Loon Seeks FCC Action on Stratospheric Platforms in 70/80 GHz
Loon sought action on stratospheric platforms in the 70/80 GHz bands, in a call with an aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. “There is enough data in the record to support authorization of stratospheric antennas in motion and other stratospheric…
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Internet platforms in the … bands without further coexistence studies or a new proceeding,” Loon said in a filing posted Monday in docket 20-133: “Authorizing antennas in motion will not distract the FCC from or delay deployment of 5G, and can facilitate 5G deployment in rural areas.” The record supports “a comprehensive link registration framework for all services in the 70/80 GHz bands, which can be accomplished with only minor modifications to the existing framework,” it said. Loon also spoke with Office of Engineering and Technology staff. Loon and Aeronet claims that the record supports aeronautical use of the 70 and 80 GHz bands ignore the interference potential between mobile services and gateway earth stations, as well as unaddressed issues on operating a registration database for endpoints in motion, Hughes and SpaceX said in a filing to be posted in docket 20-133. Aeronautical service advocates still have to address various interference scenarios to and from fixed satellite earth stations and satellites from ground-to-air and air-to-air links and ground-based interference between satellite earth stations and aeronautical ground stations, they said. Until then, action in the proceeding is premature, they said.