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AT&T Urges FCC to Remain Vigilant on 6 GHz Interference

AT&T urged the FCC to proceed cautiously in approving the launch of 6 GHz automated frequency coordination (AFC) operators following public trials. “AT&T was an active participant in these public trials and AT&T appreciates the efforts of these AFC System…

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applicants to work with AT&T to identify the source of discrepancies between AFC System calculated results for standard power device scenarios and the values calculated by AT&T,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-352: “AT&T does not believe the results of the public trials warrant deferring action on these applications, although AT&T does suggest that any grant of final AFC System authority be conditioned to ensure continued compliance with inter-industry agreements and to require some unresolved matters to be addressed within those inter-industry organizations.” AT&T noted that some of the tests “brought to light different practices and illustrated that reasonable engineers can differ with respect to how the same basic propagation calculations are implemented.”