FCC Should Act on TV White Spaces Changes, Microsoft Says
Microsoft urged the FCC to stick with a proposal to increase the effective isotropic radiated power limit of fixed white space devices (WSD) from 40 dBm to 42 dBm in less congested areas and increase the height above average terrain…
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(HAAT) of antennas from 250 to 500 meters, also in less congested areas. “Microsoft believes the Commission’s proposed coordination procedures for WSDs operating at a HAAT greater than 250 meters provides protection to incumbent operations from receiving harmful interference without being overly burdensome on the affected Wireless Internet Service Provider and the White Spaces Database Administrator,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 20-36. Commissioners approved a Further NPRM on white spaces rules 5-0 in February (see 2002280055). The Office of Engineering and Technology Wednesday said RED Technologies is now administrator of the white space database previously overseen by Nominet UK, as a result of a transfer of ownership and control.