§ 95.1223   Registration and frequency coordination.

   (a)  Registration. Prior to operating MBAN devices that are capable of
   operation in the 2360-2390 MHz band, a health care facility, as defined by
   § 95.1203,  must register with a frequency coordinator designated under
   § 95.1225. Operation of MBAN devices in the 2360-2390 MHz band is prohibited
   prior  to the MBAN coordinator notifying the health care facility that
   registration and coordination (to the extent coordination is required under
   paragraph (c) of this section) is complete. The registration must include
   the following information:

   (1) Specific frequencies or frequency range(s) within the 2360-2390 MHz band
   to be used, and the capabilities of the MBAN equipment to use the 2390-2400
   MHz band;

   (2) Effective isotropic radiated power;

   (3) Number of MedRadio programmer/control transmitters in use at the health
   care facility as of the date of registration including manufacturer name(s)
   and model numbers and FCC identification number;

   (4) Legal name of the health care facility;

   (5) Location of MedRadio programmer/control transmitters (e.g., geographic
   coordinates, street address, building);

   (6)  Point of contact for the health care facility (e.g., name, title,
   office, phone number, fax number, email address); and

   (7) In the event an MBAN has to cease operating in all or a portion of the
   2360-2390  MHz  band  due to interference under § 95.1211 or changes in
   coordination  under  paragraph (c) of this section, a point of contact
   (including contractors) for the health care facility that is responsible for
   ensuring that this change is effected whenever it is required (e.g., name,
   title, office, phone number, fax number, email address). The health care
   facility also must state whether, in such cases, its MBAN operation is
   capable of defaulting to the 2390-2400 MHz band and that it is responsible
   for ceasing MBAN operations in the 2360-2390 MHz band or defaulting traffic
   to other hospital systems.

   (b)  Notification.  A  health care facility shall notify the frequency
   coordinator whenever an MBAN programmer/control transmitter in the 2360-2390
   MHz band is permanently taken out of service, unless it is replaced with
   transmitter(s) using the same technical characteristics and locations as
   those reported on the health care facility's registration which will cover
   the  replacement transmitter(s). A health care facility shall keep the
   information contained in each registration current and shall notify the
   frequency coordinator of any material change to the MBAN's location or
   operating parameters. In the event that the health care facility proposes to
   change the MBAN's location or operating parameters, the MBAN coordinator
   must first evaluate the proposed changes and comply with paragraph (c) of
   this section, as appropriate, before the health care facility may operate
   the MBAN in the 2360-2390 MHz band under changed operating parameters

   (c) Coordination procedures. The frequency coordinator will determine if an
   MBAN is within the line of sight of an AMT receive facility in the 2360-2390
   MHz  band  and  notify the health care facility when it may begin MBAN
   operations under the applicable procedures in (c)(1) or (2) of this section.

   (1) If the MBAN is beyond the line of sight of an AMT receive facility, it
   may operate without prior coordination with the AMT coordinator, provided
   that  the  MBAN coordinator provides the AMT coordinator with the MBAN
   registration information and the AMT coordinator concurs that the MBAN is
   beyond the line of sight prior to the MBAN beginning operations in the band.

   (2) If the MBAN is within line of sight of an AMT receive facility, the MBAN
   frequency coordinator shall achieve a mutually satisfactory coordination
   agreement with the AMT frequency coordinator prior to the MBAN beginning
   operations in the band. Such coordination agreement shall provide protection
   to AMT receive stations consistent with International Telecommunication
   Union (ITU) Recommendation ITU-R M.1459, “Protection criteria for telemetry
   systems in the aeronautical mobile service and mitigation techniques to
   facilitate   sharing  with  geostationary  broadcasting-satellite  and
   mobile-satellite services in the frequency bands 1 452-1 525 and 2 310-2 360
   MHz,” May 2000, as adjusted using generally accepted engineering practices
   and standards that are mutually agreeable to both coordinators to take into
   account the local conditions and operating characteristics of the applicable
   AMT and MBAN facilities, and shall specify when the device shall limit its
   transmissions to segments of the 2360-2390 MHz band or shall cease operation
   in the band. This ITU document is incorporated by reference in accordance
   with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and approved by the Director of
   Federal Register. Copies of the recommendation may be obtained from ITU,
   Place   des  Nations,  1211  Geneva  20,  Switzerland,  or  online  at
   http://www.itu.int/en/publications/Pages/default.aspx. You may inspect a
   copy  at  the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
   Washington, DC 20554, or at the National Archives and Records Administration
   (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call
   202-741-6030, or go to:
   http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
   ations.html.  “Generally accepted engineering practices and standards”
   include, but are not limited to, engineering analyses and measurement data
   as well as limiting MBAN operations in the band by time or frequency.

   (3)  If an AMT operator plans to operate a receive site not previously
   analyzed by the MBAN coordinator to determine line of sight to an MBAN
   facility, the AMT operator shall consider using locations that are beyond
   the line of sight of a registered health care facility. If the AMT operator
   determines  that non-line of sight locations are not practical for its
   purposes, the AMT coordinator shall notify the MBAN coordinator upon no less
   than 7 days' notice that the registered health care facility must cease MBAN
   operations  in the 2360-2390 MHz band unless the parties can achieve a
   mutually satisfactory coordination agreement under paragraph (c)(2) of this
   section.

   [ 77 FR 55734 , Sept. 11, 2012, as amended at  79 FR 60100 , Oct. 6, 2014]

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