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APPENDIX-A
3650 MHz Band Information
Band History
• Historically part of the Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) allocation
• FSS operators are considered “grandfathered” operations and
are provided protection in the form of “exclusion zones”
• About 85 users remain, mostly on East and West Coasts of U.S.
• Over 20 states with no grandfathered operations in effect
• Recently, the FCC allocated 50 MHz of this spectrum (3.65 –
3.70 GHz) for private infrastructure and rural ISP use—not con-
sumer mass deployment
• 3650 MHz is considered a “registered” band. It is neither
licensed nor unlicensed
• Industry Canada rules patterned after FCC rules
Technical Details
• 50 MHz spectrum divided in two bands of 25MHz each
• Lower 25 MHz allows “Restricted protocols”, upper 25MHz
allows “Unrestricted”
• Operation requires registration with FCC database – operators,
all fixed point installs
• EIRP: One watt per-MHz for fixed deployments. 40 mW
per-MHz for mobile operation
• Industry Canada rules allow “Restricted protocols” across the
entire 50 MHz span.