The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized Automatic Frequency Coordination (AFC) systems in the 6 GHz band to enable standard power devices to access 850 MHz of spectrum and support a wide range of enterprise and consumer broadband services.
First to congratulate the FCC on the decision was the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) which said, as a result, Digital Transformation across a range of enterprise and consumer use cases within the US will be achieved.
“The FCC’s decision to leverage dynamic spectrum sharing technology and capabilities to manage access to the 6 GHz band by standard power devices will ensure increased range, faster speeds and improved capacity of unlicensed operations – full deployment of standard power 6 GHz Wi-Fi in the United States will become a reality,” said DSA President Martha Suarez.
“It has been a long process, but the DSA is delighted with the outcome and applauds the FCC for making this crucial step”.
The decision follows the public notice that was published by the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology in August 2023.
This laid out the lab testing and the required public trials for AFC systems in the 6 GHz band.
Now these AFC systems have successfully passed the testing phase, they have been approved for full commercial operations.
The approval of the AFC systems aligns with the United States’ National Spectrum Strategy, which was announced in November 2023.
