Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 13 — Public Safety Communications and Electromagnetic Spectrum Auctions
§ 1454. Guard bands and unlicensed use
Statutory text
In general
Nothing in subparagraph (G) of section 309(j)(8) of this title or in section 1452 of this title shall be construed to prevent the Commission from using relinquished or other spectrum to implement band plans with guard bands.
Size of guard bands
Such guard bands shall be no larger than is technically reasonable to prevent harmful interference between licensed services outside the guard bands.
Unlicensed use in guard bands
The Commission may permit the use of such guard bands for unlicensed use.
Database
Unlicensed use shall rely on a database or subsequent methodology as determined by the Commission.
Protections against harmful interference
The Commission may not permit any use of a guard band that the Commission determines would cause harmful interference to licensed services.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Pub. L. 112–96 title VI § 6407 · 126 Stat. 156
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1454
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6407, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 231.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6407, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 231.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6407. GUARD BANDS AND UNLICENSED USE. (a) In General.— Nothing in subparagraph (G) of section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by section 6402, or in section 6403 shall be construed to prevent the Commission from using relinquished or other spectrum to implement band plans with guard bands. (b) Size of Guard Bands.— Such guard bands shall be no larger than is technically reasonable to prevent harmful interference between licensed services outside the guard bands. (c) Unlicensed Use in Guard Bands.— The Commission may permit the use of such guard bands for unlicensed use. (d) Database.— Unlicensed use shall rely on a database or subsequent methodology as determined by the Commission. (e) Protections Against Harmful Interference.— The Commission may not permit any use of a guard band that the Commission determines would cause harmful interference to licensed services.
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