New America Urges FCC to Complete 60 GHz Proceeding

OTI is quoted in a Communications Daily article about its push for Federal Communications Commission action on the Further NPRM on revised rules for short-range field disturbance sensor radars in the 60 GHz band, with OTI noting that it would be “in the public interest to maximize the potential for different services to use the band.”

The Open Technology Institute at New America urged FCC action on the Further NPRM on revised rules for short-range field disturbance sensor (FDS) radars in the 60 GHz band, during a call with an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The FCC took comment in 2021 (see 2110190067). “OTI reiterated its view that the Commission should permit near-ground-level airborne use of unlicensed field disturbance sensor devices in the unlicensed 60-64 GHz band,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-264: “It is in the public interest to maximize the potential for different services to use the band. While we appreciate the importance of protecting the Earth Exploration Satellite Service at 59.3 GHz, we believe the propagation characteristics of millimeter wave spectrum and a natural guard band of 700 megahertz seems likely to protect passive sensors from very low-power radar subject to near-ground restrictions.”