FirstEnergy Files Another Study on 6 GHz Interference
A new study by utility FirstEnergy warns of interference risks to utilities and other incumbents of the 6 GHz band as more Wi-Fi users take advantage of the spectrum, authorized by the FCC for unlicensed use three years ago (see…
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2004230059). The study follows a similar report FirstEnergy submitted last year (see 2210130051). “Additive interference was consistently demonstrated with the Wi-Fi 6E test devices,” the company said in the report posted to the FCC Wednesday. “Repeated tests performed over multiple days consistently found greater impact when multiple study test units were in simultaneous operation versus when a single unit was in operation.” FirstEnergy found interference is “already starting to impact licensed operations.”