Receiver Policy Statement Largely the Same as Draft
The FCC’s policy statement on receivers, approved 4-0 Thursday (see 2304200040), saw relatively few changes from the draft statement, based on a side-by-side comparison. The FCC released the final statement Friday. One change is a clarifying line that RF energy…
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is ubiquitous, “whether caused by RF device emissions or natural noise sources,” not in the draft. The draft says the agency “intends to consider the immunity of out-of-band receivers and their ability to reject unintended signals.” The focus shifts in the approved version to “the immunity of receivers and their ability to reject undesired and unwanted signals.” Because of the “variability in receiver resiliency, some receivers in use may be more robust than others to changes in the RF environment,” the draft says. That’s changed to now recognize “the variability in receiver vulnerability.” Similarly, the draft says the commenters “recommend Commission guidance to promote efficient spectrum use by clarifying the need for receivers to stay resilient from new sources of spectrally proximate emissions.” The final version cites instead “the need for receiver interference immunity.” Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Nathan Simington filed statements attached to the item.