Hewlett Packard Seeks U-NII-4 Waiver
Hewlett Packard Enterprise asked for a waiver of FCC indoor use labeling requirement to allow previously authorized U-NII-3 access points (APs) to operate in the U-NII-4 band. In its 5.9 GHz order, the FCC “observed that consumers would likely benefit…
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from the U-NII-4 rules in part because many existing U-NII-3 APs could access the U-NII-4 band via software upgrades and would not require any hardware changes,” said a filing posted Tuesday. “The Commission also recognized that some of these APs might not be able to comply with the labeling requirement,” HPE said: “Therefore, the Commission ‘encourage[d] manufacturers to file for a waiver’ … as long as the AP satisfies the other indoor operation requirements, noting that the Office of Engineering and Technology would act expeditiously on these requests under its delegated authority to oversee equipment authorization.”