Radiocommunications Standard 302 (Cordless Telephones)(Revised 1991) (Cth)

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Statutory  Rules  1991   No. 293¹
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Radiocommunications Standard 302 (Cordless Telephones)(Revised 1991)

I, WARREN EDWARD SNOWDON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Transport and Communications acting for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Transport and Communications, hereby:

(a) revoke Ministerial Standard 302 which came into force on 1 December 1987; and

(b) make the following standard under section 9 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983.

          Dated 10 September 1991.

W. SNOWDON
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Transport and Communications acting for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Transport and Communications
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PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Citation
                1.  This standard may be cited as Radiocommunications Standard 302 (Cordless Telephones) (Revised 1991).

Interpretation

                2.  In this standard, unless the contrary intention appears:

“base station” means a base radiocommunications transmitter and receiver station of a cordless telephone to which this standard applies;
“cellular mobile telephone service” means a radiocommunications service consisting of:
               (a)  1 or more handsets; and

               (b)  2 or more base stations forming part of a public mobile telephone service where the area served by each base station (in this definition called a “cell”) is restricted; and

               (c)  1 or more stations (in this definition called “mobile switching centres”) which:

   (i)  are able to communicate by means of radiocommunications with; or

   (ii)  are connected by a line to;

   2 or more base stations and a public switched telephone network;

being a service where:

               (d)  the operator of a handset may communicate with another user of the public switched telephone network by means of radio signals between the handset and a base station; and

               (e)  as the operator of the handset moves from the cell of 1 base station into the cell of an adjoining base station—a mobile switching centre redirects the signals from the handset so that the signals that would otherwise have been channelled through the first-mentioned base station are channelled through the adjoining base station;

“channel” means a 25 kHz band centred on the nominal carrier frequency of a base station or handset;
“cordless telephone” means a telephone consisting of:

               (a)  a base station connected by means of a line to a public switched telephone network; and

               (b)  one or more handsets none of which is connected by a line to the fixed base station but by means of which communication may be achieved through the fixed base station with the users of other telephones in the public switched telephone network by the transmission of radio signals between the handset and the fixed base station;

“dB” means decibel;
“dBuV/m” means decibel relative to one microvolt per metre;
“device” means a device to which this standard applies;
“emission” means radiation produced, or the production of radiation, by a radiocommunications transmitter;
“kHz” means kilohertz;
“line” has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1989;
“MHz” means megahertz;
“mW” means milliwatt;
“out-of-band emission” means an emission on a frequency or frequencies outside the permitted bandwidth which results from the modulation process and excludes spurious emissions;
“permitted bandwidth” means the 16 kHz band centred on the carrier frequency on which the radiocommunications transmitter is operating;
“radiation” means the outward flow of energy from any source by means of radio transmission:
“RS” means Radiocommunications Standard;
“spurious emission” means an emission on a frequency or frequencies which are outside the permitted bandwidth and the level of which may be reduced without affecting the corresponding transmission of information;
“standard AC mains network” means a network which, when inserted into the AC mains lead of a cordless telephone, has a nominal impedance of 50 ohms at the operating frequency of base station transmitters operating on a carrier frequency not exceeding 2 MHz;
“standard device” means a device which complies with this standard;
“station” means an installation or thing that is, or includes, a radiocommunications transmitter or receiver;
“unwanted emission” means a spurious emission or an out-of-band emission.

Devices to which this standard applies
               3.  (1)   Subject to subclause (2), this standard applies to all cordless telephones.

              (2)  This standard does not apply to:

               (a)  cordless telephones designed or intended to operate in a cellular mobile telephone service; or

               (b)  cordless telephones designed or intended to operate on frequencies within the band 861 MHz to 865 MHz inclusive.

PART 2—GENERAL

Equipment markings

               4.  (1)   Subject to subclause (4), there must be displayed on a device:
               (a)  a compliance statement which:
   (i)  consists of the words:
   “COMPLIES WITH RS 302(1990)
  TYPE APPROVAL No.”; and

(ii) the type approval number shown on the compliance statement certificate issued in respect of the device under section 12 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983; and

               (b)  its type or model designation; and

               (c)  the channel designator specified in Column 2 of an item in the Schedule which corresponds:

   (i)  to the nominal carrier frequency of the transmitter base station specified in column 3; and

   (ii)  to the nominal carrier frequency of the transmitter handset specified in column 4;

   of that item.

               (2)  The type or model designation required under paragraph (1) (b) must:
               (a)  contain the suffix “AUS”; and

               (b)  be used exclusively in relation to that type or model of the device as imported, manufactured or modified for use in Australia in compliance with this standard.

              (3)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), if a device can operate on more than one channel, each channel designator:
               (a)  specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule; and
               (b)  which corresponds:

   (i)  to the nominal carrier frequency of the transmitter base station specified in column 3; and

   (ii)  to the nominal carrier frequency of the transmitter handset specified in column 4;

   of that item;
must be displayed on the device.

              (4)  A statement or marking displayed on a device in accordance with subclause (1) must be:
               (a)  clearly visible on the exterior surface of the device; and
               (b)  indelible; and
               (c)  tamper proof; and

               (d)  affixed in a manner that prevents it being removed except by defacement or destruction.

              (5)  Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a device if the importer, manufacturer or supplier of the device, as the case may be, has not been issued with a compliance statement certificate in respect of the device.

Adjustment mechanisms
                5.  (1)  In this clause, “an adjustment mechanism” means a mechanism which enables the operation of a standard device to be altered so that the device contravenes the requirements of this standard.

              (2)  An adjustment mechanism must:
               (a)  be contained within the housing of a device; and
               (b)  be accessible only with the use of tools.

Conditions of operation
                6.  (1)  The requirements of Parts 3, 4, 5 and 6 must be met by a device when it operates at:

               (a)  ambient temperatures of between 5°C and 40°C inclusive; and

               (b)  primary supply voltages within ±10% of that declared by the manufacturer.

              (2)  The requirements of Parts 4 and 6 must be met by:

               (a)  a device when placed on a non-conducting surface 1.5 metres above the ground with the antenna extended vertically; and

               (b)  a base station when the AC mains cable and telephone interconnect cable are suspended vertically below the non-conducting surface.

              (3)  The requirements of Part 5 must be met by a device when operating into the standard AC mains network.

Antenna
               7.  A base station must not incorporate, or make provision for the connection or use of, an antenna which is not an integral and permanent part of the device.

PART 3—TRANSMITTERS—GENERAL

Application
               8.  In this Part, “transmitter” means a radiocommunications transmitter of a base station or a handset.

Nominal carrier frequency
                9.  (1)  Subject to clause 10, a transmitter must operate only on a channel which is specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule, being a channel whose transmitter nominal carrier frequencies for the base station and handset are specified in column 3 and 4, respectively, of that item.

              (2)  A transmitter must operate on only 1 channel at a time.

Frequency error
              10.  The carrier frequency error of a transmitter must not exceed ±2 kHz.

Frequency deviation limiting
              11.  The maximum frequency deviation of a transmitter must not exceed ±5 kHz under any modulation conditions.

PART 4—TRANSMITTERS OPERATING ON A NOMINAL CARRIER FREQUENCY EXCEEDING 2 MHz

Application
              12.  In this Part, “transmitter” means a radiocommunications transmitter of a base station or a handset operating on a nominal carrier frequency exceeding 2 MHz.

Carrier frequency field strength
              13.  The unmodulated carrier frequency field strength of a transmitter must not exceed 96 dBuV/m at a distance of 3 metres from the transmitter.

Unwanted emissions
              14.  (1)  The power level of each unwanted emission from a transmitter relative to the unmodulated carrier power level of the transmitter must be attenuated by:

               (a)  at least 23 dB where the frequency of the emission differs from the operating carrier frequency by more than 8 kHz and not more than 25 kHz; and

               (b)  at least 40 dB where the frequency of the emission differs from the operating carrier frequency by more than 25 kHz and not more than 50 kHz.

              (2)  The field strength of each unwanted emission from a transmitter at a distance of 3 metres from the transmitter must not exceed:

               (a)  46 dBuV/m where the frequency of the emission differs from the operating carrier frequency of the transmitter by more than 50 kHz and does not exceed twice the operating carrier frequency; and

               (b)  36 dBuV/m where the frequency of the emission exceeds twice the operating carrier frequency of the transmitter.

PART 5—TRANSMITTERS OPERATING ON A NOMINAL
CARRIER FREQUENCY NOT EXCEEDING 2 MHz

Application
             15.  In this Part, “transmitter” means a radiocommunications transmitter of a base station operating on a nominal carrier frequency not exceeding 2 MHz.

DC power input
              16.  The design of the transmitter final stage must be such that the DC power input to that stage must not exceed 300 mW.

Unwanted emissions
              17.  The power level of each unwanted emission from a transmitter must be suppressed at least 30 dB relative to the unmodulated carrier power level of the transmitter.

PART 6—RECEIVERS

Radiation
              18.  The field strength of each radiation from a base station or a handset receiver must not exceed 36 dBuV/m at a distance of 3 metres from the receiver.

SCHEDULE

   NOMINAL CARRIER FREQUENCIESClauses 4 and 9

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Channel designator	Column 3 Transmitter base station ______________________ Nominal carrier frequency (MHz)	Column 4 Transmitter handset _______________________ Nominal carrier frequency (MHz)
1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  10  11  12  13  14  15	A     B     C     D     E     1     6     2     7     3     8     4     9     5    10	1.725          1.740          1.755          1.770          1.785        30.075        30.100        30.125        30.150        30.175        30.200        30.225        30.250        30.275        30.300	40.025         40.075         40.125         40.175         40.225         39.775         39.800         39.825         39.850         39.875         39.900         39.925         39.950         39.975         40.000

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NOTE

^{1.           Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 September 1991.}