Consultation: Licence-Exemption Framework Review

UK regulator Ofcom has published a consultation designed to set a framework for licence exempt spectrum for the next 20 years. It is based on two principles. Firstly, that spectrum use should be licence-exempt if this is expected to derive greater value than a licensed approach. Secondly, where demand for spectrum is less than supply, harmful interference is unlikely and licensing may present an unnecessary overhead.

Specific proposals include:
• Where possible, licence-exempt spectrum should be released on the spectrum commons model, where multiple applications share the same frequencies.
• Multiple classes of spectrum commons should be considered, with regulator-defined rules restricting the diversity of applications within each class.
• All spectrum in the 275 - 1000 GHz range, should be considered for licence-exemption
• 94 GHz of unused spectrum in the 105 - 275 GHz range should be considered for licence-exempt usage and 40 GHz of unused spectrum should be considered for light-licensed usage.
• In 40 -105 GHz the 59 -64 GHz band and the 102 -105 GHz band should be considered for use by licence-exempt devices.
• Devices transmitting at sufficiently low power spectral densities should be exempted from licensing.

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