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CTIA Proposes Procedures for Mapping in-Vehicle Mobile Broadband Coverage

With the FCC’s inaugural broadband data collection approaching, CTIA suggested best practices for mapping in-vehicle mobile broadband coverage, in a filing posted Monday in docket 19-195. “Because the Commission has not sought comment on the adoption of standard parameters, despite…

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CTIA’s request to do so, CTIA recommends that providers use two parameters in their in-vehicle coverage maps: one for in-vehicle attenuation … and one for vehicle speed,” CTIA said: “Including these parameters in propagation models and link budgets will help ensure that in-vehicle maps are consistent across providers. The Commission can encourage broad use of these parameters, either by establishing safe harbors for providers who use them or by issuing guidance recommending” them.