GE: MBAN Rules Don't Protect Space Launch Use of 2360-2395 MHz
In adopting its medical body area network (MBAN) rules, the FCC wasn't thinking about possible secondary users of the 2360-2400 MHz band and definitely wasn't looking to protect commercial space launch operations in the 2360-2395 MHz band, GE HealthCare Technologies…
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said. In a docket 13-115 filing Monday, GE said there was no mention of space launch operations in the MBAN orders. Numerous health care facilities rely on GE's telemetry within 200 miles of a SpaceX launch site, and many of those facilities will transition to MBANs in the near future, the company said. It said it's "committed to cooperating" with other users of 2360-2400 MHz, but the FCC should ensure that MBAN operations are protected from newly introduced space launch operations.