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Acconeer Says 60 GHz Band May Require Different Rules for Different Radars

Acconeer CEO Lars Lindell and others from the company urged the FCC to consider different rules for pulse radars and frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar, in a meeting with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The FCC is considering…

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revised rules for short-range radars in the 60 GHz band, the topic of an NPRM last summer (see 2107130066). Pulse radar “does not have abrupt edges as short pulses are spread over a wide bandwidth to achieve the needed resolution,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 21-48. “Pulse radar uses very short pulses -- measured in nanoseconds rather than milliseconds -- which in itself is a co-existence mechanism,” the company said: “Absent the adoption of FCC rules aligned with the European rules, a wholesale rule for both 60 GHz pulse radar and FMCW radar may not result in equal treatment of both technologies.”