FCC Releases Rules for Protecting 3650-3700 MHz Band Incumbents
The FCC Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology adopted final methodology for determining “Grandfathered Wireless Protection Zones” for existing licensees in the 3650-3700 MHz band, as part of the rules for the broader 3.5 GHz shared band. “We…
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will utilize a two-prong approach to determine Grandfathered Wireless Protection Zones that is generally consistent with the approach that we sought comment on in the 3650-3700 MHz Protection Contours [Public Notice],” said an FCC public notice Friday. “This approach will establish a baseline contour that will be used to protect the area -- by sectors -- in which unregistered consumer premises equipment (CPEs) are located, and allow licensees to protect the specific area -- by sectors -- where registered CPEs are located.” Among changes from the earlier proposal, the FCC said it would eliminate the requirement that licensees identify the specific frequencies that are in operation on each sector, basing protection instead on protected range of frequencies on what licensees have already registered in the commission database. The agency said it also will require Citizens Broadband Service device operators to meet the interference protection level at all locations within the grandfathered protection zone, not just at the edge.