AT&T Opposes Extreme Weather's 6 GHz Waiver Request
AT&T opposed a recent waiver request by Extreme Weather of FCC rules for low-power indoor devices for 6 GHz access points (APs), to be installed exclusively in indoor-only sports venues. The company wants to protect the APs with a waterproof…
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enclosure “to protect the devices from beverage spills and during venue washing,” said a July 21 waiver request in docket 18-295. “As a general matter, access points in the 6 GHz band must operate using an automated frequency coordination system to avoid interference with primary Fixed Service microwave incumbents in the band,” though an exception is for points “limited to indoor operation,” which are governed by form-factor rules including that “devices cannot be weather resistant,” AT&T said, posted Tuesday. The waiver “should be denied because the form factor rules are a key component of the regulatory scheme protecting primary FS incumbents and Extreme has not justified undermining those safeguards,” AT&T said.