Hughes Asks FCC to Seek Comment on Definition of Latency-Sensitive Traffic for RDOF
Hughes Network Systems wants the FCC to define "latency-sensitive traffic" through a public comments proceeding, it said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 19-126. Hughes said it's interested in showing that hybrid broadband networks that use multiple paths to…
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reach customer locations can participate in upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auctions. "To permit the RDOF to realize the benefits of these hybrid networks, rules need to be adopted that address performance measurement with the same flexibility as the networks themselves, requiring networks to perform within the required parameters of a particular performance tier with regard to the traffic that demands that performance level," Hughes wrote. It asked that RDOF performance rules be modified to require hybrid networks to deliver latency-sensitive traffic at latency levels at or below 100 milliseconds at least 95 percent of the time.