Boeing told the FCC it would support licensing rules for aeronaut...
Boeing told the FCC it would support licensing rules for aeronautical mobile satellite service (AMSS) and earth stations aboard vessels (ESVs) if they were based on an off- axis effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) approach. Boeing filed a petition…
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for rulemaking on AMSS asking for routine processing similar to the approach taken for new Ka- band earth stations, it said. The Commission proposed rules for ESVs which would license the earth stations similar to VSATs and C-band small aperture terminals (CSATs), Boeing said. Nonconforming Ku-band ESVs have to comply with established power levels and antenna performance standards, and C-band ESVs can’t cause unacceptable interference. While Boeing said it agrees fundamentally with the proposals, it said using the off-axis EIRP approach would recognize “the unique operational characteristics of the service and is the same as the approach adopted by the ITU.” In response to the Commission’s proposal to streamline rules in Part 25 using off-axis EIRP, the Satellite Industry Assn. (SIA) based its proposal on enhanced antenna pointing accuracy for CSATs and VSATs but didn’t “contemplate application of its Part 25 proposals to AMSS or ESV systems,” Boeing said: “AMSS and ESV systems are distinct from traditional CSATs/VSATs… Shoehorning ESV or AMSS rules into the CSAT/VSAT licensing rules is inappropriate.”