Wi-Fi Advocates Make Case for Rechannelizing 5.9 GHz Band
Broadcom, Qualcomm and NCTA told the FCC the best solution for sharing of the 5.9 GHz band is to rechannelize it, moving dedicated short range communications systems to just the upper 30 MHz. The band is critical for Wi-Fi, the…
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industry letter said. “The 5.9 GHz band is the Commission’s single best near-term opportunity to make additional unlicensed spectrum available for broadband services,” they said. “No other band both holds such promise for consumers or presents a better environment for sharing with incumbent users. This is the case because the 5.9 GHz band is positioned immediately adjacent to an existing core band used by Wi-Fi.” Also, commercial DSRC deployment has yet to begin, the filing said. Earlier last week, Toyota said rechannelization would compromise DSRC (see 1702020018). The new filing was posted Friday in docket 13-49.