APCO Urges Caution on FCC OK of 6 GHz Experiments
APCO urged the FCC to proceed cautiously in granting requests for special temporary authority for experimental operations in the 6 GHz band, in a call with FCC Public Safety Bureau staff. “Given the risk of interference from unlicensed devices operating…
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on the same channels licensed for public safety microwave links, these applications must be carefully evaluated,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 18-295. “While real-world testing was not conducted prior to adoption of the 6 GHz Order, subsequent testing has confirmed the potential for interference and demonstrated that fundamental assumptions in the Order were incorrect,” APCO said. How and where devices are used “is important for evaluating the risk of interference and should therefore be noted in the applications,” APCO said: “The types, numbers, and locations of user devices should also be specified.”