Now Isn't the Time to Change Allocation of 5.9 GHz Band, Commenters Tell FCC
Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) asked the FCC to not reallocate part of the 5.9 GHz band to Wi-Fi, as proposed in a December NPRM (see 1912120058). Georgia is working on a…
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smart transportation system and needs spectrum, said Duncan (R) in a posting Tuesday in docket 19-138. “Most technology adoption follows a traditional curve, with many years of very slow usage and research, then a tipping point is hit and massive adoption follows very quickly,” he said: “Due to the slowness of usage until now, I understand how the FCC would think the spectrum could be reallocated. However, we believe that vehicle safety radio technology is at this exact knee of the curve tipping point, and, thus, it is a bad time to be changing the spectrum.” ATSSA said more than 36,000 people died on U.S. roadways in 2018: “By and large, these fatalities and injuries are preventable through proven lifesaving roadway safety infrastructure countermeasures as well as developing vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure technologies.”