scope:

The present document specifies the approval tests applicable to all Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) equipment accessing the DECT frequency band 1 880 MHz to 1 900 MHz (including provisions for testing other or extended frequency bands) and the approval tests applicable to DECT speech transmission using ITU-T Recommendation G.726 [14] ADPCM speech codec at 32 kbit/s.

The aims of the present document are to ensure:

- efficient use of frequency spectrum;

- no harm done to any connected network and its services;

- no harm done to other radio networks and services;

- no harm done to other DECT equipment or its services;

- interworking of terminal equipment via the public network;

through testing those provisions of EN 300 175, parts 1 [1] to 8 [8] which are relevant to these aims.

The tests of EN 300 176 are split into two parts:

- part 1 (the present document) covers testing of radio frequency parameters, security elements and those DECT protocols that facilitate the radio frequency tests and efficient use of frequency spectrum; - part 2 describes testing of DECT 32 kbit/s ADPCM speech requirements between network interface and DECT PT, or between a DECT CI air interface and alternatively a DECT PT or FT.

Part 2 is not applicable to terminal equipment specially designed for the disabled (e.g. with amplification of received speech as an aid for the hard-of-hearing).

DECT terminal equipment consist of the following elements:

a) Fixed Part (FP);

b) Portable Part (PP);

c) Cordless Terminal Adapter (CTA);

d) Wireless Relay Station (WRS) (FP and PP combined).

Part 2 of the present document is structured to allow type approval of either:

a) the FP and PP together; or

b) the FP and PP as separate items.

Additional tests apply for equipment implementing ETSI defined profiles (e.g. GAP, DECT-GSM, DECT-ISDN). These tests are found in related ENs and may supersede the requirements of the present document