IEEE Working Group Won't Develop Standard for WLANs in 3.5 GHz Band
The exclusion zones in FCC rules for the 3.5 GHz band are still too restrictive and, as a result, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group on wireless local area networks (WLANs) will not develop a standard to support IEEE 802.11 WLANs…
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in this band, the working group said in comments filed at the FCC in docket 12-354. The working group said it conducted a straw poll of members at a meeting in May and there was overwhelming agreement on this point. “The success of products based on this standard, depends heavily on the industry’s ability to produce low-cost devices which in turn depends on the mass production of silicon; a time consuming and very expensive process,” the filing said. “The current rules restrict the size of the potential market for products in the 3550-3700 MHz band to the point where development of such products is not economically viable.” The FCC approved an order finalizing rules for the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band in April, opening the band partly for unlicensed use and for small cells, while protecting Navy and other systems already in the band.