New FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and staff were briefed on...
New FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and staff were briefed on spectrum sharing arrangements between aeronautical telemetry and secondary medical body area networks (MBANs), by GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare and others. Also attending the meeting were representatives of the Aerospace &…
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Flight Test Coordinating Council and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association. “The first part of the discussion focused on how the spectrum currently is used on a primary basis for aeronautical telemetry to test aircraft,” said a filing at the commission by the groups’ lawyers (http://xrl.us/bm8rz6). “The details of the spectrum sharing arrangement negotiated by the parties were discussed in general terms. It was noted that we have been advised that the joint proposal negotiated by the parties and submitted to the Commission has been revised in a number of respects, but that the revisions were undertaken with an eye toward preserving the parties’ intent as reflected in the joint proposal.” The second part of the presentation focused on “the functions and advantages of the envisioned MBAN systems,” the filing said. “Implementation of MBANs is expected to help speed diagnosis, allow earlier intervention, solicit faster response, and ultimately improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs."