Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) Licensing System Overview May 19,

WTB Systems Primary Responsibility Universal Licensing System Antenna Structure Registration System TCNS/Section 106 Spectrum Dashboard Support Responsibility CORES Pay Fees Genesis 2

ULS 3

What is ULS? Access:Electronic filing system that provides secure, world-wide access to licensing information through the Internet Searches:ULS is a search engine to research application and license records Major Components:Filing Batch Processes Screening Application Processing Searches Outputs Interfaces:ULS interfaces with other systems Other Systems:ULS also includes the Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) filing process, Ownership, and the Unlicensed Wireless Microphone Registration process 4

Services from 11 Rule Parts Rule PartExamples 13Commercial operator 22Two-way paging, 800 MHz cellular (cell phones) GHz (cell phones) MHz (cell phones, BRS/EBS (fixed broadband) 74Broadcast support (insert) 80Ship 87Aviation 90Land mobile (public safety, utilities, business) 95Personal/hobby (GMRS, C/B radio) 97Amateur 101Microwave (backhaul) 5

2,000,000 Active Licenses 6 Entity TypesCategories Non Technical Sites MarketsGovernment Individuals Businesses

7 Licensing Information Exclusive Use Site/frequency Market/channel block Shared Use Site/frequency Non technical

8 Site-By-Site vs. Markets

9 Application Overview Categories of Applications in ULS Admin Modifications New Other Almost 500,000 Applications Per Year

ULS Interaction Universal Licensing System ASR CORES Pay Fees Genesis/Redlight IRAC COSER Auctions Bidding 10

Licensing Process 11 Application is Filed online, paper, batch Form 601 Application for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Radio Service Authorization Form 602FCC Ownership Disclosure Information for the Wireless Telecommunications Services Form 603FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Application for Assignments of Authorization and Transfers of Control Form 605Quick-Form Application for Authorization in the Ship, Aircraft, Amateur, Restricted and Commercial Operator, and General Mobile Radio Services Form 608Application or Notification for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement Form 609-T FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Application To Report Designated Entity Eligibility Event Form 611-TFCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Annual Report Related to Eligibility for Designated Entity Benefits

On-Line Filing in ULS 12

Electronic Authorization Selection 13

Licensing Process (cont.) 14 Back end processing 1000’s of validations Front end validations occur prior to application submittal More complex validations run during nightly batch process Edits for all applications (e.g. fees, ASR) Service specific edits (e.g. technical edits, international coordination) Purpose specific edits (e.g. name changes, transfers, assignments)

Back End Processing -Batch Nightly: Validations Public Notice Offline Applications Auto Process Other Scheduled Times: Auto Term Auto Expire Licenses Delete Saved Applications Generate Reminder Letters (Renewal & Buildout) 15

Back End Processing - Screening Major Screening Process ASR Canada IRAC Mexico Quiet Zone Fee Sufficiency (Genesis) DCIA Red Light 16

Licensing Process (cont.) 17 Manual processing 70% of applications auto-processed 30 % of applications require FCC staff Coordination Engineering analysis Legal review Applications go to Inbox Manually take action on application (grant, dismiss, return) once review is completed

Licensing Process (cont.) 18 Output licenses, letters Licenses are available electronically with the option for printed license Letters are printed and mailed ULS has additional outputs not related to application (public notices, renewal reminder letters, construction reminder letters, etc.)

Outputs – Electronic Authorizations Licensees can download electronic versions of the authorization from within License Manager. 19

Outputs – Weekly Public Notices (PNs) ULS generates 20 separate public notices on a weekly basis. The 10 PNs listed below for each of the two bureaus (WTB and PSHSB). 20

Data Access ULS Data Structure Applications Licenses Licenses Archive Form 602 Ownership ULS Public Access Application Search License Search License Archive Search 602 Ownership Search License Search API Data downloads 21

Data – Public Access Download Files The Public Access Download Files are located at 22

Application Search 23

License Search 24

New Map Feature 25

Help and Assistance 26

Adaptive Modulation Uses different modulation rates and types ULS stores modulation rate and type with emission ULS allows multiple emissions to be stacked on a single frequency List each unique emission designator, modulation rate, and modulation type 27

Adaptive Modulation (cont.) Uses different EIRPs, modulation rates and types Must list each Frequency/EIRP combination separately on a path If variation in EIRP is no greater than 3db can provide only the highest EIRP Licensee would want to consider whether mod schemes with lower EIRP would be adequately protected in an IX analysis Must still list each unique emission designator, modulation rate, and modulation type 28

Adaptive Modulation (cont.) payload capacity requirements apply, but with adaptive modulation the payload capacity is allowed to drop below the minimum for short periods of time If low order modulation schemes are used then the applicant must attach a certification that the path is designed to operate with a modulation scheme that meets the minimum payload capacity requirements at least 99.95% of the time 29

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