Qualcomm proposed a rule aimed at acknowledging that a...

Qualcomm proposed a rule aimed at acknowledging that a non-geostationary satellite system in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band could be deployed at some future point. Qualcomm proposed limiting the aggregate increase in interference into a future NGSO satellite system to 1 percent and requiring the system licensee coordinate operations with the air-ground mobile broadband licensee to the extent it seeks to operate at elevation angles below 8 degrees, it said in a filing in docket 13-114 (http://bit.ly/1jkSj30). To comply with these levels, the air-ground mobile broadband base station beam may turn its power down, or off, as appropriate, when it causes the aggregate increase in interference of the NGSO system to exceed the 1 percent level, it said. Qualcomm asked the FCC to promptly issue a report and order establishing the air-ground service on a secondary licensed basis in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band. This should be followed by scheduling an auction of the secondary licensed spectrum, said the company.