Energous and Atmosic achieved interoperability for RF energy harvesting technology, enabling wireless charging up to 2 meters away, they said Wednesday.
Boeing representatives spoke with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr on the company’s push for an NPRM on service rules enabling use of the 5030-5091 MHz band for unmanned aircraft systems, “The lack of access to licensed spectrum for UAS command and control is not merely a hypothetical problem that will be felt once UAS technologies are deployed at scale, but a real, ongoing problem that is impacting the industry’s ability to develop these systems today,” Boeing said in a filing posted Wednesday in RM-11798.
ARRL urged an aide to FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to remove before this hurricane season a limit on digital data rates that constrain “use of certain amateur frequencies.” The limit “was adopted in 1980 during the earliest days of digital data communications,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 16-239.
The FCC Wireline Bureau OK'd T-Mobile's request to relinquish its eligible telecom carrier designation in Virginia for participation in the Mobility Fund Phase I auction, said an order Tuesday. T-Mobile will continue providing wireless service to subscribers there through its Lifeline-only ETC designation.
Aviat, Comsearch, Ericsson and Nokia, which want to use lighter antennas for 5G wireless backhaul in the 70/80 GHz band, urged the FCC to act on rules, in a call with acting Chief Joel Taubenblatt and other Wireless Bureau staff. Comments support the change, though there were questions about Aeronet’s proposal for endpoints in motion, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-133. The FCC took comment last year (see 2009080037). The advocates asked to separate issues regarding Aeronet. “Smaller antennas with lower minimum gain will not be more sensitive to potential interference caused by emissions from Aeronet’s proposed services compared to fixed service antennas currently on the market, nor will a rule change allowing lower minimum gain result in more interference into Aeronet’s proposed services,” they said.
CTA raised questions and sought tweaks on a draft order that would let companies market RF devices pending FCC authorization, in an email to the Office of Engineering and Technology. CTA sought the change (see 2105270085), set for a June 17 vote. CTA wants “more clarity on how the temporary labels for pre-sales and e-labels interact for eligible devices” and whether companies can use a temporary label on a protective bag … that indicates that all devices in the bag are e-labeled.” Will the FCC offer “further guidance … to provide more details on the necessary criteria for receiving a waiver of the 12,000 unit importation limit for pre-sale activities?” CTA asked, in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-382.
The Supreme Court circulated for June 24 discussion by justices the appeal by Portland, Oregon, and 35 other municipalities of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision upholding much of FCC 2018 small-cell orders (see 2103230052), the court said Tuesday in docket 20-1354.
Better access to unlicensed spectrum in the 60 GHz band would “enable many fixed wireless providers to deliver" downloads from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps-plus, a Wireless ISP Association representative told an aide to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington. WISPA also urged county-sized licenses, in a filing posted Monday in docket 19-348.
As the FCC reconsiders 4.9 GHz public safety rules (see 2105270071), the Enterprise Wireless Alliance asked it to consider the needs of critical infrastructure companies. There's “opportunity for the Commission to consider other approaches that might yield appropriate and expanded usage of the band,” EWA said Monday: “While commercial systems are appropriate for certain of their applications and narrowband systems continue to address other requirements, recent events have highlighted their need for private broadband networks.”
Boeing representatives urged the FCC to move forward with an NPRM on service rules enabling use of the 5030-5091 MHz band for unmanned aircraft systems, in a call with acting Chief Ron Repasi and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology. The FCC sought comment in 2019 (see 1912270039). “Boeing described the existing, ongoing challenges of developing and testing new technologies in the UAS sector without dedicated licensed spectrum, including coordination issues with the Federal Aviation Administration, among other challenges,” said a filing posted Friday in RM-11798.