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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  04-  285 
 STATEMENT  OF  CHAIRMAN  MICHAEL  K.  POWELL 


 Re:  Revision  of  Part  15  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  Regarding  Ultra-  Wideband  Transmission  Systems 
 This  Commission  has  dedicated  itself  to  incubating  new  technologies  like  ultra-  wideband.  Today  we  take  additional  steps  to  facilitate  deployment  of  this  groundbreaking  and  paradigm  busting  technology. 
 Nearly  two  years  ago  we  first  adopted  rules  to  permit  several  categories  of  ultra-  wideband  devices  to  operate  under  our  Part  15  rules  for  use  by  consumers  and  non-  Federal  Government  entities,  including: 
 imaging  systems,  vehicular  radars,  and  indoor  and  outdoor  communications  systems. 
 Today,  we  amend  our  Part  15  non-  UWB  regulations  to  permit  the  use  of  peak  emissions  levels,  similar  to  the  levels  applied  to  UWB  devices.  This  will  in  turn  provide  greater  flexibility  for  the 
 introduction  of  new  wide-  bandwidth  devices  and  systems.  These  new  devices  include  radar  systems  to  improve  automotive  safety  and  tracking  systems  for  personnel  location,  such  as  hospital  patients  and 
 emergency  rescue  crews,  as  well  as  for  functions  such  as  inventory  control.  Ultimately,  this  action  will  provide  greater  flexibility  in  the  traditional  Part  15  rules  to  facilitate  the  introduction  of  new  equipment 
 designs,  a  wider  variety  of  products  and  increase  consumer  choices. 
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