Tech Companies Make Case at FCC on Wi-Fi Sharing of 6 GHz Band
Tech companies met staff from the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology on the 6 GHz band, making their ongoing case (see 1907220026) the agency should authorize use of the band indoors without automated frequency control. The issue loomed large…
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when the regulator took comment earlier this year (see 1903180047). New information “supplements the proceeding’s already deep record demonstrating that the introduction of [radio local access network] devices into the 6 GHz band will not cause harmful interference to FS [fixed service] links,” the companies filed, posted Tuesday in docket 18-295: “The effect of RLAN devices on fixed-service receivers, even accounting for rare deep-fade events, is minimal and does not rise to the level of harmful interference.” Apple, Broadcom, Charter Communications, Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Marvell Semiconductor, Qualcomm and the Wireless ISP Association sent representatives.