FCC Should Reject GE Arguments for More Changes to Part 15 Rules, CTIA Says
CTIA said the FCC should reject arguments by GE Healthcare for additional protections for wireless medical telemetry service (WMTS) use of channel 37 in the commission’s recently approved Part 15 rules (see 1508060025). GEHC argued in a petition for reconsideration…
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that the FCC should change how it analyzes building penetration loss and revise the rules accordingly. How that factor is analyzed “significantly impacts computation of the separation distances required to prevent harmful interference from adjacent band mobile base stations to WMTS operations on Channel 37, such that these distances cannot reasonably be assumed to exist without requiring coordination,” GEHC said. The arguments should be rejected, CTIA said in comments filed Monday at the FCC in docket 12-268. “The GE Petition relies on arguments that have been fully considered and rejected by the Commission twice in this proceeding and, therefore, has not met the legal requirements for a petition for reconsideration,” CTIA said. “The rules adopted by the Commission more than adequately protect Channel 37 incumbents, and indeed the Commission made several concessions to ensure [WMTS] would be protected.”