Questions Remain on 6 GHz AFC Proposals: APCO
APCO said questions remain as the FCC considers applications to become automated frequency coordination (AFC) system operators in the 6 GHz band (see 2112220070), in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-295. “The AFC system proposals and supplemental filings have…
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exposed gaps and inconsistencies that need to be addressed,” APCO said. The group noted the Office of Engineering and Technology sought supplemental information from each applicant: “Even with the supplemental filings, critical issues remain unresolved, several of which have direct impacts on the ability of the AFC systems to prevent and eliminate harmful interference to licensed users. ... One of the most troubling issues that has been raised in the record is that applicants intend to adopt AFC parameters with significantly different likelihoods of causing interference to licensed microwave links.”