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59 GHz (59,000,000,000 Hz)

U.S. Non-Federal-Government Allocations

59 – 59.3 GHz

EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)

FIXED

MOBILE 5.558

RADIOLOCATION 5.559

SPACE RESEARCH (passive)

US353

FCC rule parts

RF Devices (15)

U.S. Federal Government Allocations

59 – 59.3 GHz

EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)

FIXED

INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A

MOBILE 5.558

RADIOLOCATION 5.559

SPACE RESEARCH (passive)

US353

ITU Region 1 Allocations

59 – 59.3 GHz

EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)

FIXED

INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A

MOBILE 5.558

RADIOLOCATION 5.559

SPACE RESEARCH (passive)

ITU Region 2 Allocations

59 – 59.3 GHz

EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)

FIXED

INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A

MOBILE 5.558

RADIOLOCATION 5.559

SPACE RESEARCH (passive)

ITU Region 3 Allocations

59 – 59.3 GHz

EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)

FIXED

INTER-SATELLITE 5.556A

MOBILE 5.558

RADIOLOCATION 5.559

SPACE RESEARCH (passive)

Footnotes

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)
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)
5.559 In the band 59-64 GHz, airborne radars in the radiolocation service may be operated subject to not causing harmful interference to the inter-satellite service (see No. 5.43). (WRC 2000)
US353 In the bands 56.24-56.29 GHz, 58.422-58.472 GHz, 59.139-59.189 GHz, 59.566-59.616 GHz, 60.281-60.331 GHz, 60.41-60.46 GHz, and 62.461-62.511 GHz, space-based radio astronomy observations may be made on an unprotected basis.

Wiki entries

V-band

Current Use 57–66 GHz V-Band

The range 57-66 GHz is considered the V-band. According to ETSI:

"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)

Wireless LANS utilize various channels in the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz bands (multiple countries), and (in theory) the 3.6 GHz band (U.S. only). For a list of which channels are available in which regions, refer to the Wikipedia article.

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.