasks and to lay the foundation for usage guides identifying a robots applicability to particular response scenarios. SSC respectfully requests expedited processing of this application. SSC is a small business concern and its primary revenue source is federal government contracts. This exercise was not part of our original evaluation plan or contract with SPAWAR, but was only recently added. A delay in obtaining the STA would cause a significant hardship since another real-world, demonstration opportunity like the NIST Robot Evaluation Exercise may not arise again before the end of the SPAWAR contract. Finally, SSC is taking extraordinary steps to ensure that no harmful interference results from these short-term experiments.

Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:  Demonstrating next generation cognitive radio technology in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Response Robot Evaluation Exercise. This demonstration, like others that SSC has already conducted, will show that the XG prototype utilizing ?Dynamic Spectrum Sharing? technology are capable of identifying available spectrum pursuant to sharing ?rules? provided to the XG radio. These frequencies will be used to demostrate the XG system, which uses an IEEE 802.16 modem (1.75 MHz bandwidth) that can be frequency translated anywhere from 225 ? 512 MHz, 1215 ? 1390 MHz, 1435 ? 1525 MHz, 1755 ? 1850 MHz, and 2200 ? 2290 MHz . These are tightly controlled outdoor experiments that NIST hosts to showcase emerging technologies which will improve US&R readiness and in this case with the attendance of SPAWAR and the XG radios will demonstrate technology that will improve the war fighter?s effectiveness.

Information
Callsign: WD9XQE
Class of Station: MO
Nature of Service: Experimental

Requested Period of Operation
Operation Start Date: 11/16/2008
Operation End Date: 11/22/2008

Manufacturer
List below transmitting equipment to be installed (if experimental, so state) if additional rows are required, please submit equipment list as an exhibit:  
Manufacturer Model Number No. Of Units Experimental
Shared Spectrum Company DSA 2100 4 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): David G. Jones
Title of Applicant (if any): Program Manager
Date: 2008-11-07 00:00:00.0

Station Location
City State Latitude Longitude Mobile Radius of Operation
Bryan Texas North  30  37  55 West  96  28  45 Bryan (BRAZOS), TX 20.00
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 225.00000000-512.00000000 MHz MO 10.000000 W 10.000000 W P 1M75G2D OFDM
Action Frequency Station Class Output Power/ERP Mean Peak Frequency Tolerance (+/-) Emission Designator Modulating Signal
New 1215.00000000-1390.00000000 MHz MO 100.000000 mW 100.000000 mW P 1M75G2D OFDM
Action Frequency Station Class Output Power/ERP Mean Peak Frequency Tolerance (+/-) Emission Designator Modulating Signal
New 1435.00000000-1525.00000000 MHz MO 100.000000 mW 100.000000 mW P 1M75G2D OFDM
Action Frequency Station Class Output Power/ERP Mean Peak Frequency Tolerance (+/-) Emission Designator Modulating Signal
New 1755.00000000-1850.00000000 MHz MO 100.000000 mW 100.000000 mW P 1M75G2D OFDM
Action Frequency Station Class Output Power/ERP Mean Peak Frequency Tolerance (+/-) Emission Designator Modulating Signal
New 2200.00000000-2290.00000000 MHz MO 100.000000 mW 100.000000 mW P 1M75G2D OFDM

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