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DSRC CAPABILITIES COMPARISON

SPECTRUM USED

DATA RATE

COVERAGE

ALLOCATION STATUS

INTERFERENCE POTENTIAL

MAXIMUM RANGE

MINIMUM SEPARATION

CHANNEL CAPACITY

POWER (Downlink)

POWER (Uplink)

12 MHz (909.75 to 921.75 MHz)

0.5 Mbps

One communication zone at a time

No protection

Many 900 MHz Phones,

Many Rail Car AEI Readers,

Many Spread Spectrum Devices,

Wind Profile Radars

300 ft (at required- 30 dBm sensitivity)

1500 ft (except where carefully planned)

1 to 2 channels

Nominally less than 40 dBm (10 W)

Nominally less than 6 dBm (< 4mW)

75 MHz

6 Mbps - 27 Mbps

Overlapping communication zones

Primary Status (high protection)

Sparsely located Military Radars,

Very Sparsely located Satellite Uplinks

1000 m (~ 3000 ft)

50 ft (on small zone channels)

7 channels

Nominally less than 33 dBm (2 W)*

ITS RADIO SERVICE is the FCC Part 90 designation for the 915 MHz and 5.9 GHz DSRC spectrum

*Note - As a special case up to 44.77 dBm (30 W) may be use for qualified public safety applications.

902 - 928 MHz Band

PARAMETERS

5850 - 5925 MHz Band

(in the designated ITS RADIO SERVICE bands)

RED – Substantial Limitation

GREEN – Substantial Advantage