# FCC general population MPE, 1.5–100 GHz

> 1.0 mW/cm² power density averaged over 30 minutes — the band that covers most cellular, Wi-Fi and 5G frequencies in the United States.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/limits/fcc-public-power-density-above-1-5-ghz
- Collection: Exposure limits
- Record id: `limits:fcc-mpe-public-1500-100000`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/limits/fcc-public-power-density-above-1-5-ghz

## Key values

- **Limit value:** 1 × 10^7 µW/m² — Regulatory value — legally enforceable — Stated in 47 CFR 1.1310 as 1.0 mW/cm²; 1 mW/cm² = 10 W/m² = 10,000,000 µW/m². [fcc-1310]
- **Quantity:** power density
- **Frequency band:** 1500–100,000 MHz
- **Population:** general public
- **Set by:** FCC Maximum Permissible Exposure (47 CFR 1.1310) (1996, reaffirmed 2019)
- **Kind:** Regulatory — legally enforceable
- **Averaging time:** 30 minutes — A measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.

## Related records

- [FCC Maximum Permissible Exposure (47 CFR 1.1310)](https://emfbase.com/standards/fcc-mpe): Legally binding U.S. exposure limits for radiofrequency transmitters from 300 kHz to 100 GHz, adopted from NCRP and ANSI/IEEE recommendations in 1996 and reaffirmed in 2019.
- [ICNIRP 2020 general public reference level, 2–300 GHz](https://emfbase.com/limits/icnirp-public-power-density-above-2-ghz): 10 W/m² incident power density averaged over 30 minutes and over the whole body — the reference level that 5G mid-band and Wi-Fi compliance is judged against outside the U.S.

## Sources

- `fcc-1310` U.S. Government Publishing Office (eCFR). *47 CFR § 1.1310 — Radiofrequency radiation exposure limits*. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/section-1.1310 — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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