UTC Concerned About Wi-Fi in 6 GHz Band, Even With Automated Frequency Control
The Utilities Technology Council warned an aide to FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly of the risk to utilities posed by Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band. UTC and members “described how utilities and other critical infrastructure industries operate extensive microwave communications…
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systems in the 6 GHz band, which they use to support the safe, reliable and secure delivery of essential services,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 18-295. “They urged the Commission to refrain from allowing unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band, and that further field testing of the automated frequency control technology proposed to mitigate harmful interference is necessary before any such unlicensed operations should be permitted in the band,” UTC said.