FCC Approves Waiver for Piper Train Positioning System
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology approved a waiver for Piper Networks to operate an ultra-wideband train positioning system in the 4243-4743 MHz band in the Greater New York City area and Harris County, Texas. “Piper’s system, which it…
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calls the Enhanced Transit Location System (ETLS), is designed for use on subways and commuter trains to calculate the position of a moving train and provide that information to the trains’ communication-based train control system,” OET said Friday in an order in docket 19-246. “Operation in any other geographic area is not permitted” and would require a separate waiver, OET said.