The FCC should dismiss proposals from Telesat Canada and Qualcomm...
The FCC should dismiss proposals from Telesat Canada and Qualcomm concerning C- and Ka-band spectrum use requirements, said the Satellite Industry Assn. (SIA). SIA’s comments were a part of the Commission’s review of spectrum use and licensing for satellite…
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network earth stations and space stations. Telesat proposed to extend an SIA proposal, relaxing antenna gain pattern requirement in the 14-14.5 GHz band (Ku-band), to antennas transmitting in the C- and Ka- band, SIA said. Telesat doesn’t take into account that C- band antennas already operate at reduced power levels, SIA said, effectively reducing interference concerns. Additionally, the proposal doesn’t need to be adopted in the Ka-band because the Commission has already adopted standards there, the organization said: “Moreover, given that the first satellites are expected to be launched only this year and Ka-band licensees have been developing their networks based on the current rules, it is inappropriate to extend proposed new rules to the Ka-band.” Additionally, SIA said Qualcomm’s proposals for more-restrictive standards for interference from VSAT network transmissions should be dismissed because the company hasn’t provided “evidence or analysis to support its proposal to reduce the probability of collisions by an arbitrary factor of 10.”