47 USC 1401 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

§ 1401.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

700 MHz band

(2)

700 MHz D block spectrum

(3)

Appropriate committees of Congress

Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

(A)

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and

(B)

the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

(4)

Assistant Secretary

(5)

Board

(6)

Broadcast television licensee

The term “broadcast television licensee” means the licensee of—

(A)

a full-power television station; or

(B)

a low-power television station that has been accorded primary status as a Class A television licensee under section 73.6001(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.

(7)

Broadcast television spectrum

(8)

Commercial mobile data service

The term “commercial mobile data service” means any mobile service (as defined in section 153 of this title) that is—

(A)

a data service;

(B)

provided for profit; and

(C)

available to the public or such classes of eligible users as to be effectively available to a substantial portion of the public, as specified by regulation by the Commission.

(9)

Commercial mobile service

(10)

Commercial standards

(11)

Commission

(12)

Core network

(13)

Emergency call

The term “emergency call” means any real-time communication with a public safety answering point or other emergency management or response agency, including—

(A)

through voice, text, or video and related data; and

(B)

nonhuman-initiated automatic event alerts, such as alarms, telematics, or sensor data, which may also include real-time voice, text, or video communications.

(14)

Existing public safety broadband spectrum

The term “existing public safety broadband spectrum” means the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies—

(A)

from 763 megahertz to 768 megahertz;

(B)

from 793 megahertz to 798 megahertz;

(C)

from 768 megahertz to 769 megahertz; and

(D)

from 798 megahertz to 799 megahertz.

(15)

First Responder Network Authority

(16)

Forward auction

(17)

Incentive auction

(18)

Interoperability Board

(19)

Multichannel video programming distributor

(20)

Narrowband spectrum

(21)

Nationwide public safety broadband network

(22)

Next Generation 9–1–1 services

The term “Next Generation 9–1–1 services” means an IP-based system comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational policies and procedures that—

(A)

provides standardized interfaces from emergency call and message services to support emergency communications;

(B)

processes all types of emergency calls, including voice, text, data, and multimedia information;

(C)

acquires and integrates additional emergency call data useful to call routing and handling;

(D)

delivers the emergency calls, messages, and data to the appropriate public safety answering point and other appropriate emergency entities;

(E)

supports data or video communications needs for coordinated incident response and management; and

(F)

provides broadband service to public safety answering points or other first responder entities.

(23)

NIST

(24)

NTIA

(25)

Public safety answering point

(26)

Public safety entity

(27)

Public safety services

The term “public safety services”—

(A)

has the meaning given the term in section 337(f) of this title; and

(B)

includes services provided by emergency response providers, as that term is defined in section 101 of title 6.

(28)

Public Safety Trust Fund

(29)

Radio access network

(30)

Reverse auction

(31)

State

(32)

Ultra high frequency

(33)

Very high frequency

(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6001, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 201.)

cite as: 47 USC 1401