6 GHz Decision Undercuts Opposition to 5G in 12 GHz Band: Dish
Discussions about opening the 12 GHz band to 5G need to start focusing on technical issues such as the right interference criteria, the acceptable probability of interference and the means for determining how much of a terrestrial signal has been…
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attenuated before it reaches a satellite receiver, Dish Network said in an FCC docket 20-443 filing Friday. It said differences are minimal between the interference thresholds being proposed by satellite and terrestrial 5G interests. It said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's 6 GHz decision last month (2112280047) eviscerates two key arguments of 5G opponents -- that satellite and terrestrial spectrum sharing needs to be rejected unless there's zero interference, and that a "Monte Carlo"-style statistical analysis is inferior to a worst-case-scenario one. It said SpaceX hasn't supplied any evidence of its own to back its contention that 5G/non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite service sharing is impossible and studies it cites "were based on extremely conservative assumptions ... and a worst-case analysis." It said SpaceX also is mischaracterizing those studies. SpaceX didn't comment.