Broaden FCC NOI to Examine Public Safety IoT: NPSTC
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council urged the FCC to move beyond a notice of inquiry (see 2110010046) on future spectrum needs of the IoT to look at the specific needs of public safety agencies. More work is needed “to…
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characterize which public safety IoT uses require dedicated spectrum and which might be accommodated sufficiently on commercial wireless networks, ” the group said in comments posted Monday in docket 21-353: “Then, spectrum estimates will be needed for both categories.” The Institute for the Wireless IoT at Northeastern University said “recent FCC moves in opening new bands for unlicensed use of spectrum should provide sufficient spectrum for the unlicensed IoT devices for the foreseeable future.” The institute noted questions about some of the bands and said its Colosseum network emulator can help (see 2108030052): “A large-scale RF emulation platform that is capable of implementing diverse wireless communication technologies all in one place, and assessing their coexistence performance with repeatable tests, is of undeniable importance for more efficient evaluation of the performance of licensed and unlicensed radios.” The Ultra Wide Band Alliance said the FCC should take note of new impulse radio UWB technology. “It can allow many devices with diverse uses to coexist within a shared bandwidth,” the alliance said: “Its area of influence (potential interference to others) is small due to the exceptionally low transmit power per MHz. Even a slight increase in power of 10 dBm/MHz would still place it at thousands of times less power than most other technologies. This makes it an attractive option for spectrum sharing and noninterfering coexistence with other users.”