[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32248]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 99-2733]


NGSO FSS Results From the Conference Preparatory Meeting on 
Technical, Operational and Regulatory/Procedural Matters

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document seek comments on Non-geostationary Satellite 
Orbit (NGSO), Geostationary Satellite Orbit (GSO), Fixed Satellite 
Service (FSS) results from the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) on 
Technical, Operational and Regulatory/Procedural Matters to be 
considered by the 2000 World Radiocommunication Conference. These 
spectrum sharing issues are currently being addressed in ET Docket 98-
206. To ensure that our decisions in the docket are based on a 
comprehensive technical record, we are seeking additional comments 
pertaining to any relevant issues identified in Chapter 3 of the CPM 
Report.

DATES: Comments are due December 20, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Derenge (202) 418-2451, email: 
[email protected], Office of Engineering and Technology or Harry Ng 
(202) 418-0752, email: [email protected], International Bureau.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the text of the Commission's Public 
Notice, DA 99-2733, released December 6, 1999. This document is 
available for inspection and copying during regular business hours in 
the FCC Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street, 
SW, Washington, DC, and is available on the FCC's Internet site at 
www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Public_Notices/1999/.
    This document may also be purchased from the Commission's 
duplication contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 
(202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Summary of Public Notice

    1. On December 3, 1999, Skybridge LLC filed ex parte comments in ET 
Docket 98-206 reflecting the conclusions reached at the November 19, 
1999, Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) in Geneva, Switzerland 
pertaining to spectrum sharing between Non-geostationary Satellite 
Orbit (NGSO) and Geostationary Satellite Orbit (GSO) Fixed Satellite 
Service (FSS) operations. Panamsat Corporation also filed comments on 
the CPM Report on December 6, 1999.
    2. These NGSO/GSO FSS spectrum sharing issues are also currently 
being addressed in ET Docket No. 98-206. The CPM Report also addresses 
results concerning spectrum sharing between NGSO FSS and GSO Broadcast 
Satellite Services (BSS), another issue in ET Docket No. 98-206. To 
ensure that our decisions in the docket are based on a comprehensive 
technical record, the Office of Engineering and Technology and the 
International Bureau seek additional comments pertaining to any 
relevant issues identified in Chapter 3 of the CPM Report. In 
particular, we would like commenters to address the compromise 
solutions for NGSO/GSO FSS operations, including validation EPFD 
limits; additional operational limits; and operational limits contained 
in Sections 3.1.2.1.2--Protection Criteria; 3.1.2.1.3--Methodologies 
used to assess the adequacy of the limits to protect GSO FSS; 
3.1.2.1.4--Results of studies relating to the review/revision of the 
provisional power limits appearing in Section II of Article S22; 
3.1.2.4.7--Operational limits to the EPFD by non-GSO systems in certain 
frequency bands; and 3.1.2.4.8--Additional EPFD down limits to protect 
GSO FSS in the bands 10.7-11.7 GHz (in all Regions), 11.7-12.2 GHz 
(Region 2), 12.2-12.5 GHZ (Region 3), and 12.5-12.75 GHz (Regions 1 and 
3), as well as all relevant annexes to Chapter 3. NGSO FSS/GSO BSS 
sharing issues are addressed in Section 3.1.3. In addition, we are 
submitting the entire text of Chapter 3 of the CPM Report in this 
docket.
    3. For ex parte purposes this proceeding, as well as any additional 
comments filed, continues to be a ``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding, 
in accordance with Sec. 1.1200(a) of the Commission's rules, and is 
subject to the requirements under Sec. 1.1206(b) of the rules.
    4. Pursuant to 47 CFR, Secs. 1.415 and 1.419, interested parties 
are invited to file comments no later than December 20, 1999. Comments 
may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System 
(ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceeding, 63 
Fed. Reg. 24121 (1998). Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as 
an electronic file via Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html. 
In completing the transmittal screen, parties responding should include 
their full name, mailing address, and the applicable docket number, ET 
Docket 98-206.

Federal Communications Commission.
Shirley S. Suggs,
Chief, Publications Branch.
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