AT&T Says CableLabs 6 GHz Simulation Can't Be Trusted
AT&T questioned a study CableLabs did last year of power-level sensitivity in the 6 GHz band (see 2211290068), which argued that the rules for the band can be further liberalized (see 2303270037). “Fundamentally, parties to this proceeding -- and the…
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[FCC] itself -- should have the opportunity to develop a complete understanding of CableLabs’ purported simulation if that work is to be relied upon to expand the rights of radio local area network devices in the 6 GHz band,” said a Tuesday filing in docket 18-295. AT&T said the results, as reported, can't be verified. CableLabs should have to “file the simulations in their entirety instead of merely providing curated, self-interested results,” AT&T said: “The refusal to file the simulations is even more alarming in the face of NCTA’s inability -- on behalf of CableLabs -- to satisfactorily explain troubling inconsistencies, assumptions, and results that fly in the face of common-sense engineering and real-world testing.”