The 1695-1710 MHz band should be auctioned as...

The 1695-1710 MHz band should be auctioned as a single, unpaired 15 MHz band, Dish Network said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-185 (http://bit.ly/1dq0QdL). There’s no need to adopt the proposed 20 dBm effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), “which will increase device and deployment costs,” it said. “Technical solutions can adequately safeguard the protection zones without device power limit.” The licensee of this spectrum should have the option of paying for the relocation of the affected government sites in the top 100 markets, instead of coordinating with NTIA, it said. For the lower J block, the licensee’s uplink/downlink designation “should be tied to Dish’s election of the lower AWS-4 band.” Dish’s AWS-4 band consists of 2000-2020 MHz. Whether Dish elects downlink or uplink operations for AWS-4 by June 20, 2016, the J block also should be designated as such, it said. The bands 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz should be paired at auction, Dish said. Dish proposed a standard out-of-band emission limit of -13 dBm per MHz and Third Generation Partnership Project device power level of 25 dBm EIRP for uplink. Dish presented its proposals during phone calls last week with FCC staff from Chairman Tom Wheeler’s office, the Wireless Bureau and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s office, it said.