The Federal Communications Commission will consider new draft rules permitting unlicensed devices to operate in the 6 GHz band, making 1,200 megahertz of spectrum available for unlicensed use. Key to the plan is spectrum sharing.
An automated frequency coordination system would prevent standard power access points from operating where they could cause interference to incumbent services, the FCC says.
Part of the 6-GHz band is used by satellite operators, utility companies or TV broadcasters for electronic news gathering. So the new spectrum sharing mechanisms pioneered by Citizens Broadband Radio Services would also be used by users of the whole 6-GHz frequencies, without the need to move existing licensed users.
The draft rules will be voted on by the Commission at the FCC’s Open Meeting on April 23, 2020.
The plan would authorize two different types of unlicensed operations: standard-power in 850-megahertz of the band and indoor low-power operations over the full 1,200-megahertz available in the 6 GHz band.
A further rulemaking proposes to permit very low-power devices to operate across the 6 GHz band, to support high data rate applications including high performance, wearable, augmented-reality and virtual-reality devices.
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