Wi-Fi Alliance Argues at FCC for Sharing 6 GHz Band
Alex Roytblat, Wi-Fi Alliance senior director-regulatory affairs, met FCC officials to urge sharing of the 6 GHz band with Wi-Fi. The group “emphasized that an immediate need for additional spectrum capacity is driven by the ever-greater role Wi-Fi plays in…
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delivering broadband connectivity and that the 6 GHz band remains ideally suited,” said a filing in docket 18-295, posted Thursday: “An overly restrictive regulatory approach of mandating automatic frequency coordination on all 6 GHz uses cases would effectively preclude any unlicensed operations until commercially-viable AFC systems are developed and certified, which may take years.” The band is needed to address “Wi-Fi spectrum congestion” and roll out Wi-Fi 6, the new generation of service, the alliance said. Roytblat met with Chief Julius Knapp and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology, and Aaron Goldberger, aide to Chairman Ajit Pai.