Exhibit 1

0628-EX-PL-2011 Text Documents

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

2011-12-20ELS_121732

“Public” Exhibit 1

1. Introduction

By the instant application (“Application”), Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. (“Lutron”) requests
that the Commission grant a two year experimental license to permit Lutron to operate the
facilities (the “Facilities”) specified in the instant Application.

2. Purpose of the Operation/Why an STA is Necessary

Lutron is an industry leader with respect to the design and manufacture of energy-saving
lighting controls and dimmers, automated window treatments and appliance modules for both
residential and commercial applications. Lutron products save energy, and the company
estimates that the installed base of its products saves the nation nearly 10 billion kWh of
electricity, or approximately $1 billion in utility costs per year. Lutron manufactures more than
16,000 energy-saving products, sold in more than 100 countries around the world.

Specific information regarding the nature and purpose of this experiment is contained in a
Confidential Exhibit 3, with such Exhibit 3 subject to a separately-filed Confidentiality Request.

Continued operation of the facilities previously granted under STA (0351-EX-ST-2011)
is necessary in light of ongoing product development of Part 15 devices in this frequency range.
It is necessary to run periodic experiments to evaluate product performance with building
attenuation, shadowing, multipath cancellation, various diversity schemes, and distance impact
packet error rate and overall product functionality.

3. Mitigation of Interference

Lutron is well aware of the responsibility of licensees in the Experimental Radio Service to
avoid interference to other licensed operations. To that end, the following is shown:

- At each fixed indoor location (locations 1-3), the experiment is to be conducted at very
low power levels and will be conducted solely indoors, with a single transmitter to be
placed at or near the center of a floor of a commercial office building. Thus, attenuation
of the signal due to free space loss and the walls of the office building is expected to
result in the ultimate degradation of signal field strength to levels at or around those
specified in Part 15 at the edges of the building.

- The three office buildings at which the experiment will be conducted indoors are located
in a rural area in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, on Lutron’s private property.
These buildings are not accessible to members of the public, except upon the express
permission of Lutron.

- Operation of the Facilities will not be continuous. Rather, operation of the Facilities will
occur only from 7am-6pm local time, and will be intermittent in nature. In the off state,
no measurable power will be radiated.

Based on the location of the experiment, the technical parameters of the operation, and the
manner in which the experiment will be conducted, the potential for interference to co-channel or
adjacent channel operations is substantially mitigated.

4. Stop Buzzer

Lutron’s Don Mosebrook will be conducting the test and will be available by wireless
telephone at 610-909-9349 if any issues regarding interference arise during testing. Alternate
“stop buzzer”: Rob Bollinger – (610-393-8106).

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