Tech Companies Argue for Revised 6 GHz Rules
A lawyer for tech companies met with FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Chief Ron Repasi on 6 GHz issues, said a filing posted Friday in docket 18-295. There have been reports the FCC will vote in coming months on…
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a follow-up order to a 2020 Further NPRM (see 2308070060). “We discussed the numerous overlapping protections that will prevent very low power (VLP) devices from causing harmful interference to fixed-service receivers in the 6 GHz band,” said HWG’s Paul Caritj: “In particular, I explained how the Commission can be confident that transmit power control would reduce average VLP power by at least 3 dB. We also discussed the itinerancy of VLP devices, which provides yet another layer of protection against harmful interference.” Caritj represents Apple, Broadcom, Google and Meta Platforms. NCTA and CableLabs, meanwhile, met with OET staff on the band. They “emphasized the importance of unlicensed spectrum to American consumers, innovation, and the US economy” and asked the FCC to complete action on revised 6 GHz rules. "NCTA reiterated that CableLabs’ probabilistic analyses, on which the FCC relied in the 6 GHz Order, upheld by the DC Circuit, and which have been supplemented in the 6 GHz FNPRM record, consistently show that even when applying conservative assumptions, there is no meaningful risk of harmful interference to incumbent fixed link operations when [low-power indoor] power limits are increased as proposed."