NTIA told the FCC in comments this week that the Dept. of Transpo...
NTIA told the FCC in comments this week that the Dept. of Transportation should conduct a follow-up study on how coordination zones were working for dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) technology. The Commission last fall proposed licensing and service rules…
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for 5850-5925 MHz for DSRC, which can provide short-range wireless links to transmit data between vehicles and intelligent transport systems (CD Nov 8 p9). NTIA said the proposed rules “strike a reasonable balance between establishing new services that will benefit the public and allowing for the continued operation of national defense radar systems used by federal agencies.” Some commenters urged the Commission to require prior coordination procedures when DSRC operations could conflict with systems such as fixed satellite services or high-power radar. NTIA said DoT “expended substantial effort” developing coordination zones to ensure Defense Dept. concerns on interference from high-power govt. radar systems were resolved. “NTIA believes that since many of the technical parameters for the DSRC equipment to be used in the United States have now been finalized, it is appropriate for the DoT to initiate another study to determine the effectiveness of the current coordination zones,” it said. As with the previous study, this would be done with DoD, working through the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee process, and would “take into account future government radar operations,” NTIA said. NTIA said site-specific licensing was appropriate for DSRC road-side units to meet the parameters set in a standard developed by the American Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM). That standard offers a way of standardizing access to 5.9 GHz, which could help achieve national interoperability, NTIA said. It recommended the FCC authorize DSRC on-board units under its Part 90 rules instead of its Part 15 unlicensed rules. To bolster national interoperability, NTIA also recommended the Commission incorporate by reference an industry-developed ASTM standard into its Part 90 rules for that band. The FCC’s proposed rules would allow entities providing public safety DSRC operations to use that band and would put application, licensing and processing rules under Part 90 for public safety agencies. The proposal also would apply competitive bidding procedures if the FCC allowed nonpublic safety users in the band and if the licensing scheme resulted in mutually exclusive licenses.