Wi-Fi Alliance Urges Quick FCC Action on 6 GHz Band
The Wi-Fi Alliance urged the FCC to move quickly on opening the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use, in a meeting with Chief Julius Knapp and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology. “Limited availability of unlicensed mid-band spectrum…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
undermines the potential of Wi-Fi technology to deliver ubiquitous broadband connectivity,” said a filing Thursday in docket 17-183. “The next generation of Wi-Fi, based on IEEE standard 802.11ax, is optimized to support high data throughput applications in wider channels (i.e., 80 megahertz and 160 megahertz), and therefore requires access to contiguous spectrum segments.” The alliance said the band is “ideally suited for rapid deployment of Wi-Fi technologies because it is adjacent to spectrum in the 5 GHz band that is designated for unlicensed use.”