A Federal Communications Commission official has reported to Congress that the agency will exceed its goal of freeing up 300 MHz of spectrum for mobile wireless broadband by 2015.
Ron Repasi, deputy chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology, discussed the FCC’s progress at a recent hearing on “The Role of Receivers in a Spectrum-Scarce World.”
According to Repasi, “the FCC is in the process of defining harmful interference and how to protect existing services while allowing for adjacent new services, an issue that is growing in importance as the FCC frees up more spectrum.”
The commission’s Technological Advisory Council is also examining the role of receiver performance as part of the effort to remain on schedule.
“The TAC is considering whether the interference protection limits might be established through a multi-stakeholder process and whether rules would be appropriate,” Repasi said. “Receiver performance is becoming increasingly important as a limiting factor as we move to repurpose spectrum and pack more services closer together on the spectrum chart.”
