Point-to-multipoint (400 MHz band)

Licence type

Option

Frequency band(s)

10.0 Fixed

10.3 Point-to-multipoint

10.4 Point-to-multipoint system

400 MHz Band

(451.5125 – 452.5000 MHz paired with 461.0125 – 462.0000 MHz)

Band/Channel plan(s)

• Fixed point-to-multipoint (two frequency) services operate in segments R and V of the 400 MHz band. Refer to the 400 MHz Plan.
• Channel arrangements are detailed in Annex B of RALI FX16.

Licence information

• Fixed licence: point to multipoint
• Fixed licence: point to multipoint system

Licence conditions determinations

• Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Fixed Licence) Determination 2015
• Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Apparatus Licence) Determination 2015

Spectrum embargoes

(current as of last update of this page)

Embargo 41 applies.

For a current list of applicable embargoes, refer to RALI MS03.

Coordination criteria

(RALIs, Advisory Guidelines etc)

Intra-service coordination

• RALI FX16 – Frequency assignment requirements for the point to multipoint service in the 400 MHz and 900 MHz bands

Inter-service coordination

• RALI MS32 – Coordination of apparatus licensed services within the Mid West Radio Quiet Zone

Note: Inter - service coordination should be performed with stations of the land mobile service. In the absence of specific criteria in RALI FX16, reference should be made to the F/D constraint table(s) and intermodulation requirements of RALI LM08.

AP alert

Frequency assignment practices

Business operating procedures

1. ACMA contact details for accredited persons
2. Assignment limit for co-path single-channel links in the VHF and UHF bands
3. Procedure for submitting requests for exemptions from embargoes
4. Radiocommunications site data requirements
5. Submission of antenna radiation pattern envelope data to the ACMA
6. BOP Correcting information in the ACMA’s Register of Radiocommunications Licences

Spatial data

Download embargo areas, in Placemark (Google Earth) and Shapefile format, from spectrum embargoes.

Other information

Special condition 27 (no interference, no protection) is to be applied to all licences authorising the operation of a point-to-multipoint system.

Refer to the Fixed – point to multipoint system information paper for further information.