The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition urged the FCC to “expeditiously” act on proposed changes to antenna standards in the 70/80 GHz bands, updating rules to allow use of lower minimum gain antennas. “This proposal has now been before the Commission for nearly a decade, and the record reflects consensus among stakeholders in support of relaxing antenna standards in the 70/80 GHz bands,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 20-133.
Verizon is launching On Site 5G, said the carrier Thursday: The private networks are “custom-designed and managed by Verizon, allowing large enterprise and public sector customers to bring Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband capabilities to indoor or outdoor facilities where high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency connectivity is crucial."
AT&T said it completed the first field test calls over C-band spectrum using a mobile test platform in Plano, Texas, and Detroit. The tests were in April and May.
The Wi-Fi Alliance, NCTA and others opposed a 5G Automotive Association request to stay the FCC order reallocating the 5.9 GHz band (see 2106030075), in filings posted Thursday in docket 19-138. “5GAA fails to demonstrate that cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) operators face any actual harm,” the alliance said. 5GAA bases its request on arguments the FCC “considered and ruled on,” with many “simulation parameters” that 5GAA member Ford “submitted over a year ago,” NCTA said. “5GAA claims that the Commission must give proper weight to a technical study it did not submit during proceeding, the Order’s [out of band emissions] limits for indoor unlicensed use are not stringent enough, and that a root mean square (RMS) measurement is an inappropriate means to calculate OOBE level,” said Public Knowledge and New America’s Open Technology Institute: “A stay would significantly harm the public interest by preventing the dissemination of new technology that furthers connectivity and increases wireless capacity.” Altice USA also opposed the stay. 5GAA didn't comment.
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.