EN 302567:2009 – Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN); 60 GHz Multiple-Gigabit WAS/RLAN Systems; Harmonized EN covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive
1 Scope
The present document applies to radio equipment types for wireless access systems (WAS)/radio local area networks (RLAN) operating at multiple-gigabit data rates in the 60 GHz frequency range.
These applications may also be referred to as Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems and are intended for licence-exempt short-rangedevices.
Economic benefits of this usage apply to a variety of markets including communications, computing, and consumer electronics by enabling the transfer of large amounts of information in a short amount of time (for example, from a kiosk to a mobile phone) or the continuous streaming of uncompressed data (for example, the external video interfaces of a computer or high definition disc player).
These networks operate over a short range with very wideband communications using a variety of directional medium and high gain antennas to enable a high degree of spectrum reuse, and may use a flexible bandwidth scheme under which they normally operate in a wideband mode, and periodically reduce their bandwidth (e.g. for antenna training and other activities). The technical characteristics of these applications are described in TR 102 555 [i.1], where the 60 GHz band is described from 59 GHz to 66 GHz. On the basis of the sharing study in ECC Report 114 [i.2], ECC Report 113 [i.3], and the input of national bodies, the 60 GHz band is now described from 57 GHz to 66 GHz to support harmonization with additional geographies. Equipment in this frequency range intended for outdoor Fixed Local Area Network Extension (FLANE) or Fixed Point-to-Point applications are not in the scope of the present document.
The present document is intended to support specifications such as those addressed in IEEE 802.15.3c [i.5], Ecma TC48 [i.6] and other international bodies. These radio equipment types are capable of operating in all or any part of the frequency bands given in table 1.
The present document is intended to cover the provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC [3] (R&TTE Directive), article 3.2,which states that “….. radio equipment shall be so constructed that it effectively uses the spectrum allocated to terrestrial/space radio communications and orbital resources so as to avoid harmful interference”.
In addition to the present document, other ENs that specify technical requirements in respect of essential requirements under other parts of article 3 of the R&TTE Directive may apply to equipment within the scope of the presentdocument.
NOTE: A list of such ENs is included on the web site http://www.newapproach.org.
EN 302567:2009 – Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN); 60 GHz Multiple-Gigabit WAS/RLAN Systems; Harmonized EN covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive