FCC Seeks Comment on White Spaces Device Check-In Rules
The FCC is seeking comment on rules for how often narrowband white spaces devices must check a database to operate, as expected (see 2201260016). The order, approved before Thursday’s commissioners' meeting, requires other devices operating in the TV bands to…
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check the database at least once hourly. The main changes to the draft item come in a new Further NPRM exploring an issue on which Microsoft and NAB took opposing sides (see 2201210069). “Microsoft argues that requiring narrowband fixed white space devices used for IoT applications to comply with an hourly database recheck would negatively impact battery life, limit potential form factors, and increase the costs of those devices,” the FNPRM said. It asked how often check-ins should be required and the impact on licensed wireless mics that use the spectrum. “Should we require mobile devices to comply with the same hourly re-check interval as fixed devices operating in the TV bands, or would a different interval be more appropriate?” the FNPRM asked: “If so, what is the appropriate re-check interval?” Comment deadlines will follow in a Federal Register notice. No commissioners commented. The item rejected NAB’s reconsideration petition of 2018 approval of Nominet UK as a white space database administrator.