FCC Has More Decisions To Make on 5.8 GHz Band, Fletcher Heald Lawyer Says
The 5.8 GHz band, heavily used for Wi-Fi and especially by wireless ISPs, remains a highly contentious band two years after the FCC tried to harmonize rules, said Fletcher Heald lawyer Mitchell Lazarus in a Thursday blog post. The band…
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was subject to two sets of rules, combined in 2014, he said: “The new rule mostly retained the more stringent provisions of each predecessor, including the stricter U-NII out-of-band emissions limits. Done, the FCC dusted off its hands and turned to its next task. Not so fast. In came a boxload of petitions for reconsideration. … Four of the petitioners, including WISPs, objected that the newly adopted out-of-band emissions limits were too low. In principle one can design a device for any out-of-band limit, but more stringent limits drive up the cost and weight, and may impair performance.” The FCC is still taking comments with more decisions to be made, he said.