Special Temporary Authority application - Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:
Columbia University
Special Temporary Authority application - Best Contact
First Name:
Henning
Last Name:
Schulzrinne
Phone Number:
212 939 7042
Title:
Professor
Special Temporary Authority application - Certification
Applicant 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.
Date:
2018-06-08 00:00:00.0
Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form):
Henning Schulzrinne
Title of Applicant (if any):
Professor
Special Temporary Authority application - Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
Columbia University, through my laboratory, is part of the DARPA RADICS research project that, inter alia, aims to create communication technology that can be used to recover from largescale grid outages, whether caused by natural disaster or largescale cyber attacks by nation state actors, where we cannot assume that traditional wired, wireless or satellite communication systems are available or can still be trusted. As noted on the DARPA project web site: A substantial and prolonged disruption of electric power would have profound economic and human costs for the United States. From a defense perspective, a major power outage could hamper military mobilization and logistics and impair the capability to project force.” To cover the distances between substations and control centers, we need to investigate multiplexed digital voiceanddata transmission using VHF bands, with ranges of approximately 20 to 50 miles. Since these experiments are for the benefit of a third party (DARPA), they do not fall within the bounds of amateur operation, and thus, we cannot use amateur radio frequencies.
Special Temporary Authority application - Information
Callsign:
WM9XXG
Class of Station:
FX
Nature of Service:
Experimental
Special Temporary Authority application - Initial values - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
We plan to evaluate modulation, error correction, ALE and bandwidth adaptation mechanisms suitable for point-to-point, using commercial narrowband (6.25 and 12.5 kHz channels) radio equipment in the 138 MHz or other purpose of suitable band operating at 25 W or 50 W of power. Note: Any channel in the VHF band is acceptable for our purposes and adjustment of the operating parameters are possible to facilitate coexistence.
Special Temporary Authority application - Manufacturer
Equipment 1 Experimental
No
Equipment 1 Manufacturer
ICOM
Equipment 1 Model Number
IC-F5021
Equipment 1 No. Of Units
2
Equipment 2 Experimental
No
Equipment 2 Manufacturer
ICOM
Equipment 2 Model Number
IC-F5122DD
Equipment 2 No. Of Units
2
Special Temporary Authority application - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
DARPA RADICS research project. We plan to evaluate modulation, error correction, ALE and bandwidth adaptation mechanisms suitable for point-to-point, using commercial narrowband (6.25 and 12.5 kHz channels) radio equipment in the 138 MHz or other purpose of suitable band operating at 25 W or 50 W of power. Note: Any channel in the VHF band is acceptable for our purposes and adjustment of the operating parameters are possible to facilitate coexistence.
Special Temporary Authority application - Requested Period of Operation