The band 5,850-6,425MHzis an FSSuplink band, which has been proposed as apotential band forterrestrial IMT applications. Thereare twointerferenceissues tobeconsidered:1)interferencefroma transmitting FSSearth station toterrestrial IMTreceivers; and2) interferencefromtransmitting terrestrialIMTstations toFSSsatellite receivers.
The satelliteindustryisnotawareofexisting studieswhichaddresstheseissues, and hence studieswould benecessaryif thisband would continuetobe considered.
However, due to the largedistancebetween theearth station andthesatellite, it must berecognizedthat FSSearth stationstypically transmit with high power levelstowards a geostationarysatellite.Although such earth stationsemployhighlydirectionaldish antennas,there would still belarge power levels thatwould be “leaked’ inall directions. Accordingly,itisverylikelythat asignificant geographicalseparationwould haveto bemaintained between atransmittingFSS earthstationanda receiving IMTbase (andmobile) station. Such a separation,whenconsidered inconjunction withtheexpected ubiquitous deploymentof IMT stations,wouldeither causeinterference to terrestrial IMT systemsor wouldfurther constrain the deployment of newearthstations.Moreover,in viewoftheexisting ubiquitous deploymentofexisting transmittingFSSC-band earth stations inthe5,850–6,425MHz band, the aforementioned distance separation wouldplace significant restrictions onthe deploymentofIMT stations. Forthese reasons, the satelliteindustryis doubtful thatthis band wouldbe a candidate band fornew IMTapplications.
5 Positions
5.1Position forthe bands1,518-1,559MHz,1,626.5-1,660.5MHz,and 1,668-1,675 MHz Regarding theL-band MSSfrequencieswhichareusedbyGSOMSSsystems(1,518-1,559MHz,1,626.5-1,660.5MHz,and1,668-1,675MHz),these bands areeither currentlyused byMSSsystemsthroughouttheworld,orare planned tobe used inthe very near future. Itisnotpracticable forterrestrialIMTsystemstoshare with the MSS,and hence these bands are notsuitable foridentification forterrestrialIMT byWRC-15.