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With NPRM Stalled, 5GAA Asks FCC to Act on 5.9 GHz Waiver Request

Representatives of the 5G Automotive Association asked the FCC to act on its waiver request to allow vehicle-to-everything technology (C-V2X) in the 5.9 GHz band, in meetings with an aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Chief Julius Knapp and…

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others from the Office of Engineering and Technology, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-357. Pai was ready to circulate an NPRM on the band for the June 6 commissioners' meeting, but postponed seeking a vote after the Transportation Department asked for a delay (see 1905150053). After earlier endorsing an NPRM (see 1904080048), the 5GAA representatives said C-V2X operations in the band “can make American roadway travel safer, smarter, and more efficient. Because the Commission’s rules do not currently permit C-V2X operations in the 5.9 GHz band, we discussed how a grant of the waiver request … would help remove the most significant regulatory roadblock standing in the way of stakeholders deploying this technology.”