Wireless engineering consulting firm V-Comm urged FCC to require ...
Wireless engineering consulting firm V-Comm urged FCC to require all ultra-wideband vendors to make “precommercial versions” of their equipment available for testing. In ex parte filing this week, V-Comm said additional compatibility testing with existing wireless systems was needed…
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“prior to the broad acceptance of UWB systems.” Such testing should involve joint company participation to make sure that proposed UWB systems were compatible with existing wireless systems, V-Comm said. UWB vendors should make precommercial versions of their equipment available for testing before FCC adopts UWB rules, V-Comm argued, and “prior to the commercialization and proliferation of UWB systems.” FCC is expected to include UWB item on agenda for Feb. 14 meeting. “Currently, UWB vendors have little incentive to participate in joint testing or provide equipment to interested parties, at this time or in the future,” V-Comm said in report submitted to FCC. “In most cases, these vendors have completed internal tests, submitted test results to the FCC and are representing that their technology can co-exist with existing wireless systems.” V-Comm said such “internal testing” wasn’t reliable because those vendors didn’t operate wireless systems. Tendler Cellular wrote to FCC Chmn. Powell this week, also raising potential interference concerns. Tendler said UWB could prevent GPS receiver from locking up on GPS satellites.