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The Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) has published draft rules for public information concerning the exemption from frequency assignment requirements for short-range automotive radar systems operating in the 77 to 81 GHz band.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, issued Notification G.S.R. 866(E) on November 25, 2025, publishing draft rules for the 'Use of Short-Range Automotive Radar System in the 77 to 81 GHz band (Exemption from Assignment Requirement) Rules, 2025.' These rules are proposed under sub-section (6) of section 4 read with clause (h) to sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023). The Central Government invites objections or suggestions from affected persons within thirty days from the date of the notification's publication in the Official Gazette. Objections should 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 draft rules exempt persons from requiring a frequency assignment to establish, maintain, work, possess, or deal in wireless equipment for short-range automotive radar systems in the 77 to 81 GHz band, provided they operate on a non-interference, non-protection, and shared (non-exclusive) basis, adhering to specified technical parameters. These parameters include a maximum average EIRP of 50 dBm, a maximum peak e.i.r.p of 55 dBm, a maximum emission bandwidth of 4 GHz, and a maximum unwanted emissions limit of -32 dBm/MHz. This use is strictly limited to vehicles. The rules also outline a process for addressing harmful interference to licensed systems under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, or the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, where the Authority may recommend discontinuation of wireless use if interference cannot be resolved. All wireless equipment must be type approved, conform to specified bandwidth and other parameters, and meet safety requirements per International or National standards such as ITU/ETSI/ANSI/BIS/TEC/ICNIRP. An Annexure provides the application format for equipment type approval.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-26112025-267966 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 780] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2025/ AGRHAYAN 5, 1947 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Department of Telecommunications) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25 November, 2025 G.S.R. 866(E).— The following draft rules, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 4 read with clause (h), to sub-section (2) of section 56 of the TelecommunicationsAct, 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 from the date on which copies of this notification as published in the Official Gazette, are madeavailable 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 objection or suggestion 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, commencement and application. — (1) These rules may be called the Use of Short- Range Automotive Radar System in the 77 to 81 GHz band (Exemption from Assignment Requirement) Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Application. — These rules shall apply in the 77 to 81 GHz 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) “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 antenna's strongest beam; (d) "power spectral density" means 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; (e) "device" means the radiators operating in the frequency bands 77-81 GHz that use wideband digital modulation techniques and provide a wide array of high datarate in mobile and fixed communications for individuals, businesses, and institutions; (f) "Vehicles" include, but are not limited to, passenger cars, busses, trucks, aircraft while taxing, railroad train locomotives, train cars, monorails or trams, construction vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, and boats and ships operated within territorial waters of India. (2) The words and expressions used in these rules and not defined, but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act. 4. Exemption. — No frequency assignment shall be required by any person to establish, maintain, work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of short-range automotive radar system in the 77 to 81 GHz frequency band on non-interference, non-protection and shared (non-exclusive) basis, and using the technical parameters as specified in the Table below, namely:— TABLE Technical characteristics +---------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+ | Device Type | #Max. | *Max. Peak | Max. Emission | Maximum | | | Average EIRP | e.i.r.p | Bandwidth | unwanted | | | | | | emissions Limit | +---------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+ | Short Range | 50 dBm | 55 dBm | 4 GHz | -32 dBm/MHz | | Automotive Radar | | | | | +---------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+ # To be measured over 1 MHz resolution bandwidth using average detector and integrated over the total emission bandwidth * To be measured over 1 MHz resolution bandwidth using peak detector over the entire emission bandwidth, shall not be integrated over the emission bandwidth. 4.1 Operational Restrictions.— (1) This use will be limited to vehicles only. 5. Interference.— (1) The effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions, radiations or induction upon reception in a radio equipment, 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 equipment exempted under these rules, then such Authority shall call upon the user of such unauthorised 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). 6. Equipment. - (1) The wireless equipment 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/TEC/ICNIRP for the respective devices and frequency bands. [F. No. R-11014/03/2025-NT] DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy ANNEXURE APPLICATION FOR EQUIPMENT TYPE APPROVAL [See rule 6] 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 Signature of the applicant Place : Date : (Note : Separate application should be submitted for each type of equipment.) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH Date: 2025.11.26 15:15:04 +05'30' GORAKHA NATH YADAVA YADAVA

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