Microsoft Seeks Tweak to FCC White Spaces Draft
Microsoft representatives asked the FCC to scale back the notification requirements for white spaces devices, in a draft item scheduled for a commissioner vote next week (see 2201060057). Microsoft spoke with aides to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Brendan Carr.…
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“As currently constructed, the application of the draft requirements to narrowband fixed white space devices (WSDs) used for IoT applications would negatively impact the battery life, limit potential form factors, and increase the costs of those devices,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 04-186. Microsoft urged the FCC to “maintain its existing requirement that narrowband fixed WSDs be required to check the white space database once a day to ensure capturing wireless microphone reservations rather than the proposed 24 times a day.”