NTIA Seeks Protections for Facilities in Upper 12 GHz Band
NTIA said several federal facilities need to be protected in the upper 12 GHz band if the band is reallocated for commercial use. To “ensure in-band compatibility” with a NASA deep space network receiving ground station at Goldstone, California, and…
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radioastronomy observatories operated by the National Science Foundation, “NTIA and the Commission should develop a coordination process to protect these important scientific endeavors while permitting more intensive use of the band,” NTIA said, posted Thursday in docket 22-352. “Since the radio astronomy observatories do not operate continuously, and are located in remote areas, successful coordination certainly should be possible,” NTIA said. To begin to address upper adjacent band compatibility, NTIA offered an analysis of “the interaction between a typical military airborne Doppler radar system and a mobile broadband base station with assumed parameters,” NTIA said: “This example is meant to be the first step in an iterative process to permit the Commission to develop rules that meet private sector needs while protecting federal missions.”