Backhaul Advocates Urge Action on Revised 70/80 GHz Rules
Aviat, Comsearch, Ericsson and Nokia told the FCC Monday there's “high demand” for smaller, lighter antennas for wireless backhaul in the 70/80 GHz band. The FCC sought comment last year (see 2008050058). The antennas “have been available in Europe and…
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other geographies for nearly a decade,” they said. Smaller antennas with lower minimum gain won't be more sensitive to potential interference caused by emissions from endpoints in motion compared with fixed service antennas currently on the market, nor will a rule change allowing lower minimum gain result in more interference into proposed endpoints in motion services, they said. The filing hadn’t been posted by the agency.