Proposed Rules for 6 GHz Band Would Protect Incumbents, Wi-Fi Alliance Says
The FCC and Energy Department have nothing to fear from low-power Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band, said the Wi-Fi Alliance, responding to DOE concerns. The alliance supports “rigorous protection of those and other critical incumbent licensed uses of the…
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6 GHz band,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-295. “The FCC’s proposal does just that by contemplating that the immediate unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band will be limited to low-power devices operating indoors only, ensuring that there will be no impact on incumbent operations like those of the water and energy industries,” the group said: Higher-power use of the band “will be subject to fully developed and tested automatic frequency coordination systems.”