Shure Meets With FCC on Updated Wireless Mic Rules
Shure urged FCC action on wireless multichannel audio systems rules, as proposed in a 2021 NPRM (see 2104220056). “There is broad consensus in the wireless microphone community of manufacturers, technical experts, and users in support of technologies that deliver greater…
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spectrum efficiency than what is currently available with narrowband technologies,” said a filing Wednesday in docket 21-115: “Such innovations are important to address the continually growing demand for wireless microphone technologies in a context in which access to suitable spectrum has been dramatically reduced and spectrum will continue to be constrained in the future.” Shure representatives met with staff from the Office of Engineering and Technology. The record “reflects support for different technical approaches to implementing WMAS rules and Commission staff will need to assess the likelihood of potential interference and weigh the trade-offs of each approach based on definitions of permissible power, bandwidth and spectral efficiency requirements,” Shure said.