UTC Touts Southern Report on Unlicensed 6 GHz Interference
A Southern Co.-backed report on South, Lockard & White-Electric Power Research Institute testing of the impact on unlicensed low power indoor devices’ use of the 6 GHz band proves “the FCC’s decision to permit that unlicensed access into the 6…
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GHz band will cause harmful interference to existing users” (see 2008310049), said Utilities Technology Council CEO Sheryl Osiene-Riggs in a statement. The Southern report, filed Wednesday in docket 18-295, said LPI devices “will cause harmful interference to licensed fixed microwave systems, including those used to monitor and protect the electrical grid and for public safety operations.” Unlike “prior testing that utilized simulated equipment and configurations, these measurements used commercial off-the-shelf, FCC-approved 6 GHz LPI access points and mobile devices,” Southern said. “Several of the testing locations were co-located with existing Wi-Fi access points, thus making these measurements representative of actual locations used by consumers with real-world devices.”