NAB Defends 6 GHz Recon Petition
NAB fired back at the Wi-Fi Alliance and various tech companies for opposing its petition for reconsideration of an order expanding the parts of the 6 GHz band where new very-low-power devices can operate without coordination (see 2505150017). “Both oppositions misstate the nature of NAB’s request in alleging procedural defects,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-295.
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“NAB understands that the Commission has considered and rejected its request for a temporary reservation of less than five percent of the band,” the group said. "While NAB continues to believe that such a reservation would be the best way to protect licensed mobile users from harmful interference, it is not the only way to do so, nor is that what NAB is requesting in this petition.”
NAB said it’s asking instead that the regulator reserve the right to de-authorize unlicensed operations if NAB’s concerns about harmful interference prove to be correct. “We would not expect the Commission to take this step lightly, but in the event that sufficient evidence is collected that unlicensed devices are causing harmful interference to licensed operations ... the Commission has a duty to do so.”