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Progeny countered concerns raised by various parties on the tests...

Progeny countered concerns raised by various parties on the tests it performed on whether the company’s multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS) network would cause harmful interference to unlicensed devices in the 902-928 MHz band (CD Dec 26 p13). “In…

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their comments on the combined test results, the opposing parties seek to avoid the substantial evidence of Progeny’s effective mitigation strategies and demonstrated co-existence with Part 15 devices by focusing on worst case and break case test results,” Progeny told the FCC in a filing (http://xrl.us/boas39). “Many of the concerns raised by the commenters relate to situations that do not, and often will not, occur in real world circumstances. Despite these characterizations, and indeed because of them, it is important to repeat that the standard of review for this proceeding is objective and based on actual Part 15 devices and conditions that exist in the 902-928 MHz band.” Progeny said the FCC should recognize that typical of any “Part 15 environment” is a “high level of existing sources of harmful interference.” Progeny had conducted tests of its system in conjunction with Itron, Landis + Gyr and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association. “The joint test results from July-September 2012 clearly demonstrate that Progeny’s M-LMS system will not cause unacceptable interference to the devices tested,” Progeny said.