WifiForward Says FCC Should Open 5.9 GHz Band for Sharing With Wi-Fi
WifiForward fired back after the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials asked the FCC to reserve the 5.9 GHz band for public safety use. A connected vehicle environment “holds the potential to support a fundamental advancement in ensuring…
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the safety of our nation’s surface transportation system,” AASHTO said Monday in docket 13-49: “For this promising future to become a reality, the 5.9 GHz spectrum must be preserved for transportation safety purposes.” WifiForward later responded in a statement: “The FCC can achieve a win-win solution for auto safety and broadband by taking a fresh look at the rules for the 5.9 GHz band. Dedicating spectrum to specific transportation applications would merely perpetuate the waste of this extremely valuable resource at a time when we need it more than ever.”