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Telecom Standards and Regulations

The following list details a sampling of major telecommunications standards and regulations in the United States and Europe.

U.S. Telecom Regulations

FCC Licensed Radio Standards—CFR 47

Part 11 Emergency Alert System (EAS).

Part 15 Filing and Measurement Guidelines for Frequency-Hopping Spectrum Systems.

Part 21 Domestic Public Fixed Radio Services; Subpart K: Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS).

Part 22 Public Mobile Services; Subpart E: Paging and Radiotelephone Service; Subpart F: Rural Radiotelephone Service; Subpart G: Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service; Subpart H: Cellular Radiotelephone Service; Subpart I: Offshore Radiotelephone Service.

Part 23 International Fixed Public Radiotelephone Services.

Part 24 Personal Communications Services; Subpart D: Narrowband PCD; Subpart E: Broadband PCS.

Part 25 Satellite Communications.

Part 26 General Wireless Communications Service.

Part 27 Wireless Communications Service.

Part 73 Radio Broadcast Services; Subpart A: AM Broadcast Stations; Subpart B: FM Broadcast Stations; Subpart C: Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations; Subpart E: Television Broadcast Stations; Subpart F: International Broadcast Stations; Subpart G: Emergency Broadcast System.

Part 74 Experimental Radio, Auxiliary Special Broadcast, Other Program Distributional Services; Subpart A: Experimental Broadcast Stations; Subpart D: Remote Pickup Broadcast Stations; Subpart E: Aural Broadcast Auxiliary Stations; Subpart F: TV Broadcast Auxiliary Stations; Subpart G: Low-Power TV, TV Translator, and TV Booster Stations; Subpart H: Low-Power Auxiliary Stations; Subpart I: Instructional Fixed Service; Subpart L: FM Broadcast Translator and Booster Station.

Part 78 Cable Television Relay Service.

Part 80 Stations in the Maritime Services; Subpart J: Public Coast Stations; Subpart K: Private Coast Stations and Marine Utility Stations; Subpart L: Operational Fixed Stations; Subpart M: Stations in the Radiodetermination Service; Subpart N: Maritime Support Stations; Subpart O: Alaska Fixed Stations; Subpart V: Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRBs); Subpart W: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).

Part 87 Aviation Services; Subpart F: Aircraft Stations; Subpart G: Aeronautical Advisory Stations (Unicoms); Subpart H: Aeronautical Multicom Stations; Subpart I: Aeronautical Enroute and Fixed Stations; Subpart J: Flight Test Stations; Subpart K: Aviation Support Stations; Subpart L: Aeronautical Utility Mobile Stations; Subpart M: Aeronautical Search and Rescue Stations; Subpart N: Emergency Communications; Subpart O: Airport Control Tower Stations; Subpart P: Operational Fixed Stations; Subpart Q: Stations in the Radiodetermination Service; Subpart R: Civil Air Patrol Stations; Subpart S: Automatic Weather Observation Stations.

Part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio Services; Subpart B: Public Safety Radio Pool; Subpart C: Industrial/Business Radio Pool; Subpart F: Radiolocation Service; Subpart J: Nonvoice and other Specialized Operations; Subpart M: Intelligent Transportation Systems Radio Service; Subpart P: Paging Operations.

Part 95 Personal Radio Services; Subpart A: General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS); Subpart B: Family Radio Service (FRS); Subpart C: Radio Control (R/C) Radio Service; Subpart D: Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service; Subpart F: Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS); Subpart G: Low-Power Radio Service (LPRS).

Part 97 Amateur Radio Service.

Part 101 Fixed Microwave Services; Subpart G: Digital Electronic Message Service; Subpart H: Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service; Subpart I: Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service; Subpart J: Local TV Transmission Service; Subpart L: Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS).

Note: Only some of the subparts contained within each part are listed above, to illustrate the distinctly different services regulated under each part. Each part also contains other subparts, including the general technical standards applying to all subparts.

European Telecom Standards

R&TTE Directive Standards

Harmonized standards for the implementation of Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity. April 2000. 2000/C 99/02.

ETSI

EN 301 419-1 (December 1999)—Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2); Attachment requirements for global system for mobile communications (GSM); Part 1: Mobile stations in the GSM 900 and DCS 1800 bands; Access (GSM 13.01 version 4.0.1).

EN 301 419-2 (April 1999)Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Attachment requirements for global system for mobile communications (GSM); High-speed circuit switched data (HSCSD); Multislot mobile stations; Access.

EN 301 419-3 (November 1999)—Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Attachment requirements for global system for mobile communications (GSM); Advanced speech call items (ASCI); Mobile stations; Access (GSM 13.68 version 5.0.2 Release 1996).

EN 301 419-7 (November 1999)Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Attachment requirements for global system for mobile communications (GSM); Railways band (R-GSM); Mobile stations; Access.

TBR 06 (January 1997)Radio equipment and systems (RES); Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); General terminal attachment requirements.

TBR 19 Ed. 3 (October 1996)European digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2); Attachment requirements for global system for mobile communications (GSM) mobile stations; Access.

TBR 23 (March 1998)Electromagnetic compatibility and radio spectrum matters (ERM); Terrestrial flight telecommunications system (TFTS); Technical requirements for TFTS.

TBR 26 (May 1998)Satellite earth stations and systems (SES); Low-data-rate land mobile satellite earth stations (LMES) operating in the 1.5 and 1.6 GHz frequency bands.

TBR 27 (December 1997)Satellite earth stations and systems (SES); Low-data-rate land mobile satellite earth stations (LMES) operating in the 11, 12, and 14 GHz frequency bands.

TBR 28 (December 1997)Satellite earth stations and systems (SES); Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT); Transmit-only, transmit-and-receive, or receive-only satellite earth stations operating in the 11, 12, and 14 GHz frequency bands.

TBR 30 (December 1997)Satellite earth stations and systems (SES); Satellite news gathering transportable earth stations (SNG TES) operating in the 11–12 and 13–14 GHz frequency bands.

TBR 31 Ed. 2 (March 1998)Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2); Attachment requirements for mobile stations in the DCS 1800 band and additional GSM 900 band; Access.

TBR 35Terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA); Emergency access.

TBR 41 (February 1998)Satellite personal communications networks (S-PCN); Mobile earth stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations, for S-PCN in the 1.6 and 2.4 GHz bands under the mobile satellite service (MSS); Terminal essential requirements.

TBR 42 (February 1998)Satellite personal communications networks (S-PCN); Mobile earth
stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations for S-PCN in the 2.0 GHz band under the mobile satellite service (MSS); Terminal essential requirements.

TBR 43 (May 1998)Satellite earth stations and systems (SES); Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT); Transmit-only, transmit-and-receive, or receive-only satellite earth stations operating in the 4 GHz and 6 GHz frequency bands.

TBR 44 (May 1998)Satellite earth stations and systems (SES); Land mobile earth stations (LMES) operating in the 1.5 GHz and 1.6 GHz frequency bands providing voice and/or data communications.

Note: In addition, standards published under Directives 73/23/EC and 89/336/EEC may be used to demonstrate compliance with Articles 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(b) of Directive 1999/5/EC.

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Standards

ETSI

EN 301 240:1998Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); Data services profile (DSP); Point-to-point protocol (PPP) interworking for Internet access and general multiprotocol datagram transport.

EN 300 765-1:2000Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); Radio in the local loop (RLL) access profile (RAP); Part 1: Basic telephony services.

EN 300 765-2:1998Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); Radio in the local loop (RLL) access profile (RAP); Part 2: Advanced telephony services.

EN 301 242:1999Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); Global system for mobile communications (GSM); DECT-GSM integration based on dual-mode terminals.

EN 301 649:2000Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); DECT packet radio service (DPRS).

EN 301 650:2000Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT); DECT multimedia access profile (DMAP); Application-specific access profile (ASAP).

Other Telecom Standards

ANSI C63.19Method of measurement for hearing aid compatibility with wireless communications status.

ANSI C63.20Limits for hearing aid compatibility with wireless communications.

ANSI T1.107:1995Telecommunications—Digital hierarchy—Formats specifications.

ANSI T1.413:1998Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) metallic interface.

CSA C22.2-225Telecommunication equipment.

EN 300 652:1998Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 1; Functional specification.

EN 60244-5:1994Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 5: Performance characteristics for television transmitters.

EN 60244-8:1994Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 8: Performance characteristics of vestigial-sideband demodulators used for testing television transmitters and transposers.

EN 60244-9:1994Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 9: Performance characteristics for television transposers.

EN 60244-10:1993Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 10: Methods of measurement for television transmitters and transposers employing insertion test signals.

EN 60244-11:1993Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 11: Transposers for FM sound broadcasting.

EN 60244-13:1993Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 13: Performance characteristics for FM sound broadcasting.

EN 60244-14:1997Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 14: External intermodulation products caused by two or more transmitters using the same or adjacent antennas.

EN 60244-15:2000Methods of measurement for radio transmitters—Part 15: Amplitude-modulated transmitters for sound broadcasting.

EN 60315-3:1999Methods of measurement on radio receivers for various classes of emission—Part 3: Receivers for amplitude-modulated sound-broadcasting emissions; Amendment A1:1999 to EN 60315-3:1999.

EN 60835-1-3:1995Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 1: Measurements common to terrestrial radio-relay systems and satellite earth stations—Section 3: Transmission characteristics; Amendment A1:1995 to EN 60835-1-3:1995.

EN 60835-1-4:1995Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 1: Measurements common to terrestrial radio-relay systems and satellite earth stations—Section 4: Transmission performance; Amendment A1:1995 to EN 60835-1-4:1995.

EN 60835-2-1:1992Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 2: Measurements on terrestrial radio-relay systems—Section 1: General.

EN 60835-2-2:1994Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 2: Measurements on radio-relay systems—Section 2: Antenna.

EN 60835-2-3:1993Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 2: Measurements on terrestrial radio-relay systems—Section 3: RF branching networks.

EN 60835-2-7:1994Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 2: Measurements on terrestrial radio-relay systems—Section 7: Diversity switching and combining equipment.

EN 60835-2-8:1993Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 2: Measurements on terrestrial radio-relay systems—Section 8: Adaptive equalizer; Amendment A1:1996 to EN 60835-
2-8:1993.

EN 60835-2-10:1993Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 2: Measurements on terrestrial radio-relay systems—Section 10: Overall system performance.

EN 60835-3-5:1994Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 3: Measurements on satellite earth stations—Section 5: Up and down converters.

EN 60835-3-7:1995Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave radio transmission systems—Part 3: Measurements on satellite earth stations—Section 7: Figure-of-merit of receiving system.

EN 61079-1:1993Methods of measurement on receivers for satellite broadcast transmissions in the 12 GHz band—Part 1: Radio-frequency measurements on outdoor units.

EN 61079-2:1993Methods of measurement on receivers for satellite broadcast transmissions in the 12 GHz band—Part 2: Electrical measurements on DBS tuner units.

EN 61079-3:1993Methods of measurement on receivers for satellite broadcast transmissions in the 12 GHz band—Part 3: Electrical measurements of overall performance of receiver systems comprising an outdoor unit and a DBS tuner unit.

EN 61079-5:1993Methods of measurement on receivers for satellite broadcast transmissions in the 12 GHz band—Part 5: Electrical measurements on decoder units for MAC/Packet systems.

EN 61108-2:1998Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems—Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)—Part 2: Global navigation satellite system (GLONASS)—Receiver equipment—Performance standards, methods of testing and required test results.

EN 61114-1:1999Receiving antennas for satellite broadcast transmissions in the 11–12 GHz band—Part 1: Electrical measurements.

EN 61114-2:1996Methods of measurement on receiving antennas for satellite broadcast transmission in the 11–12 GHz band—Part 2: Mechanical and environmental tests on indi-
vidal and collective receiving antennas.

EN 61162-1:2000Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems—Digital interfaces—Part 1: Single talker and multiple listeners.

EN 61162-2:1998Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems—Digital interfaces—Part 2: Single talker and multiple listeners, high-speed transmission.

EN 61603-1:1997Transmission of audio and/or video and related signals using infrared radiation—Part 1: General.

EN 61603-2:1997Transmission of audio and/or video and related signals using infrared radiation—Part 2: Transmission systems for audio wideband and related signals.

EN 61603-3:1998Transmission of audio and/or video and related signals using infrared radiation—Part 3: Transmission systems for audio signals for conference and similar systems.

ETR 069:1993Radio equipment and systems (RES); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN); Services and facilities.

ETR 133:1994Radio equipment and systems (RES); High-performance radio local-area networks (HIPERLAN); System definition.

ETR 226:1995Radio equipment and systems (RES); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN); Architecture for time-bound services (TBS).

ETS 300-001:1997Attachments to public switched telephone network (PSTN); General technical requirements for equipment connected to an analog subscriber interface in the PSTN.

ETS 300 328:1996Radio equipment and systems (RES); Wideband transmission systems; Technical characteristics and test conditions for data transmission equipment operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and using spread-spectrum modulation techniques; Amendment A1:1997 to ETS 300 328:1996.

ETS 300 652:1996Radio equipment and systems (RES); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 1; Functional specification; Amendment A1:1997 to ETS 300 652:1996; Amendment A2:1998 to ETS 300 652:1996.

ETS 300 826:1997Electromagnetic compatibility and radio spectrum matters (ERM); Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standard for 2.4 GHz wideband transmission systems and high-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) equipment.

ETS 300 836-1:1998Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 1; Conformance testing specification; Part 1: Radio type approval and radio-frequency (RF) conformance test specification.

ETS 300 836-2:1998Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 1; Conformance testing specification; Part 2: Protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) pro forma specification.

ETS 300 836-3:1998Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 1; Conformance testing specification; Part 3: Test suite structure and test purposes (TSS&TP) specification.

ETS 300 836-4:1998Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 1; Conformance testing specification; Part 4: Abstract test suite (ATS) specification.

ETSI ETR 152:1996Transmission and multiplexing (TM); High-bit-rate digital subscriber line (HDSL) transmission system on metallic local line SHDSL core specification and applications for 2048 Kb/sec–based access digital.

HD 466.5 S1:1989Methods of measurement for radio equipment used in the mobile services—Part 5: Receivers employing single-sideband techniques (R3E, H3E, or J3E).

HD 466.6 S2:1992Methods of measurement for radio equipment used in the mobile services—Part 6: Selective-calling and data equipment.

HD 466.8 S1:1986Methods of measurement for radio equipment used in the mobile services—Part 8: Methods of measurement for antennas.

HD 577 S1:1990Standardization of interconnections between broadcasting transmitters or transmitter systems and supervisory equipment—Part 1: Interface standards for systems using dedicated interconnections.

HD 97 S1:1978Recommended methods of measurement on receivers for frequency-modulation broadcast transmissions.

IEEE 187:1990 (R1995)IEEE standard on radio receivers: Open field method of measurement of spurious radiation from FM and television broadcast receivers.

IEEE 211:1997IEEE standard definitions of terms for radio wave propagation.

IEEE 269:1992IEEE standard methods for measuring transmission performance of analog and digital telephone sets.

IEEE 377:1980 (R1997)IEEE recommended practice for measurement of spurious emission from land-mobile communication transmitters.

IEEE 743:1995IEEE standard equipment re-quirements and measurement techniques for analog transmission parameters for telecommunications.

IEEE 802.11:1999IEEE standard for information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN medium-access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications.

IEEE 802.11a:1999IEEE standard for telecom-munications and information exchange between systems—LAN/MAN specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless medium-access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications: High-speed physical layer in the 5 GHz band.

IEEE 802.11b:1999IEEE standard for infor-mation technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN medium-access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications: Higher-speed physical layer (PHY) extension in the 2.4 GHz band.

IEEE 802.15.1:2001Standard for telecommunications and information exchange between systems—LAN/MAN—Specific requirements—Part 15: Wireless medium-access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications for wireless personal-area networks (WPAN).

IEEE 820:1984 (R1999)IEEE standard telephone loop performance characteristics.

IEEE 1007:1991IEEE standard methods and equipment for measuring the transmission characteristics of pulse-code modulation (PCM) telecommunications circuits and systems.

IEEE 1027:1996IEEE standard method for measurement of the magnetic field in the vicinity of a telephone receiver.

IEEE 1206:1994IEEE standard methods for measuring transmission performance of telephone handsets and headsets.

IEEE 1329:1999IEEE standard method for measuring transmission performance of handsfree telephone sets.

IEEE 1390:1995IEEE standard for utility telemetry service architecture for switched telephone network.

IEEE 8802-11:1999/IEC 8802-11:1999Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN medium-access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications; Amendment 1:2000 to IEEE 8802-11:1999.

TR 101 031:1999Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); High-performance radio local-area network (HIPERLAN) Type 2; Requirements and architectures for wireless broadband access.

TR 101 683:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; System overview.

TR 101 764:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); Definition of the BRAN domain.

TS 101 475:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Physical (PHY) layer.

TS 101 493-2:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Packet-based convergence layer; Part 2: Ethernet service specific convergence sublayer (SSCS).

TS 101 761-1:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Data link control (DLC) layer; Part 1: Basic data transport functions.

TS 101 761-2:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Data link control (DLC) layer; Part 2: Radio link control (RLC) sublayer.

TS 101 762:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Network management.

TS 101 763-2:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Cell-based convergence layer; Part 2: UNI service specific convergence sublayer (SSCS).

TS 101 811-1-1:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Conformance testing for the packet-based convergence layer; Part 1: Common part; Subpart 1: Protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) pro forma.

TS 101 811-1-2:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Conformance testing for the packet-based convergence layer; Part 1: Common part; Subpart 2: Test suite structure and test purposes (TSS&TP) specification.

TS 101 823-1-1:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Conformance testing for the data link control (DLC) protocol; Part 1: Basic data transport function; Subpart 1: Protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) pro forma.

TS 101 823-1-2:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Conformance testing for the data link control (DLC) protocol; Part 1: Basic data transport function; Subpart 2: Test suite structure and test purposes (TSS&TP) specification.

TS 101 823-2-1:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Conformance testing for the data link control (DLC) protocol; Part 2: Radio link control (RLC) sublayer; Subpart 1: Protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) pro forma.

TS 101 823-2-2:2000Broadband radio access networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; Conformance testing for the data link control (DLC) protocol; Part 2: Radio link control (RLC) sublayer; Subpart 2: Test suite structure and test purposes (TSS&TP) specification.

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