Republican members of the House Communications Subcommittee said in a...
Republican members of the House Communications Subcommittee said in a majority memo that circulated Tuesday recent proposals to define receiver interference rights could encourage more efficient spectrum use and innovation. The memo noted, however, that opponents of defined receiver performance…
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levels said such a proposal could raise device manufacturing costs and ultimately the price for consumers. The subcommittee plans a hearing on receiver standards at 10 a.m. Thursday in Room 2322 Rayburn. Witnesses scheduled to testify are Brian Markwalter, CEA senior vice president-research and standards; FCC Deputy Chief Ron Repasi of the Office of Engineering and Technology; and Pierre de Vries of the Silicon Flatirons Center. Republicans said the FCC’s current use of band management tools does not work in every circumstance and “will fall short with growing frequency in an increasingly spectrum-constrained and technologically complex environment.” The memo also said the FCC’s regulation of device transmitters ignores half of the equation. The memo said the LightSquared fiasco illustrates how tracking and resolving interference issues with many retail GPS receivers has been complicated by the lack of a direct, ongoing relationship between GPS signal providers, retail device manufacturers and end users.