Almost all commenters agree, the FCC should reconsider...
Almost all commenters agree, the FCC should reconsider a decision to adopt more stringent limits for out-of-band emission (OOBE) for operations in the 5.8 GHz band, the Utilities Telecom Council said in reply comments filed at the FCC (http://bit.ly/1pYJRc7). The…
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FCC sought comment in July on seven petitions for reconsideration of its March 31 order that opens up the parts of the 5 GHz band for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed use (http://fcc.us/XffL9d). Cisco opposed several of the changes urged by the recon petitions (CD Aug 15 p1). The OOBE limits are not needed to protect Terminal Doppler Weather Radar systems, contrary to Cisco’s arguments, UTC said. “Moreover, these OOBE limits would dramatically impair the performance and increase the cost of deploying of fixed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint systems in the 5.8 GHz band,” the group said in comments posted Monday by the FCC in docket 13-49. UTC, which represents electric utilities, said utilities and other critical infrastructure industries make use of the band for point-to-point communications.