Machine Translated by Google

Registry No. DL- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99

CG-DL-A-16052025-263156
xxxGIDHxxx
CG-DL-E-16052025-263156
xxxGIDExxx

Extraordinary
EXTRAORDINARY

Part II—Section 3—Sub-Section (i)

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

published with authority

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[No. 273] New Delhi, Friday, May 16, 2025/Vaishakha 26, 1947
No. 273] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025/VAISAKHA 26, 1947

Ministry of Communications

Notification

New Delhi, May 16, 2025

G.S.R. 316(E) - The following draft rules are made by the Central Government to exercise the powers conferred by sections 3(3) and 4(6) read

with clauses (b) and (g) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023).

The said draft rules, which the Government of India proposes to make using the said draft rules, is hereby published for the information of all the persons

affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date

on which copies of this notification, as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the general public;

Objections or suggestions, if any, may be sent to Joint Secretary (Telecommunications), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications,

Government of India, Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashok Road, New Delhi- 110001;

3224 GI/2025 (1)

Machine Translated by Google

2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

Any objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period will

be considered by the Central Government.

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Wireless Access Systems

including Radio Local Area Networks in the Lower 6 GHz Band (Exemption from Requirement of Licensing) Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Application. - These regulations shall apply to the 5925-6425 MHz band.

3. Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “Act” means the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023);

(b) “Authority” means the authority notified by the Central Government.

(c) “access wire” means a transceiver that acts either as a link in a peer-to-peer connection or as a connector between the wired

and wireless segments of a network;

"
(d) "Equivalent isothermal power or "E.I.R.P." means the total power radiated by an ideal isotropic antenna

to give the same signal power as the actual source in the direction of the stronger beam of the antenna;

(e) “emission bandwidth” means the 26 dB bandwidth of the modulated signal measured relative to the maximum level of the

modulated carrier;

(f) “maximum power spatial density” means the maximum power within a specified measurement bandwidth in the device

operating band; in the 5925-6425 MHz band the measurement is taken at a bandwidth of 1 MHz;

(g) “Power Spatial Density” means the total power output per unit bandwidth from a pulse or sequence of pulses for which the

transmitted power is at its maximum level, divided by the total duration of the pulses and not including the time between pulses

during which the transmitted power is off or below its maximum level;

(b) “device” means a receiver operating in the frequency band 5925-6425 MHz that uses wideband digital modulation techniques

and provides a wide range of high data rates in mobile and terrestrial communications to individuals, businesses and organisations;

(i) “indoor operation” means that the transmitter is situated within premises which is enclosed by walls which are impervious to

radio waves except doors, windows or corridors and such ceiling is provided within the premises

Or have a ceiling that is impervious to radio waves;

(2) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined as

defined in the Act, shall have the same meanings as specified in the Act.
Machine Translated by Google

[Part II—Section 3(i)] The Gazette of India : Extraordinary 3

4. Exemption – To install, maintain, operate, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of low

power indoor and very low power outdoor wireless access system including radio local area networks operating
on a non-interference, non-protection and shared (non-exclusive) basis in the frequency band 5925-6425 MHz.

authorisation or frequency assignment shall not be required provided they comply with the following technical criteria;

namely:

Table

Lower power indoor and very low power outdoor WAS/RLAN access points and devices

Device Of Maximum emission Maximum PSD for in-band emission Out Of Band Emission
Type Maximum Bandwidth for in-band emission (Maximum E.I.R.P.
E.I.R.P E.I.R.P Density)

Low Power Indoor 5dBm/Megawatt 30dBm 320 MHz -27 dBm/MHz

Very Low
Power -5 dBm/MHz 14 dBm Outdoor 320 MHz -27 dBm/MHz

4.1 Operating Instructions:

(i) All uses of oil-related labels are prohibited.

(ii) Indoor use of land vehicles (such as cars, trains) and boats is prohibited on aircraft except when

flying above 10,000 feet.

(iii) Communication with and control of drones and unmanned aerial systems is prohibited.

5. Out of band emission limits -

(1) For transmitters operating within the 5.925-6.425 GHz band: Any emissions outside the 5.925-6.425 GHz
band shall not exceed an EIRP of -27 dBm/MHz.

(2) For transmitters operating within the 5.925-6.425 GHz band: The power spatial density shall be reduced by 20 dB at

a distance of 1 MHz outside channel A, by 28 dB at a distance of one channel bandwidth from the channel center, and by

40 dB at a distance of one and a half times the channel bandwidth from the channel center. Limits on frequencies between

one MHz outside channel end of an unlicensed device and one channel bandwidth from the centre of the channel shall
be linearly interpolated between 20 dB and 28 dB suppression and limits on frequencies between one and one-half times
the channel bandwidth of an unlicensed device shall be linearly interpolated between 28 dB and 40 dB suppression.
Emissions emanating from the centre of the channel exceeding one and one-half times the channel bandwidth shall be
suppressed by at least 40 dB.
Machine Translated by Google

4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

(3) Emission measurements shall be taken using a minimum resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz. A lower resolution bandwidth may be employed near band A, when

necessary, provided that the measured energy is integrated to display a total power greater than 1 MHz.

(4) When measuring the emission limit the nominal carrier frequency shall be adjusted to the upper and lower frequency bands as close as possible to the instrument.

6. Interference.--(1) If the effect of unwanted energy on the receiver of a radio communication system, by means of emission, radiation or induction, any one or a

combination of them, causes the disruption of any performance, misinterpretation or loss of information, which could have been obtained in the absence of such

unwanted energy and any person who is engaged in the telecommunication, is unable to do so, then, such interference shall be deemed to be illegal.

Under the licence obtained under the Indian Telegraph Act, 2023 (44 of 2023) or the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885)

and is performing lawful function as per sub-section (6) of section 3 of the Act, informs the Authority that his licensed system is being subjected to harmful interference

by any other radio communication system which is exempted under these regulations, then the Authority shall speak to the user of such other radio communication

system and direct him to remove the interference by relocating the equipment, reducing power and using special types of antenna, failing which the Authority shall

recommend termination of such wireless use. (2) The authority shall give a reasonable opportunity to the user of the wireless equipment before recommending
,

discontinuation of wireless use under sub-rule (1) above.

7. Equipment. - (1) The wireless equipment shall have inbuilt and integrated antenna and shall be type approved, designed and constructed so that the emission

bandwidth and other parameters conform to the limits specified in rules 4 and 5. An application for obtaining equipment type approval shall be made to the Central

Government in the format given in Annexure.

(2) Security requirements shall be as per IDU/EDSI/ANSI/ for the respective devices and frequency bands.

These shall be in conformity with international or national standards like BIS/IC NIRP.

[I.No. 24-04/2025-UBB]

Devendra Kumar Roy, Joint Secretary

Appendix

Application for equipment type approval [See sub-rule

(1) of rule 7]

PART-A-APPLICANT

1. Name of the manufacturer authority applying for equipment type approval :

2. Postal address of the manufacturing agency :

3. Indians applying for Type Approval :

Name and address of the agency

4. Product name Product identification (model no. etc.) :

Machine Translated by Google

[Part II—Section 3(i)] The Gazette of India : Extraordinary 5

PART B - DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSMITTER

:
5. Frequency range 6. No. of pre-

switchable channels. :

7. No. of Voice/Data/TV channels. :

(in case of multichannel equipment) 8. DAS:RAS Channel

:
Separation

(in case of dual/multichannel equipment)

:
9. Adjacent channel separation (in case of multichannel equipment) 10. Frequency stability 11. Coupling/

Sensory radiation (i)

:
Carrier suppression (in case of carrier

:
suppressed system)

:
(ii) Unwanted side band suppression (in case of SSB system)

(iii) Secondary sensitivity radiation

:
(iv) Third sentence registration

:
12. Maximum frequency deviation 13. Method of extraction

:
14. Bandwidth of excitation 15. Test phone deviation

:
16. Base band frequency (in case of

:
multichannel equipment) 17. Type of modulation required 18.

:
Precession noise 19. Power output (at the input of the antenna)

20. Any other information :

PART C - PARTICULARS OF RECIPIENTS

:
21. Frequency range 22. Mode

of occurrence :

:
23. The process of learning 24. Sensitivity

:
25. Average spacing 26. (a) Effective sound

:
temperature (b) Threshold inpu str

:
27. Mid-cycle
Machine Translated by Google

6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

28. Short term 29. :

Selectivity 30. Any :

other details :

Signature of the applicant

Location :

Date: (Note:

Separate application should be submitted for each type of sub-stock)

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 16th May 2025

G.S.R. 316 (E).–– The following draft rules, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers
conferred by sections 3(3) and 4(6) read with clauses (b) and (h) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Telecommunications Act,
2023 (44 of 2023), are hereby published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given
that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days on which copies of this notification
as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the public;

Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Joint Secretary (Telecom), Department of
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka
Road, New Delhi- 110001;

The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period shall be
taken into consideration by the Central Government.

1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Wireless Access System including
Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz band (Exemption from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Application. — These rules shall be applicable in the 5925 – 6425 MHz band.

3. Definitions. — (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) “Act” means the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023);

(b) “Authority” means the authority notified by the Central Government.

(c) “access point” means a transceiver that operates either as a bridge in a peer-to-peer connection or as a connector between the wired and
wireless segments of the network;

(d) “equivalent isotropic radiated power” or “e.i.r.p” means the total power that would have to be radiated by a hypothetical isotropic antenna to
give the same signal strength as the actual source in the direction of the antennas strongest beam;
Machine Translated by Google

[Part II—Section 3(i)] The Gazette of India : Extraordinary 7

(e) “emission bandwidth” means the 26 dB bandwidth of the modulated signal measured relative to the maximum level
of the modulated carrier;

(f) “maximum power spectral density” means the maximum power within the specified measurement bandwidth, within
the device operating band; measurements in the 5925-6425 MHz band are made over a bandwidth of 1 MHz;

(g) “power spectral density” means the power spectral density is the total energy output per unit bandwidth from a pulse
or sequence of pulses for which the transmit power is at its maximum level, divided by the total duration of the pulses
and the total time does not include the time between pulses during which the transmit power is off or below its maximum
level;
(h) “device” means the radiators operating in the frequency bands 5925-6425 MHz that use wideband digital modulation
techniques and provide a wide array of high data rate in mobile and fixed communications for individuals, businesses,
and institutions;

(i) “indoor operation” means that the transmitter is located inside premises which are wholly enclosed by walls that are
non-transparent to radio waves, except for any doors, windows or passageways; and the premises have ceiling or roof,
non-transparent to radio waves.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules and not defined herein but defined in the Act shall have the same meanings
respectively as assigned to them in those Acts.

4. Exemption. — No Authorization or Frequency Assignment shall be required to establish, maintain, work, possess or
deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of Lower Power Indoor and Very Low Power outdoor wireless access systems,
including radio local area networks operating in the frequency band 5925-
6425 MHz on noninterference, non-protection and shared (nonexclusive) basis, and complying with the following technical
parameters; namely:

Table

Low power indoor and Very Low Power Outdoor WAS/RLAN Access Points and devices

Device Type Max. PSD e.i.r.p for Max. e.i.r.p for in Max. Emission Out of band emissions
in-band emissions band emissions Bandwidth (Max e.i.r.p density)
Low Power 5 dBm/MHz 30 dBm 320 MHz -27 dBm/MHz
Indoor

Very Low
-5 dBm/MHz 14 dBm 320 MHz -27 dBm/MHz
Power Outdoor

4.1 Operational restrictions:

(i) All kinds of use are prohibited on Oil platforms
(ii) Indoor use is prohibited on Land vehicles (e.g., cars, trains) and boats, aircrafts except when flying above 10,000
feet.
(iii) Communication with and control of Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems is prohibited.

5. Out of band emission Limits. —

(1) For transmitters operating within the 5.925-6.425 GHz band: Any emissions outside of the 5.925-6.425 GHz band must not
exceed an e.i.r.p. of ÿ27 dBm/MHz.
(2) For transmitters operating within the 5.925-6.425 GHz bands: Power spectral density must be suppressed by 20 dB at 1 MHz
outside of channel edge, by 28 dB at one channel bandwidth from the channel center, and by 40 dB at one- and one-half times
the channel bandwidth away from channel center. At frequencies between one megahertz outside an unlicensed device's channel
edge and one channel bandwidth from the center of the channel, the limits must be linearly interpolated between 20 dB and 28
dB suppression, and at frequencies
Machine Translated by Google

8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

between one and one- and one-half times an unlicensed device's channel bandwidth, the limits must be linearly interpolated between 28 dB and 40 dB
suppression. Emissions removed from the channel center by more than one- and one-half times the channel bandwidth must be suppressed by at least 40
dB.

(3) The emission measurements shall be performed using a minimum resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz. A lower resolution bandwidth may be employed near
the band edge, when necessary, provided the measured energy is integrated to show the total power over 1 MHz.

(4) When measuring the emission limits, the nominal carrier frequency shall be adjusted as close to the upper and lower frequency band edges as the
design of the equipment permits.

6. Interference.— (1) The effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions, radiations or induction upon
reception in a radio communication system, manifested by any performance degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information
which could be extracted in the absence of such unwanted energy, where any person operating as per the Telecommunications
Act, 2023 (44 of 2023) or license under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) which is valid pursuant to sub-section (6) of
section 3 of the Act informs the Authority that his licensed system is getting harmful interference from any other radio communication
system exempted under these rules, then such Authority shall call upon the user of such unlicensed wireless equipment to take
necessary steps to avoid interference by relocating the equipment, reducing the power and using special type of antennae, failing
which such Authority shall recommend discontinuation of such wireless use.

(2) The Authority shall give a reasonable opportunity to the user of wireless equipment before making recommendation of discontinuation of wireless use
under sub-rule (1) above.

7. Equipment. — (1) The wireless equipment will have in-built and integrated antenna and shall be type approved and designed and constructed
in such a manner that the bandwidth of emission and other parameters shall conform to the limits specified in rule 4 and 5. The application for obtaining
equipment type approval shall be made to the Central Government in the format given in Annexure.

(2) The safety related requirements shall be as per the International or National standards such as ITU/ETSI/ ANSI/BIS/ICNIRP for the respective devices
and frequency bands.

[F.No. 24-04/2025-UBB]

DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.

ANNEXURE

APPLICATION FOR EQUIPMENT TYPE APPROVAL

(Refer sub-rule (1) of rule 7)

Section-A- Applicant

1. Name of manufacturing agency applying for equipment :

type approval

2. Postal Address of manufacturing Agency :

3. Name and address of Indian agency applying for :

the type approval.

Machine Translated by Google

[Part II—Section 3(i)] The Gazette of India : Extraordinary 9

4. Name of product and the product Identification :

(model number etc.,)

Section- B- Details of Transmitter

5. Frequency range :

6. No. of preset switchable channels :

7. No. of voice /Data/ TV Channels :

(In case of multi- channel equipment)

8. Tx-Rx channel separation :

(In case of Duplex/multi-channel equipment)

9. Adjacent channel separation :

(In case of multi-channel equipment)

10. Frequency stability :

11. Spurious/ Harmonic radiations :

i. Carrier suppression :

(In case of carrier suppressed systems)

ii. Unwanted side band suppression :

(In case of SSB systems)

iii. 2nd Harmonic radiations :

iv. 3rd Harmonic radiations :

12. Max. Frequency Deviation :

13. Mode of emission :

14. Bandwidth of emission :

15. Test Tone deviation :

16. Base band frequency :

(In case of multi-channel equipment)

17. Type of modulation to be required :

Machine Translated by Google

10 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

18. Pre-emphasis :

19. Power output :

(At the input of antenna)

20. Any other information :

Section-C- Details of Receivers

21. Frequency range :

22. Mode of reception :

23. Spurious response of receiver :

24. Sensitivity :

25. Frequency stability :

26. (a) Effective noise temperature :

(b) Threshold input level :

27. Intermediate frequency :

28. De-emphasis :

29. Selectivity :

30. Any other particulars :

Signature of the applicant

Place :

Date :

(Note : Separate application should be submitted for each type of equipment.)

Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.