FCC Should Approve Vacant Chanel Proposal, Wi-Fi Advocates Tell Chief Engineer
The FCC should launch the 3.5 GHz sharing band and the vacant channel rule for the TV white spaces, said Dynamic Spectrum Alliance President Kalpak Gude and other Wi-Fi advocates in a meeting with Julius Knapp, chief of the Office…
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of Engineering and Technology. DSA reported on a similar meeting last week with Rachael Bender, aide to Chairman Ajit Pai (see 1704250052). “There needs to be at least three usable channels -- 18 MHz -- available in every market to stimulate the level of investment necessary to establish an ecosystem for personal/portable whitespace devices,” said a filing in docket 15-146. “Availability of personal/portable devices will allow many components to get to scale, which in turn will drive the cost down and increase the affordability of fixed [TV white spaces] radios intended to provide broadband to unserved and severely underserved communities.” DSA also reported on a meeting with Daudeline Meme, aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn.