[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22309]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Public Meeting To Develop Global Positioning System/Ultrawideband 
Operational Scenarios

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Spectrum Management (OSM) of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a 
series of public meetings to develop the operational scenarios to be 
considered in the assessment of potential interference to Global 
Positioning System (GPS) receivers from ultrawideband (UWB) 
transmission systems. Interested parties are invited to make 
presentations describing GPS/UWB operational scenarios they expect to 
be considered in the NTIA analysis.

DATES: The first meeting will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 
September 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The first meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 3407, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230. The meeting will be open to the public. For updated information 
on this meeting, please see NTIA's homepage at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/uwbtestplan/gpstestfr.htm>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Jones, Office of Spectrum 
Management, telephone: (202) 482-2791; or electronic mail: 
[email protected]>; or Ed Drocella, Office of Spectrum Management, 
telephone: (202) 482-2608; or electronic mail: [email protected]>.
    Media inquiries should be directed to the Office of Public Affairs, 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, at (202) 
482-7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 14, 2000, the NTIA Measurement 
Plan To Determine The Potential Interference Impact To Global 
Positioning System Receivers From Ultrawideband Transmission Systems 
was published in the Federal Register. The measurements described in 
this document will not develop the operational scenarios or the 
associated link budgets. Rather, the measurements will define the 
maximum level of UWB emissions that can be tolerated at the input of 
each GPS receiver considered. The maximum tolerable UWB emission level 
will then be used in a separate link budget analysis for each specific 
UWB-to-GPS operational scenario identified to calculate the maximum 
permissible output power of a UWB transmission system, under given 
parameter combinations, that will ensure compatibility with GPS 
receivers. The operational scenarios will be dependent upon both 
existing and projected GPS and UWB applications and will take into 
consideration circumstances involving both single and multiple UWB 
transmission systems. For each application, a link budget will be 
developed under assumptions and/or known conditions that are defined by 
the particular operational scenario.
    Public Participation: The first meeting is open to the public and 
is physically accessible to people with disabilities. To facilitate 
entry into the Department of Commerce building, please have a photo 
identification available and/or a U.S. Government building pass, if 
applicable. Any member of the public wishing to attend and requiring 
special services, such as sign language interpretation or other 
ancillary aids, should contact Steve Jones at least five (5) days prior 
to the meeting at telephone (202) 482-2791 or e-mail 
[email protected]>.

Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-22309 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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