FCC Seeks Comment on Continental Tire Pressure System Waiver Request
The FCC Office of Engineering is seeking comment on a request by Continental Automotive for a waiver of agency rules to allow authorization of a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) operating in the 315 MHz and 433 MHz bands. Comments…
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are due Nov. 28, replies Dec. 18, in docket 22-382. The system “is designed to measure the pressure inside a tire directly, transmit the reading, and display it,” said a notice in Monday’s Daily Digest: “The system alerts the driver of any critical situation via a corresponding signal. Continental ... further states that the TPMS takes the reading directly on the wheel, battery-fed sensors mounted on the rim and integrated into the valve measure the tire’s inflation pressure, and send a high-frequency signal with coded information to a receiver.” The company seeks a waiver of the periodic timing requirement in the rules “that establishes provisions for the timing of and the duration of each transmission,” OET said.