CTIA Disputes C-Band Concerns Raised by Aviation Industry
CTIA countered concerns raised by the aviation and aerospace industries on interference risks to low-range radar altimeters posed by mobile C-band use (see 2108160029), in a report filed at the FCC. Aviation interests contend 5G “will cause interference to radio…
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altimeters that operate 220 MHz or more away -- but they ignore that real-world deployments in the C-Band and other nearby bands, both in the U.S. and abroad, operate today without any evidence of harmful interference to altimeters,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-122. The groups haven’t made available “underlying data that would allow all stakeholders to fully evaluate those assertions,” CTIA said: “With no transparency into test results and indefensible testing parameters, the Organizations’ calls to upend 5G deployments in the C-Band must be rejected.”