[Cu-wireless] [BAWUG] New Part 15 FCC Rulemaking Notice FCC 03-223

[David Young]

This could be good for C-U Wireless. It might be a good idea for us to
file a response.

It looks like the Notice has not appeared on the FCC website, yet.
At least, I could not find it.

Dave

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To: Alf Watt <alfwatt at mac.com>, wireless at lists.bawug.org
From: Tom Cokenias <tom at tncokenias.org>
Subject: [BAWUG] New Part 15 FCC Rulemaking Notice FCC 03-223
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:39:14 -0700


The actual text of the proposed rule making will come out next week,
but from the public notice seems it would interest many in the group:

FCC PROPOSES CHANGES IN TECHNICAL REGULATIONS FOR UNLICENSED
DEVICES TO FACILITATE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLGIES AND
TO STREAMLINE REGULATIONS TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY

Washington, DC - As part of its ongoing efforts to adapt its
regulations to foster
continued technological advancements and to review and streamline
regulations in light of
regulatory experience and changes in the marketplace, the Federal
Communications Commission today asked for public comment on changes
to several technical rules in Parts 2 and 15. The rule changes,
proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, would permit operators,
including wireless internet service providers (WISPs), and device
manufacturers to more readily modify or substitute technically
equivalent parts, facilitating increased deployment of broadband
services.

In the Notice, the Commission proposes several rule changes that will remove
unnecessary regulatory impediments to deployment of advanced
technologies for wireless
networking. For example, the Commission proposes to amend its rules
to specifically provide
for the use of sectorized and phased array antenna systems. Often
called "smart antennas," these antenna systems focus their radio
transmissions according to the geographic locations of their users.
Use of these advanced antenna technologies will increase spectrum
efficiency because they allow for greater re-use of the same radio
frequencies and may permit increased spectrum sharing among multiple
wireless networks.

best regards,

Tom Cokenias

T.N. Cokenias Consulting
P.O. Box 1086
El Granada CA 94018

tel 650 726 1263
fax 650 726 1252

cell 650 302 0887

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