U.S. Non-Federal-Government Allocations
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
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INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A
MOBILE 5.558
SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
FCC rule parts
SpectrumWiki
Radio spectrum allocations
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U.S. Federal Government Allocations
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
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INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A
MOBILE 5.558
SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
ITU Region 1 Allocations
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
FIXED
INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A
MOBILE 5.558
SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
ITU Region 2 Allocations
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
FIXED
INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A
MOBILE 5.558
SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
ITU Region 3 Allocations
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
FIXED
INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A
MOBILE 5.558
SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
Footnotes
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5.547 The bands 31.8-33.4 GHz, 37-40 GHz, 40.5-43.5 GHz, 51.4-52.6 GHz, 55.78-59 GHz and 64-66 GHz are available for high-density applications in the fixed service (see Resolution 75 (WRC-2000)*). Administrations should take this into account when considering regulatory provisions in relation to these bands. Because of the potential deployment of high-density applications in the fixed-satellite service in the bands 39.5-40 GHz and 40.5-42 GHz (see No. 5.516B), administrations should further take into account potential constraints to high-density applications in the fixed service, as appropriate. *This resolution was revised by WRC-12. (WRC 07)
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5.556A Use of the bands 54.25-56.9 GHz, 57-58.2 GHz and 59-59.3 GHz by the inter-satellite service is limited to satellites in the geostationary-satellite orbit. The single-entry power flux-density at all altitudes from 0 km to 1 000 km above the Earth’s surface produced by a station in the inter-satellite service, for all conditions and for all methods of modulation, shall not exceed –147 dB(W/(m2 · 100 MHz)) for all angles of arrival. (WRC-97)
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5.557 Additional allocation: in Japan, the band 55.78-58.2 GHz is also allocated to the radiolocation service on a primary basis. (WRC-97)
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5.558 In the bands 55.78-58.2 GHz, 59-64 GHz, 66-71 GHz, 122.25-123 GHz, 130-134 GHz, 167-174.8 GHz and 191.8-200 GHz, stations in the aeronautical mobile service may be operated subject to not causing harmful interference to the inter-satellite service (see No. 5.43). (WRC 2000)
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US532 In the bands 21.2-21.4 GHz, 22.21-22.5 GHz, and 56.26-58.2 GHz, the space research and Earth exploration-satellite services shall not receive protection from the fixed and mobile services operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations.
Wiki entries
V-band
Current Use
57–66 GHz V-Band
"V-Band is characterized by a continuous block of 9 GHz of spectrum between 57 and 66 GHz, oxygen absorption that implies immunity to interference and enhanced frequency re-use, a favourable licence regime, mostly unlicensed or light licensed (country dependent)."
Please see the document section for a link to an ETSI report on worldwide regulation of V-band and E-band.
802.11/WLAN/Wi-Fi/WiGig
Current Use
57.24–74.52 GHz Wireless LANs (WiGig)
Wi-Fi is a trademark permitted for devices that are based upon a published standard of the IEEE 802.11 committee and that have been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi is presently incorporated in about three billion devices. Wireless cash registers were one of the earliest applications of what is now Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi devices operate on an unlicensed basis, generally meaning they cannot cause interference to licensed services, and must accept any interference caused to them. Wi-Fi shares bands with other unlicensed or ISM devices, such as cordless phones at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz and microwave ovens at 2.4 GHz.
Some of the key patents related to Wi-Fi are credited (in the courts at least) to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, which has collected over $400 million in royalties and legal settlements over patent rights.