NAB Raises Concerns on Apple's 6 GHz Interference Analysis
NAB raised questions about Apple’s analysis of interference risks in the 6 GHz band for very-low- power (VLP) applications, which the company has been presenting to the FCC (see 2302100031). “The analysis was not intended to, and does not, address…
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the potential for interference from unlicensed VLP operations to mobile licensed operations in the 6 GHz band,” NAB said in a Thursday filing in docket 18-295: “Whatever the merits or issues with Apple’s analysis with respect to fixed operations, the Commission cannot rely on or draw any conclusions from the analysis with respect to the potential for harmful interference to broadcasters’ mobile electronic newsgathering operations in the band.” Newsworthy events “frequently transpire in close proximity to crowds, whether indoors or outdoors” and “ENG operations could easily receive harmful interference from nearby VLP devices -- particularly when there is little or no physical separation between individuals who may be using VLP devices and ENG operations," NAB said.