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WinnForum Technical Report on Wi-Fi in 6 GHz Notes Controversies Remain

The Wireless Innovation Forum's new 6 GHz Band Multi-Stakeholder Committee said controversies remain, as does work to be done. Getting protections right is important, Wednesday's report said. “A number of licensed users occupy this spectrum, prominent occupants being users of…

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fixed point-to-point links,” it said. “A large fraction of these links serves critical functions that must maintain a high level of availability.” The group filed in FCC docket 18-295 and discussed the report with retiring Chief Julius Knapp and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology. "WinnForum's 6 GHz Committee has accomplished the most important task for any co-existence analysis: Identify suitable protection criteria and propagation models used to predict compatibility," said Andrew Clegg of Google, WinnForum chief technical officer: "It's important that these considerations get buy-in from all stakeholders." Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii (see 1912180064) raised concerns, while Zebra also lobbied the FCC (see 1912180063).