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High-Tech Players Discuss 6 GHz Measurements With OET

High-tech companies spoke with FCC Office of Engineering and Technology staff on Wireless Research Center of North Carolina studies on the interference risk posed by body-worn devices. The companies presented “measurements of signal attenuation caused by the human body related…

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to proposed very-low-power device operation in the 6 GHz band and the difference between far-field body loss and on-body link loss measurements,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 18-295. The FCC is considering changes to accommodate use of the devices (see 2007280033). Representatives of Broadcom, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Intel, NXP Semiconductors and Qualcomm were on the call. The Wi-Fi Alliance sought action in a call with an aide to Chairman Ajit Pai. “The Commission’s action opening the 6 GHz band for unlicensed operations has strengthened U.S. technological leadership while also prompting other countries to take similar actions,” the alliance said.