1. May 13, 2005TCB Workshop May 20051 TCB Accreditation Review William Hurst Chief, Technical Research Branch Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology Laboratory Division

2. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 2 ISO/IEC Guide 65 Accreditation TCB Post-market Surveillance –Based on type testing of a few samples of the total number of product types that the TCB has certified. –General: 2 percent for a given year –Handset RF Exposure: 1 percent for a given year Training of TCB Certification Personnel –Basic EMC Training –General RF Exposure Training –Part 22H/24E Handset RF Exposure

3. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 3 Acceptance of Test Data “A TCB shall accept test data from any source, subject to the requirement in ISO/IEC Guide 65, and shall not unnecessarily repeat tests.” (2.962(f)(2)) –TCB shall review the test data and must be confident that the product complies. –TCB is required to maintain oversight of testing. –Test Lab that is 17025 accredited should not require additional review by TCB. –TCB shall provide a well documented procedure for review during the Guide 65 assessment. –It is not sufficient to say that FCC has accepted test data from a lab.

4. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 4 ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation 17025 Scope of accreditation –ANSI-ACP-PR-044 Transition period for new procedures or methods –One year for new or revised methods

5. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 5 TCB Scope of Accreditation TCB Scope A1 –47 CFR Parts 11, 15 and 18 –FCC MP-5 –ANSI C63.4-2003 TCB Scope A2 –47 CFR Part 15 –FCC KDB Publication No. 200443, Millimeter Wave Test Procedures –ANSI C63.4-2003 TCB Scope A3 –47 CFR Part 15 –ANSI C63.17-1998 –ANSI C63.4-2003

6. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 6 TCB Scope of Accreditation TCB Scope A4 –47 CFR Part 15 –ANSI C63.4-2003 –FCC Public Notice, DA 00-705, March 30, 2000, Filing and Measurement Guidelines for Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Systems –FCC Public Notice, DA 02-2138, August 30, 2002, Measurement guidelines for U-NII Devices –FCC KDB Publication, 558074, March 23, 2005, New Guidance on Measurement for Digital Transmission Systems in Section 15.247

7. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 7 TCB Scope of Accreditation TCB Scope B1 –47 CFR Parts 22, 24, 25, and 27 –ANSI/TIA/EIA-603-B (2002) TCB Scope B2 –47 CFR Parts 22, 74, 90, 95, and 97 –ANSI/TIA/EIA-603-B (2002) TCB Scope B3 –47 CFR Parts 80 and 87 –ANSI/TIA/EIA-603-B (2002) TCB Scope B4 –47 CFR 21, 74, and 101 –ANSI/TIA/EIA-603-B (2002)

8. May 13, 2005 TCB Workshop May 2005 8 TCB Scope of Accreditation TCB Scope C –47 CFR Part 68 –TIA-968-A (January 15, 2003), including the following amendments: TIA-968-A-1 (September 2, 2003) TIA-968-A-2 (March 7, 2004) –T1.TRQ.6 –TIA/EIA TSB-31-B