The following standard was recently published on the ISED Canada website:RSS-210 -Licence-Exempt Radio Apparatus: Category I Equipment,

Issue 10
December 2019：Radio Standards Specification RSS-210, issue 10, Licence-Exempt Radio Apparatus: Category I Equipment, replaces RSS-210, issue 9, Licence-Exempt Radio Apparatus: Category I Equipment, dated August 2016.

Listed below are the changes

Annex B:

• Section B.2: clarifies that devices operating in the band 510-1705 kHz shall have to meet the emissions limit outside the band 510-1705 kHz.

• Section B.2: removes the field strength limit at 30 m for devices operating in the band 510-1705 kHz since this limit is for broadcasting equipment and not for radiocommunication devices.

• Section B.10: transfers requirements from RSS-310, Licence-Exempt Radio.
Apparatus: Category II Equipment, for devices operating in the band 24-24.25 GHz and used for any applications; and specifies harmonic emission limit.

Annex E:

• Combines requirements for Family Radio Service (FRS) and General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS).

• Removes authorized bandwidth of 4 kHz and 8 kHz for GMRS devices.

• Adds G2D emission type for FRS/GMRS devices.

• Modifies the frequency stability limit for RS/GMRS to ±2.5 ppm.

• Prohibits FRS/GMRS devices from including scrambling features.

• Prohibits FRS/GMRS devices from communication with devices in other licence and licence-exempt services except those covered in RSS-210 and RSS-247, Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and LicenceExempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices.

Annex G:

• Replaces the term“low-power apparatus”with“wireless microphones”.

• Rremoves the bands 616-652 MHz and 663-698 MHz to reflect decisions in SAB003-17, Low-power Radio Apparatus, Including Wireless Microphones, in the Band 614-698 MHz, and Decision on the Technical, Policy and Licensing Framework for Wireless Microphones.

• Reduces the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) of devices operating in the bands 614-616 MHz and 653-663 MHz from 250 mW to 20 mW.

Annex J:

• Extends frequency bands from 57-64 GHz to 57-71 GHz.

• Adds requirements for field disturbance sensors used as short-range devices for interactive motion sensing in the band 57-71 GHz.

• Permits devices operating on aircraft under restricted conditions.

Annex K:

• Clarifies that annex K only applies to devices with a 10 dB bandwidth less than 500MHz.

• Clarifies that the measurement of a 10 dB bandwidth is based on power spectral density in1MHz.

Indicates that for devices with a 10 dB bandwidth equal to or greater than 500MHz, RSS-220, • Devices Using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Technology, applies Editorial updates and improvements have been made throughout.

Transition period

This document will be in force upon publication on Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) website. However, a transition period of six (6) months following its publication will be provided, within which compliance with RSS-210, issue 10, or RSS-210, issue 9, will be accepted. After this period, only applications for certification of equipment under RSS-210, issue 10, will be accepted.

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