New America Meets FCC's Rosenworcel on Future of 6 GHz Band
Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at New America, urged relatively light-touch rules in the 6 GHz band, meeting Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on Feb. 19. Public interest groups hope the FCC will authorize use of the band indoors…
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without automated frequency control across the U-NII-5 and U-NII-7 band segments, Calabrese said, he filed in docket 18-122, posted Friday. “Failure to set a power level at which Wi-Fi can operate indoors across the entire 6 GHz band, using off-the-shelf routers and low-cost devices, would sacrifice what is likely to be the greatest benefit of this rulemaking,” Calabrese said: “Without affordable, do-it-yourself access to the 850 megahertz in U-NII-5 and U-NII-7, a majority of homes and small businesses in particular will likely be limited to a single 160 megahertz channel between 6.875 and 7.125 GHz.” Replies were due Monday on a 6 GHz NPRM (see 1903180047).