Philips Healthcare Systems and GE Healthcare urged the FCC to...
Philips Healthcare Systems and GE Healthcare urged the FCC to appoint a single entity as “spectrum coordinator” for the 2360-2390 MHz band, to be shared between aeronautical mobile telemetry and medical body area networks on a secondary basis and to…
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take that step by June at the latest. The companies responded to a June further notice of proposed rulemaking. “Having a single coordinator will simplify the coordination process, accelerate initial implementations, reduce the costs of coordination in the longer term, and generally expedite overall deployment of MBAN networks,” they said (http://xrl.us/bnpb8q). The healthcare technology companies also said the coordinator should be appointed for at least 10 years “with an expectation of renewal” and should have extensive experience with the healthcare industry. The American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association (http://xrl.us/bnpb9c) and Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council largely agreed with the comments filed by Philips and GE. “AFTRCC has no issue with the minimum qualifications” that have been proposed by the FCC, AFTRCC said (http://xrl.us/bnpb9k). “With respect to the number of MBANs coordinators, AFTRCC concurs with the notion that there be a single coordinator.” The commission approved an allocation of 40 MHz of spectrum, to be used on a secondary basis, for a new MBAN at its May meeting (CD May 25 p1).