scope:

ECC Decision ECC/DEC/(04)06 [i.2] of the 19^th March 2004 and amended on the 26^th June 2009 provides a possibility for a GSM-R extension into the bands 873 MHz to 876 MHz and 918 MHz to 921 MHz on a national basis.

The present document defines the requirements for radio Transmission and Reception of mobile station (MS) and BTS for the pan-European digital cellular telecommunication system GSM-R.

Requirements are defined for two categories of parameters:

• Those that are required to provide compatibility between the radio channels, connected either to separate or common antennas, that are used in the system. This category also includes parameters providing compatibility with existing systems in the same or adjacent frequency bands.

• Those that define the transmission and reception requirements for the MS and base stations.

The present document defines some RF characteristics for the MS and base stations for the frequencies band R-GSM/ER-GSM. The precise measurement methods are specified in TS 102 932-2 [4] and TS 100 607-1 [2] and TS 151 026 [7].

Equipment may operate on more than one of the frequency bands specified in clause 4.

MS defined in EN 300 919 [1], are referred to as "Multi band MSs" in the present document.

Equipment operating at the edge of the transmit and receive band might be subject to regulatory restrictions in some geographical regions. In areas where systems coexist the received interference power might have to be limited. Coexistence scenarios have been investigated in ECC Report 162 [i.3] providing also recommendations for the application of mitigation techniques.