[Make-wifi-fast] fcc vote on 6ghz thursday

[Harshal Chhaya]

FYI - you can listen to today's FCC meeting at https://www.fcc.gov/general/live

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 12:33 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> H/T to james. First reading - ALL wifi 6ghz access points need to
> report their location to a centralized FCC database
> via a yet to be written "AFC" system. Hmmm...
>
> more:
>
> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-363490A1.pdf (linked from
> here:  https://www.fcc.gov/document/promoting-unlicensed-use-6-ghz-band-0)
>
> Draft rules are in appendix A. They could have changed slightly
> between the agenda release on Apr 2, and the meeting/vote tomorrow.
> Final version will be published after the meeting tomorrow. Don't ask
> me how long that takes.
>
> For the very high level summary of the four operating modes, see III
> A, III B, IV A and IV B in the Table of Contents.
>
> III. Report and Order:
> A. Standard-Power Operations in U-NII-5 and U-NII-7 Bands
> B. Low-Power Indoor Operations Across the Entire 6 GHz Band
> IV. Further Proposed:
> A. Very Low Power Operation
> B. Higher Power Spectral Density for Low Power Indoor Operations
>
>
> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-363490A1.pdf
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 8:17 AM Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just wish I knew what was required for an open source maker of
> > outdoor capable APs had to do. So far I haven't found the draft
> > rules...
> >
> > It sounded to me that outdoor use required use of a gps and active
> > ongoing registration into some FCC database.
> >
> > https://www.fiercewireless.com/regulatory/fcc-sets-all-1-200-mhz-motion-for-6-ghz-unlicensed
> >
> > “We’re stoked about what the 6 GHz band can do,” he told Fierce.
> > “Imagine getting 2 Gbps on your phone, that’s something Wi-Fi 6E and 6
> > GHz can accomplish,” as well as produce latency on the order of 2
> > milliseconds or less, which is why it’s so attractive for things like
> > AR/VR."
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Dave Täht
> > CTO, TekLibre, LLC
> > http://www.teklibre.com
> > Tel: 1-831-435-0729
>
>
>
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>
> Dave Täht
> CTO, TekLibre, LLC
> http://www.teklibre.com
> Tel: 1-831-435-0729
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