Wi-Fi Alliance Doesn't Like 4.9 GHz, Likes 5.9 GHz
The Wi-Fi Alliance isn’t enthusiastic about the 4.9 GHz band now dedicated to public safety, the group said in a filing on FCC meetings in docket 17-183. “The limited bandwidth and in-band and adjacent band incumbent operations at 4.9 GHz…
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appear to preclude the suitability of this band as a candidate for Wi-Fi operations.” The alliance encouraged prompt action on Wi-Fi in the 5.9 GHz band. “The Wi-Fi industry is eager to maximize the use of this valuable spectrum resource following the resolution of the current regulatory uncertainty,” the group said. The alliance also welcomed an FCC focus on the 6 GHz band, as promised by Chairman Ajit Pai (see 1806200058). “Dramatic increase in use of Wi-Fi without a meaningful increase in the midband spectrum available for Wi-Fi access has resulted in spectrum congestion that Wi-Fi Alliance only expects to worsen over time.” Alliance CEO Edgar Figueroa and others from the group met with Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Jessica Rosenworcel, aides to the other commissioners and Julius Knapp, chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology.