Encina Reiterates Case for 6 GHz Coordination
Encina Communications updated the FCC on the company’s proposal to use Part 101 frequency coordination procedures as an alternative to automated frequency coordination (AFC) in the 6 GHz band (see 2208150040), in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-295. Last…
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July the FCC issued an experimental license to Encina to operate an outdoor unlicensed standard power access point network in the 6 GHz band, requiring coordination with band incumbents, the filing said. “In contrast to the lack of consensus and the timing uncertainty surrounding the development of an AFC system, there is unanimous agreement by fixed services operators that Rule 101.103(d), which was first adopted by the FCC in and is grounded it decades of practical experience, can successfully be used to accomplish prior coordination,” Encina said: Because the rule “requires that each and every network operating in a licensed band must be coordinated prior to operation, the experimental licensed network has shown that Rule 101.103(d) can be used to coordinate unlicensed networks in any and all locations nationwide.”