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Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Broadcom Meet With FCC on 6 GHz Band

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco and Broadcom stressed in meetings at the FCC why the agency should move forward on key 6 GHz spectrum as part of its actions on mid-band spectrum. “We discussed the importance of the 6 GHz band…

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to unlicensed broadband investment and innovation, as well as approaches to protect incumbent licensees from harmful interference,” said a filing in docket 17-183. The executives met with Office of Engineering and Technology Chief Julius Knapp and aides to the commissioners, except Brendan Carr. “A set of FCC rules requiring interference-protection mechanisms tailored to the environment in each 6 GHz sub-band will protect incumbents, and ... the Commission should reject calls to clear portions of the band of incumbents,” the filing said.