FCC Seeks Further Comment on 6 GHz Rules

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology seeks further comment about 6 GHz rules, specifically whether to allow client-to-client device communications, said a Monday notice in docket 18-295. OET said unlicensed proponents requested the change. “We invite comment on whether the Commission should permit 6 GHz … client devices to directly communicate when they are under the control of or have received an enabling signal from a low-power indoor access point,” OET said. “Commenters should explain how they define an enabling signal, what characteristics it must have, how it is similar or different from signals, such as beacons, that access points already used to connect with client devices, and the degree to which an enabling signal would tether a client device not under the direct control of an access point to that access point,” it said. Dates will be set in a Federal Register notice. Commissioners approved new 6 GHz rules and a Further NPRM 5-0 in April (see 2004230059).