Wi-Fi Alliance Should Clarify That Its LTE-U/Wi-Fi Draft Test Plan Isn't Final, NCTA Says
The Wi-Fi Alliance's draft test procedures for assessing LTE-unlicensed's effects on a Wi-Fi network are "on a good trajectory" but shouldn't be the basis for coexistence testing before the Wi-Fi Alliance resolves a variety of issues, NCTA told Edward Smith,…
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legal adviser to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, according to a filing Friday in docket 15-105. The Wi-Fi Alliance also has said its draft plan isn't done and can't be used for evaluating coexistence (see 1602110041). NCTA's filing said the Wi-Fi Alliance should make clear in external communications "that much more collaboration and technical work is needed before this document can be utilized for its intended purpose." The Wi-Fi Alliance didn't comment. Wi-Fi Alliance member CableLabs has said the LTE-U/Wi-Fi test plan could be close to completion in March (see 1602120051).