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Wi-Fi Alliance Explains 6 GHz Waiver Request in Calls With FCC Staff

Wi-Fi Alliance representatives spoke with the staff from the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology and an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on a request for a waiver by the alliance that would allow an automated frequency coordination, once authorized…

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by the commission, “to take building entry loss into account for a specific type of standard-power device that, by design, will be restricted to operate only indoors.” The alliance said it’s focused on composite devices “authorized to operate both in standard power and low-power indoor” modes in the 6 GHz band: “We noted that the waiver request is precisely the type of relief contemplated by OET in the Public Notice conditionally approving AFC system requests,” said a filing, posted Monday in docket 18-295.