NAB Raises Concerns as Lobbying Continues on 6 GHz Rules
NAB raised concerns about a proposal in a 2020 Further NPRM to allow very lower power (VLP) operations throughout the 6 GHz band (see 2207260052), in calls with aides to Commissioners Brendan Carr, Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington. The change…
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would mean “harmful interference to licensed operations in the band, including particularly broadcasters’ electronic newsgathering (ENG) operations,” NAB said: “Newsworthy events frequently transpire in close proximity to crowds, whether indoors or outdoors. Thus, broadcaster ENG operations could easily receive harmful interference from nearby VLP devices -- particularly when there is little or no physical distance between individuals who may be using VLP devices and ENG operations.” Representatives of the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Innovation Forum, meanwhile, met with Office of Engineering and Technology staff on the “specifications, test plans, test cases, test harnesses and other elements by which systems and devices” that employ an automated frequency coordination system in the band “may be assessed.” Both filings were posted Wednesday in docket 18-295.