Overturn FCC 5.9 GHz Order: Continental to DC Circuit
Continental Automotive Systems urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn an FCC order dividing the 5.9 GHz band. The company said auto safety technologies require the full 75 MHz allocation. “Neither collective perception messages nor…
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maneuver coordination messages applications … will have sufficient spectrum to be deployed in the 5.9 GHz band if only 30 MHz remains for vehicle-to-everything; and these applications are critical safety-of-life applications that can prevent numerous non-line-of-sight crashes that cannot otherwise be prevented,” said Friday's brief. "The FCC shunned [the Department of Transportation’s] expertise” in the order, “essentially believing DOT lacked credibility,” Continental said. ITS America, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network appealed the order (see 2111100083).