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Overview of Three-tier Category Relationship
Report Date: 02/15/2013


Public Categories

  1. 10 Meter Amateur Interference
  2. 3650 - 3700 MHz
  3. Administrative Requirements
    1. Application Status
    2. Certification
    3. Confidentiality
    4. Declaration of Conformity (DoC)
    5. Eavesdropping
    6. Electronic Filing Issues/Questions
      1. Website outages
    7. Equipment Authorization Process
      1. Form 731
    8. FCC Logo - Part 15.19
    9. Fees - Part 1 Subpart I
      1. Fee problems/questions
      2. Fees
      3. Form 159
      4. Online Payments
    10. Grantee Code
      1. Name/address/contact changes
      2. Obtaining/paying for code
      3. Transfer of Control
    11. Importation- Part 2 Subpart K
      1. Form 740 Part 2.1204
    12. Interference Complaints
    13. Labelling - Parts 2.925 & 15.19
      1. Certification Labelling
      2. Declaration of Conformity Labelling
      3. Verification Labelling
    14. Licensing
    15. Marketing
      1. Trade show demos
    16. Marketing Complaints
    17. Measurement Procedures
      1. ANSI C63.4
      2. CISPR International EMC Standards
      3. TIA 603
    18. Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA)
      1. APEC
      2. CITEL
      3. EU
    19. Permissive Changes Part 2.1043
    20. Test site filings Parts 2.948
      1. New filings
      2. Renewals
    21. Verification Parts 2.951 - 2.956
    22. Waivers
  4. Amplifier - Part 15.204
  5. Certification Labelling
  6. Cognitive / Software Defined Radio
  7. Declaration of Conformity Labelling
  8. Fee problems/questions
  9. Fees
  10. Form 159
  11. Form 731
  12. Interference Studies
    1. 10 Meter Amateur Interference
    2. 2.4 GHz Mutual Interference
    3. Public Safety Radio Interference
    4. SDARS Interference
  13. Labelling - Parts 2.925 & 15.19
  14. Long Term Confidentiality (Manuals; Int Photos)
  15. Mfg/Test Lab Test Guidance - Evolving Technology
    1. EMC/Radio Parameters
    2. Evaluation of SAR
    3. Special Circumstances
  16. Multiple PBAs
  17. Online Payments
  18. Other
  19. Permit But Ask Guidance for Non TCBs
    1. 3650 - 3700 MHz
    2. Cognitive / Software Defined Radio
    3. EMC/Radio Parameters
    4. Evaluation of SAR
    5. Long Term Confidentiality (Manuals; Int Photos)
    6. Multiple PBAs
    7. Other
  20. Permit but Ask
  21. Radio Frequency Exposure - MPE; SAR
    1. Fixed
    2. General RF Safety Questions
    3. MPE
    4. Mobile - Part 2.1091
    5. Portable - Part 2.1093
    6. Specific Absorption Rate
      1. Cellular/PCS Handset SAR
      2. Non-handset SAR
    7. Testing
  22. Radio Service Rules
    1. Biomedical Equipment
      1. Part 15 Medical
      2. Part 74 Medical
      3. Part 95 Medical
    2. Broadband over power-lines (BPL)
    3. Digital Television
    4. HAC Hearing Aid Compatibility
    5. Microwave Services Parts 21,74,101
      1. Part 101 (DEMS)
      2. Part 101 (MVDDS)
      3. Part 101 Local Multi-point Distribution Service
      4. Part 21 Multi-point Distributions Service (MDS)
      5. Part 74 Instructional TV Fixed Serv. (ITFS)
    6. Modular Approvals
      1. Intentional Part 15 Radiators
      2. Licensed Transmitters
      3. Unintentional Part 15 Radiators
    7. Noise Figure Measurement Questions
    8. Part 11 Emergency Alert Devices
    9. Part 15 General
      1. Incidental Radiator - Part 15.13
      2. Kits
    10. Part 15 Intentional Radiators
      1. AM Transmitters
      2. Amplifier - Part 15.204
      3. Antennas - Part 15.203
      4. Bluetooth devices
      5. Cordless Phones - Part 15.214
      6. FM Devices
      7. Learned Mode (programmable transmitters)
      8. Millimeter Wave Devices
      9. Radiated emission limits
      10. Remote Control Devices
      11. Spread Spectrum devices
      12. UNII devices - 15.401
      13. UPCS - Part 15.301
      14. Ultra-wideband devices - Part 15.501
    11. Part 15 Unintentional Radiators
      1. Antennas - Part 15.111
      2. CPU's - Part 15.102
      3. Digital Device/Computing Device Questions
      4. Power lines - Part 15.113
      5. Scanning Receivers
      6. TV Interface Devices- Part 15.115
      7. Television Broadcast Receivers - Part 15.117
    12. Part 18 Consumer ISM
    13. Part 21 Domestic Public Fixed Services
    14. Part 22 Public Mobile Service
      1. Cellular
      2. Non-cellular
    15. Part 24 Personal Communications Service
    16. Part 25 Satellite Service
      1. Earth Stations
      2. Satellite Digital Audio Radio (SDARS)
      3. Satellite Phones
    17. Part 27 Wireless Communications Service
    18. Part 68 Telephone Terminal Equipment
    19. Part 73 Broadcast Service
      1. Low Power FM Service
    20. Part 74 Broadcast Auxiliary Services
    21. Part 80 Maritime
      1. EPIRBS
      2. Global Maritime Distress & Safety Systems (GMDSS)
    22. Part 87 Aviation
    23. Part 90 Land Mobile
    24. Part 95 Personal Radio Services
      1. Citizens Band Radio Service (CB)
      2. Family Radio Service (FRS)
      3. General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)
      4. General Technical Standards
      5. Low Power Radio Service (LPRS)
      6. Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS)
      7. Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS)
      8. Radio Control Radio Service (RC)
      9. Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS)
    25. Part 97 Amateur
    26. Wireless Microphones
  23. TCB Procedures
    1. Permit but Ask
  24. Telecommunications Certification Bodies (TCBs)
    1. Designated TCBs
    2. Designation of TCBs - Part 2.960
    3. Equipment Exclusions
    4. Requirement For TCBs - Part 2.962
    5. TCB Equipment Authorization Process
      1. TCB Form 731
  25. Test Sites
    1. Accreditation
      1. Test Firm Accreditation
    2. Registration (2.948 Listing)
      1. New filings
      2. Renewals
  26. Verification Labelling