The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said the FCC should reject...
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said the FCC should reject a petition for reconsideration by Navtech asking that the commission rethink a decision to restrict to airports the use of fixed radars in the 76-77 GHz band. Navtech offers a…
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radar system with Automatic Incident Detection capability for use on highways and interstate roads, which it argued is also well suited to the band (http://xrl.us/bn4s59). “By continually measuring and tracking vehicles, people and debris using high frequency radar the system is able to generate incident alerts, whilst maintaining extremely low nuisance alarm rates,” Navtech said. “Uniquely, the system is unaffected by rain, fog, dust, smoke and direct sunlight and so is well suited for incident detection, both above ground and in tunnels.” Reject the petition, the alliance said. “General fixed use of 76-77 GHz radars, particularly near public roads, could create a high risk of harmful interference to automobile radars,” the alliance said in a filing this week at the commission (http://xrl.us/bn4s6w). Continental AG and Continental Automotive Systems also opposed the recon petition (http://xrl.us/bn4s7e). “Continental cannot share Navtech Radar´s conclusion that ... there is evidence that there is no interference between fixed infrastructure scanning radar and automotive radar,” the company said. “Continental is willing to discuss sharing frequency bands and generally feels comfortable with 76-77 GHz applications for non-roadside applications. However, Continental expresses serious concerns to the general deployment of this technology for fixed applications, including road-side applications."