Apple Offers New Data on Very-Low Power Operations in 6 GHz
Apple representatives urged the FCC to act on rules allowing very-low power (VLP) mobile applications in the 6 GHz band, in a meeting with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. Apple said it recently did a Monte Carlo analysis…
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of interference risks to incumbent links in the band in Houston. “The clear conclusion” was “VLP worst-case scenarios are extremely rare and do not pose a significant risk to microwave links.” While the FCC’s 2020 6 GHz order “opened the band for fixed service, Apple views the highly-sought mobility of VLP as essential to meeting consumer demand,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-295. Apple noted other nations already permit VLP use “because of the recognition that there is no real-world risk to incumbent microwave links.”