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Go Slow on Further 6 GHz Changes, Urges National Spectrum Management Association

The National Spectrum Management Association urged the FCC to require real-world tests, using 6 GHz devices, before further liberalizing rules for the band (see 2207060036). “Due in part to an increasingly complex spectrum management environment the public has been made…

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increasingly aware of potential systemic failures involving large-scale systems that rely on fail-safe spectrum management,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-295: “It is time to ensure the future operations of 6 GHz mission-critical systems will be undeniably proven safe.” NSMA noted an audit of the FCC Universal Licensing System found the “vast majority” of licensed 6 GHz systems “are mission-critical.”