The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition is open to...

The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition is open to Battelle Memorial Institute’s request for a rulemaking for service rules in the 102-109.5 GHz band but thinks the band should potentially be used for short links and small cell operations, the coalition told the FCC in reply comments (http://bit.ly/1lgzonq). Battelle had requested, as part of its February petition, a rulemaking that focused on long links. There also shouldn’t be any minimum antenna gain requirement, as Battelle had requested, the coalition said. The coalition countered Battelle on the point of how congested the 70 GHz and 87 GHz bands are, saying “areas with any appreciable congestion are actually extremely limited.”