Railroads Raise Concerns at FCC on 900 MHz Reconfiguration Proposal
The Association of American Railroads raised concerns as the FCC looks at reconfiguring the 900 MHz band to allow broadband (see 1907030028), in a call with Wireless Bureau staff. “Relocation of any of its channels would need to be done…
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on a nationwide or at least very large regional basis,” it filed, posted Thursday in docket 17-200. “Use of different frequencies in different counties would not be feasible because of the nature of its network architecture. Rail switches and track signals, which are controlled remotely using the 900 MHz network, need to link to more than one base station in order to provide redundancy ... especially as it is not uncommon for base station backhaul connectivity … to be down for long periods.”