602 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 2.4 Wireless technology power and operating range Table 1 provides a summary of the ICT wireless technologies, including typical peak transmitter powers, equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) and operating distances. The information is relevant to city officials involved in the development of antenna siting policies or the approval of site applications. It illustrates the low powers used by wireless network technologies in comparison to broadcast services. Table 1 – Summary of the ICT wireless technologies, transmitter powers and operating distances Technology/Device Transmitter power EIRPmax Operating range Remarks Short Range Devices Bluetooth 0.001 to 0.1 W 0.1 W up to 100 m Typical antenna gain is 0 Smart meter up to 0.1 W 0.1 W up to 100 m dBi Radio frequency identification (RF‐ID) 0.001 – 1 W 4 W up to 500 m Antenna gain up to 6 dBi Wi‐Fi access point 0.1 – 1 W 4 W up to 500 m DECT base station 0.25 W 0.25 W up to 100 m Typical antenna gain is 0 dBi DECT phone 0.25 W 0.25 W up to 100 m Radiocommunication services Mobile phone Up to 0.25 W (time averaged) 2 W 1 – 30 km Antenna gain is 0 dBi WiMAX router up to 1 W 1 W ~ 5 km Typical antenna gain is 0 dBi WiMAX network site 3 W 100 W ~ 35 km Typical antenna gain is 14 dBi Mobile network base station (small cells) 1 – 10 W up to 100 W 100 m – 1 km Typical antenna gain is 5 – 10 dBi Mobile network base station (macro site)* 10 – 80 W 2,600 W 1 – 30 km Additional gain of about 18 dBi and feeder loss of about 3 dB for base station antennas Typical FM radio station transmitter 1 – 20 kW 197 kW (ERP=120 kW) < 100 km Additional gain of about 13 dBi and feeder losses VHF TV transmitter** 1 – 30 kW 328 kW 2 dB per antenna (ERP=200 kW) < 150 km Typical UHF TV transmitter* 1‐40 kW 1640 kW (ERP=1000 kW) < 100 km Additional gain about UHF DVB‐T transmitter 1 – 5 kW 246 kW 16 dBi (ERP=150 kW) < 100 km Typical AM radio station transmitter*** 50 – 1,200 kW 3,280 kW (ERP=2000 kW) >300 km Additional gain about 4 dBi Source: Recommendation ITU‐T K.70, Appendix II; Recommendation ITU‐R BS.1698‐0, section 2.1.5. * Per carrier. ** Nominal analogue TV transmitter power is peak power. *** Nominal AM transmitter power is carrier power. UHF = Ultra High Frequency; VHF = Very High Frequency (see ITU Radio Regulations, Vol. 1, Article 2, 2008).