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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-16052025-263156
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 273]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025/VAISAKHA 26, 1947
3224 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th May 2025
G.S.R. 316 (E).— The following draft rules, which the Central Government proposes to make in
exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(3) and 4(6) read with clauses (b) and (h) of sub-section (2) of
section 56 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023), are hereby published for the information of
all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into
consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days on which copies of this notification as published in
the Official Gazette, are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Joint Secretary (Telecom), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka
Road, New Delhi-110001;
The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules
before the expiry of the aforesaid period shall be taken into consideration by the Central Government.
1.
Short title and commencement. (1) These rules may be called the Use of Low Power and Very
Low Power Wireless Access System including Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz band (Exemption
from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2.
Application. These rules shall be applicable in the 5925 – 6425 MHz band.
3.
Definitions. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "Act" means the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023);
(b) "Authority" means the authority notified by the Central Government.
(c) "access point" means a transceiver that operates either as a bridge in a peer-to-peer connection or
as a connector between the wired and wireless segments of the network;
(d) "equivalent isotropic radiated power” or “e.i.r.p" means the total power that would have to be
radiated by a hypothetical isotropic antenna to give the same signal strength as the actual source in
the direction of the antennas strongest beam;
(e) "emission bandwidth" means the 26 dB bandwidth of the modulated signal measured relative to
the maximum level of the modulated carrier;
(f) “maximum power spectral density” means the maximum power within the specified measurement
bandwidth, within the device operating band; measurements in the 5925-6425 MHz band are made
over a bandwidth of 1 MHz;
(g) "power spectral density” means the power spectral density is the total energy output per unit
bandwidth from a pulse or sequence of pulses for which the transmit power is at its maximum level,
divided by the total duration of the pulses and the total time does not include the time between pulses
during which the transmit power is off or below its maximum level;
(h) "device" means the radiators operating in the frequency bands 5925-6425 MHz that use wideband
digital modulation techniques and provide a wide array of high data rate in mobile and fixed
communications for individuals, businesses, and institutions;
(i) "indoor operation” means that the transmitter is located inside premises which are wholly enclosed
by walls that are non-transparent to radio waves, except for any doors, windows or passageways; and
the premises have ceiling or roof, non-transparent to radio waves.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules and not defined herein but defined in the Act shall have
the same meanings respectively as assigned to them in those Acts.
4.
Exemption. No Authorization or Frequency Assignment shall be required to establish, maintain,
work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of Lower Power Indoor and Very Low Power
outdoor wireless access systems, including radio local area networks operating in the frequency band 5925-
6425 MHz on noninterference, non-protection and shared (nonexclusive) basis, and complying with the
following technical parameters; namely:
Table
Low power indoor and Very Low Power Outdoor WAS/RLAN Access Points and devices
+-------------+-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------------+
| Device Type | Max. PSD e.i.r.p for | Max. e.i.r.p for in | Emission | Out of band emissions |
| | in-band emissions | band emissions | Bandwidth | (Max e.i.r.p density) |
+=============+=========================+=================+=================+=========================+
| Low Power | 5 dBm/MHz | 30 dBm | 320 MHz | -27 dBm/MHz |
| Indoor | | | | |
+-------------+-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------------+
| Very Low | -5 dBm/MHz | 14 dBm | 320 MHz | -27 dBm/MHz |
| Power Outdoor | | | | |
+-------------+-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------------+
4.1 Operational restrictions:
(i) All kinds of use are prohibited on Oil platforms
(ii) Indoor use is prohibited on Land vehicles (e.g., cars, trains) and boats, aircrafts except when
flying above 10,000 feet.
(iii) Communication with and control of Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems is prohibited.
5. Out of band emission Limits.
(1) For transmitters operating within the 5.925-6.425 GHz band: Any emissions outside of the 5.925-6.425
GHz band must not exceed an e.i.r.p. of -27 dBm/MHz.
(2) For transmitters operating within the 5.925-6.425 GHz bands: Power spectral density must be suppressed
by 20 dB at 1 MHz outside of channel edge, by 28 dB at one channel bandwidth from the channel center, and
by 40 dB at one- and one-half times the channel bandwidth away from channel center. At frequencies between
one megahertz outside an unlicensed device's channel edge and one channel bandwidth from the center of
the channel, the limits must be linearly interpolated between 20 dB and 28 dB suppression, and at frequencies
between one and one- and one-half times an unlicensed device's channel bandwidth, the limits must be
linearly interpolated between 28 dB and 40 dB suppression. Emissions removed from the channel center by
more than one- and one-half times the channel bandwidth must be suppressed by at least 40 dB.
(3) The emission measurements shall be performed using a minimum resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz. A
lower resolution bandwidth may be employed near the band edge, when necessary, provided the measured
energy is integrated to show the total power over 1 MHz.
(4) When measuring the emission limits, the nominal carrier frequency shall be adjusted as close to the upper
and lower frequency band edges as the design of the equipment permits.
6. Interference.— (1) The effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions,
radiations or induction upon reception in a radio communication system, manifested by any performance
degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information which could be extracted in the absence of such
unwanted energy, where any person operating as per the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023) or
license under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) which is valid pursuant to sub-section (6) of
section 3 of the Act informs the Authority that his licensed system is getting harmful interference from any
other radio communication system exempted under these rules, then such Authority shall call upon the user
of such unlicensed wireless equipment to take necessary steps to avoid interference by relocating the
equipment, reducing the power and using special type of antennae, failing which such Authority shall
recommend discontinuation of such wireless use.
(2) The Authority shall give a reasonable opportunity to the user of wireless equipment before making
recommendation of discontinuation of wireless use under sub-rule (1) above.
7. Equipment. -— (1) The wireless equipment will have in-built and integrated antenna and shall be
type approved and designed and constructed in such a manner that the bandwidth of emission and other
parameters shall conform to the limits specified in rule 4 and 5. The application for obtaining equipment type
approval shall be made to the Central Government in the format given in Annexure.
(2) The safety related requirements shall be as per the International or National standards such as ITU/ETSI/
ANSI/BIS/ICNIRP for the respective devices and frequency bands.
[F.No. 24-04/2025-UBB]
DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
ANNEXURE
APPLICATION FOR EQUIPMENT TYPE APPROVAL
(Refer sub-rule (1) of rule 7)
Section-A- Applicant
1. Name of manufacturing agency applying
for equipment type approval
:
2. Postal Address of manufacturing Agency
:
3. Name and address of Indian agency
:
applying for the type approval.
4. Name of product and the product
Identification (model number etc.,)
:
Section- B- Details of Transmitter
5. Frequency range
:
6. No. of preset switchable channels
:
7. No. of voice/Data/ TV Channels
(In case of multi- channel equipment)
:
8. Tx-Rx channel separation
(In case of Duplex/multi-channel equipment)
9. Adjacent channel separation
(In case of multi-channel equipment)
10. Frequency stability
:
11. Spurious/ Harmonic radiations
:
i. Carrier suppression
:
(In case of carrier suppressed systems)
ii. Unwanted side band suppression
:
(In case of SSB systems)
iii. 2nd Harmonic radiations
:
iv. 3rd Harmonic radiations
:
12. Max. Frequency Deviation
:
13. Mode of emission
14. Bandwidth of emission
:
15. Test Tone deviation
:
16. Base band frequency
(In case of multi-channel equipment)
17. Type of modulation to be required
:
18. Pre-emphasis
:
19. Power output
:
(At the input of antenna)
20. Any other information
:
Section-C- Details of Receivers
21. Frequency range
:
22. Mode of reception
:
23. Spurious response of receiver
:
24. Sensitivity
:
25. Frequency stability
:
26. (a) Effective noise temperature
:
(b) Threshold input level
:
27. Intermediate frequency
:
28. De-emphasis
:
29. Selectivity
:
30. Any other particulars
:
Place :
Date :
(Note: Separate application should be submitted for each type of equipment.)
Signature of the applicant
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and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH
Date: 2025.05.16 15:18:54 +05'30'
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