FCC Open Meeting on December 17

The first item on the Dec. 17 Open Commission Meeting subject list states the Commission will "consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order concerning the use of cognitive radio technologies to facilitate opportunities for more flexible, efficient and reliable spectrum use." This is not part of the "interferenc

Author:: TVTechnology
Updated:: Feb 23, 2018
Original:: Dec 15, 2003

The first item on the Dec. 17 Open Commission Meeting subject list states the Commission will "consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order concerning the use of cognitive radio technologies to facilitate opportunities for more flexible, efficient and reliable spectrum use." This is not part of the "interference temperature" proceeding reported on recently, although cognitive radio technologies will be important in implementing the interference temperature methodology. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology has a Web page on Cognitive Radio Technologies, including presentations from the June workshop on Cognitive Radio.

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