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Cable Interests Ask FCC to Finalize 6 GHz FNPRM

NCTA representatives urged the FCC to wrap up a 2020 Further NPRM on proposed changes to rules for the 6 GHz band (see 2204080042), increasing the power limit for low-power indoor (LPI) access points (APs), in a virtual meeting with…

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staff from the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology and Office of the General Counsel. “The Commission can quickly deliver expanded benefits to consumers because many 6 GHz LPI APs that are already being deployed will be tunable to that higher power level,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-295: “A power limit of 8 dBm/MHz [power spectral density] for LPI APs will significantly increase the value and benefits of 6 GHz Wi-Fi for U.S. consumers and businesses without increasing the risk of harmful interference to incumbent users in the band.”