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 (V1.2.1)
"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-range devices. 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 spectrum usage conditions for this equipment are set in Commission Decision 2006/771/EC [i.7] as amended by 2010/368/EU [i.8] and ERC Recommendation 70-03@ annex 3 [i.5]. The technical characteristics of these applications are further described in TR 102 555 [i.1]. 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.3]@ ECMA TC48 [i.4] and other international bodies. These radio equipment types are capable of operating in all or any part of the frequency bands The present document is intended to cover the provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC [2] (RTTE 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 RTTE Directive [2] may apply to equipment within the scope of the present document. NOTE: A list of such ENs is included on the web site http://www.newapproach.org."