5 Utilities Groups Want FCC to Go Beyond Interference Protection Proposals on 6 GHz
Five utility groups want the FCC to take additional steps to protect their microwave communications from interference in the 6 GHz band if it's opened to unlicensed use. Hundreds of critical infrastructure industries' licensees are in that band, associations representing…
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nearly all U.S. electric utilities and many water and wastewater utilities wrote FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in a letter posted Monday in docket 18-295. The agency's proposed automated frequency coordination system (AFC) "remains untested and unproven," said group leaders, mostly their CEOs, of the American Public Power Association, American Water Works Association, Edison Electric Institute, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Utilities Technology Council. NTIA has concerns about a similar technology in the 5.8 GHz band, the groups said. They sought to have AFC required for indoor and outdoor unlicensed operations, mandate AFC cybersecurity, and test the system to prevent interference to microwave systems before any 6 GHz unlicensed operations.