Wireless Backhaul Advocates Seek Changes to Antenna Rules
Wireless backhaul advocates asked the FCC to make a “discrete change” to the Part 101 microwave rules for antenna gain in the 70/80 GHz band. The FCC should reduce the minimum antenna gain for the band from 43 dBi to…
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38 dBi, and remove the co-polar discrimination requirement in footnote 14 applicable below 5 degrees, said Aviat, Comsearch, Ericsson and Nokia. Adjusting the standards would “allow for the use of smaller, lighter, lower cost, less susceptible to pole sway, and more visually attractive antennas for wireless backhaul, ideal for 5G network densification,” they said. The companies spoke with Wireless Bureau staff and aides to the five commissioners, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 10-153.