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The Wireless Telegraphy (White Space Devices) (Exemption) Regulations 2015

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2.  In these Regulations—

“channel usage parameters” has the meaning given in regulation 12;

“dBm” means decibels of power referenced to one milliWatt;

“dedicated antenna” means a removable antenna which has been designed for use and supplied with a device;

“database” means a database operated by an organisation which has been listed in Schedule 1;

“DTT channel” is a digital terrestrial television frequency channel of 8 MHz listed in Row 1 of the Table set out in Schedule 2 and which is known by the channel number listed in Row 2 of that Table;

“EIRP” means equivalent isotropic radiated power, which is the product of the power supplied to an antenna and the absolute or isotropic antenna gain in a given direction relative to an isotropic antenna, in dBm;

“EIRP spectral density” means EIRP, in dBm, over a bandwidth of 0.1 MHz;

“external antenna” means a removable antenna which is not a dedicated antenna;

“generic slave operational parameters” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7(1)(a);

“geo-location capability” means the ability of a device to determine the latitude and longitude coordinates of the location of its antenna and the geo-location uncertainty of the location of its antenna;

“geo-location uncertainty” means the uncertainty (in metres) of the location of a device’s antenna;

“integral antenna” means a fixed antenna forming part of a device;

“master device” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;

“master device characteristics” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 6(3);

“master operational parameters” has the meaning given in regulation 10;

“MHz” means megahertz;

“simultaneous operation power restriction” has the meaning given in regulation 6(8);

“slave device” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;

“slave device characteristics” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7(6);

“slave operational parameters” has the meaning given in regulation 11;

“specific slave operational parameters” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7(1)(a);

“Type A equipment” has the meaning given in regulation 4(5);

“Type B equipment” has the meaning given in regulation 4(6);

“unique identifier” means a set of characters comprising—

(a)

the unique serial number of a device;

(b)

a device’s model number or other identifier of the product family to which the device belongs; and

(c)

a set of characters identifying the manufacturer of the device;

“update period” has the meaning given in regulation 6(9); and

“white space device” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4.

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