Traffic Safety Group Supports Challenge to FCC's 5.9 GHz Order
The American Traffic Safety Services Association notified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit it plans to file a brief in support of ITS America and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in their challenge…
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of the FCC’s reallocation of the 5.9 GHz band (see 2106020076). The FCC moved away from dedicated short-range communications, the former allocation for the entire 75 MHz, dividing the band with 45 MHz set aside for Wi-Fi and 30 MHz for cellular vehicle-to-everything technology. As association members “collectively work toward [a] goal of improving roadway safety, an increasingly important part of this work is the use of technologies that communicate between a vehicle and roadway infrastructure apparatuses,” said a pleading posted Thursday in docket 21-1130 (in Pacer).