OTI Urges Quick FCC Decision on AFC in 6 GHz
The Open Technology Institute urged quick FCC action approving automated frequency control (AFC) systems in the 6 GHz band, said a filing posted Monday in docket 19-138. “It would be a costly and unnecessary opportunity loss for consumers and the…
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economy if the Commission takes several years to certify AFCs, as it [did] to certify the then-novel TV Bands Databases and Spectrum Access Systems,” OTI said in a call with an aide to Commissioner Nathan Simington: “AFC coordination with entirely fixed point-to-point links in 6 GHz is technically easier and [the Office of Engineering and Technology] has far more experience with geolocation databases.” On 12 GHz, OTI said “commissioners should encourage band incumbents to submit technical data in the record to better clarify claims that more intensive sharing with terrestrial fixed or mobile uses is not feasible” and urged a public notice “that clarifies what additional data it needs to make a decision on the nature and scope of additional sharing and coexistence that is feasible.”