Section 3, Use of Low Power and Very Low Power…

The Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Short Range Radio Frequency Devices (Exemption from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2018Central Rules · 1933

No licence shall be required by any person to establish, maintain, work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of usage of low power and very low power short range radio frequency devices or wireless equipment in the frequency band, on non-interference, non-protection and shared and nonexclusive basis, with the equivalent isotropic radiated power or effective radiated power, complying with the technical specification contained in the Tables-I to IX, namely: — Table-I Inductive device S.No. Frequency range in kHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/ or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 6765-6795 42 dΒµΑ/m at 10 metres EN 300 330 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, inductive device mean radio devices that use magnetic fields with inductive loop systems for near field communications and typical uses include devices for car immobilisation, animal identification, alarm systems, cable detection, waste management, personal identification, wireless voice links, access control, proximity sensors, anti-theft systems, including radio frequency anti-theft induction systems, data transfer to hand-held devices, automatic article identification, wireless control systems and automatic road tolling.

¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 13 Table –II Active medical implant device S.No. Frequency range in MHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 30-37.5 1 mW e.r.p. duty cycle limit: 10 % This set of usage conditions is only available to ultra-low power medical membrane implants for blood pressure measurements within the definition of active implantable medical devices in Directive 90/385/EEC.

EN 302 510 2 401-402 25 µW e.r.p. Channel spacing: 25 kHz. Individual transmitters may combine adjacent channels for increased bandwidth up to 100 kHz. Alternatively, a duty cycle limit of 0.1 % may also be used.

This set of usage conditions is only available for systems specifically designed for the purpose of providing non-voice digital communications between active implantable medical devices and/or body-worn devices and other devices external to the human body used for transferring non-time-critical individual patient-related physiological information.

EN 302 537 3 405-406 25 µW e.r.p. Channel spacing: 25 kHz Individual transmitters may combine adjacent channels for increased bandwidth up to 100 kHz. Alternatively, a duty cycle limit of 0.1 % may also be used.

EN 302 537 4 2483.5-2500 10 mW e.i.r.p. Channel spacing 1 MHz The whole frequency band may also be used dynamically as a single channel for high-speed data transmissions.

Duty cycle limit:10% EN 301 559 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, active medical implant device covers the radio part of active implantable medical devices that are intended to be totally or partially introduced, surgically or medically, into the human body or that of an animal, and where applicable their peripherals.

14 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] Table -III High duty cycle or Continuous transmission device S.No. Frequency Range in MHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 87.5-108 50 nW e.r.p. EN 301 357 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, high duty cycle or continuous transmission device mean radio device that rely on low latency and high duty cycle transmissions and used for personal wireless audio and multimedia streaming systems used for combined audio or video transmissions and audio or video sync signals, mobile phones, automotive or home entertainment system, wireless microphones, cordless loudspeakers, cordless headphones, radio devices carried on a person, assistive listening devices, in-ear monitoring, wireless microphones for use at concerts or other stage productions, and low power analogue FM transmitters (band 36).

Table -IV Assistive listening device S.No. Frequency range in MHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 169.4-169.475 500 mW e.r.p. Channel spacing:

≤ 50 kHz EN 300 422 2 169.4875-

169.5875 500 mW e.r.p. Channel spacing:

max 50 kHz EN 300 422 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, assistive listening device covers radio communications systems that allow persons suffering from hearing disability to increase their listening capability. Typical system installations include one or more radio transmitters and one or more radio receivers.

Table -V Personal Mobile Radio 446 MHz device S.No. Frequency range in MHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 446.0-446.2 500 mW e.r.p. Channel spacing: 6.25 kHz and

12.5 kHz EN 300 113- 2, EN 301 166-2, EN 300 296-2 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, personal mobile radio 446 MHz device means hand portable radio with no base station or repeater use and uses integral antennas only in order to maximise sharing and minimise interference, and which operates in short range peer-to-peer mode and shall be used neither as a part of infrastructure network nor as a repeater;

¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 15 Table -VI Radio determination device S.No. Frequency range in MHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 2400-2483.5 25 mW e.i.r.p. EN 300 440 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, radio determination device means radio device that are used for determining the position, velocity and/or other characteristics of an object, or for obtaining information relating to these parameters.

Radio determination equipment typically conducts measurements to obtain such characteristics. Any kind of point-topoint or point-to-multipoint radio communications is outside of this definition.

Table -VII Radio frequency identification device S.No. Frequency range in MHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 2446-2454 500 mW e.i.r.p. EN 300 440 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, radio frequency identification device means tag or interrogator based radio communications systems, consisting of radio devices (tags) attached to animate or inanimate items and of transmitter or receiver units (interrogators) which activate the tags and receive data back that are used for tracking and identification of items, such as for electronic article surveillance (EAS), and collecting and transmitting data relating to the items to which tags are attached, which may be either battery-less, battery assisted or battery powered.

Table -VIII Transport and traffic telematics device S.No. Frequency range in GHz Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 24.05-24.075 100 mW e.i.r.p. EN 302 858 2 24.075-24.15 100 mW e.i.r.p. This set of usage conditions is only available to groundbased vehicle radars.

EN 302 858-1 V 1.2.1 3 24.075-24.15 0.1 mW e.i.r.p. EN 302 858 4 24.15-24.25 100 mW e.i.r.p. EN 302 858 5 24.25-24.495 – 11 dBm e.i.r.p. Duty cycle limits and frequency modulation ranges apply as This set of usage conditions is only available to ground- EN 302 858 16 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] specified in EN 302 858- 1 v1.3.1.

based vehicle radars.

6 24.25-24.5 20 dBm e.i.r.p.

(forward-facing radars), 16 dBm e.i.r.p. (rear-facing radars) Duty cycle limits and frequency modulation ranges apply as specified in EN 302 858- 1 v1.3.1.

EN 302 858 7 24.495-24.5 – 8 dBm e.i.r.p. Duty cycle limits and frequency modulation ranges apply as specified in EN 302 858- 1 v1.3.1.

EN 302 858 *EN: is a number and acronym used for Harmonized European Standard as produced by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Note: For the purpose of this Table, transport and traffic telematics device means the device that are used in the field of transport, traffic management, navigation, mobility management and in intelligent transport systems for interfaces between different modes of transport, communication between vehicles, between vehicles and fixed locations as well as communication from and to users.

Table –IX Non-Specific Short Range Device S.No. Frequency range Transmit power limit/field strength limit/power density limit Additional parameters (channeling and/or channel access and occupation rules) Other usage restrictions *EN No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 456.9-457.1 kHz 7 dBµA/m at 10 m This set of usage conditions is only available for emergency detections of buried victims and valuable items devices.

EN 300 718 2 26957-27283 kHz 10 mW effective radiated power (e.r.p.)

EN 300 220 3 26990-27000 kHz 100 mW e.r.p. Duty cycle limit: 0.1 %.