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WinnForum Urges Quick OK Process for 6 GHz AFC Systems

Members of the Wireless Innovation Forum’s 6 GHz Committee Steering Group urged a quick process for approving automated frequency control systems in the 6 GHz band, in a meeting with staff from the FCC. “AFC Systems must be tested and…

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certified for commercial operation,” which must include “a public trial/demonstration period,” the group said in a filing posted Friday in docket 18-295: Similar experiences with the TV white spaces and citizens broadband radio service “indicate the entire process could be lengthy.” The group said "AFC Systems are significantly less complicated and should be much easier and quicker to test and certify.”