AT&T, Verizon, Comsearch Jointly Stress Importance of Protecting 6 GHz Incumbents
AT&T, Verizon and Comsearch officials met with Chief Julius Knapp and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology to urge the FCC to focus in its 6 GHz proceeding on protecting incumbents. “Licensed incumbent operators in the 6 GHz…
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band are entitled to at least the same protections that the Commission has afforded to licensed incumbents in other bands,” they filed Tuesday in docket 18-295. “The FCC should not permit unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band without requiring rigorous technical analyses and adopting robust protections for licensed incumbent operations.” The agency appears committed to moving forward with unlicensed in 6 GHz, and licensed in the C band, and must decide on such issues as whether to allow use of the band indoors without automated frequency control (see 1902250054). AFC is key to ensuring incumbents are protected, the companies said.