FWCC Objects to Shortened Test Period for Axon 6 GHz AFC System
The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition (FWCC) objected on Tuesday to one aspect of a December order by the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology that conditionally approved Axon Networks’ plan to operate an automated frequency coordination (AFC) system to manage…
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access to the 6 GHz band by standard-power unlicensed devices (see 2412060046). FWCC complained that OET “arbitrarily” departed “from Commission policy” by permitting Axon to shorten its public trial period to 20 days, instead of the usual 45. “OET fails to meet the standard for agency decisionmaking because shortening the public trial period will result in disparate treatment among similarly situated AFC applicants,” said a filing in docket 21-352: The decision “constitutes an impermissible policy change because the change was made without good reason.”