CEA continues to support a “Down from Channel...
CEA continues to support a “Down from Channel 51” band plan for the 600 MHz band following the incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum, it told the FCC in a letter to the agency (http://bit.ly/16plhGV). CEA said it was making…
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additional technical arguments based on “a significant amount of feedback from engineering teams at CEA’s member companies.” CEA said the FCC should: “Identify the amount of paired spectrum available in most markets nationally; For markets which can support exactly this amount, allocate the paired spectrum with an appropriate duplex gap and guard bands for DTV and Channel 37 services; For markets which can support more than this amount, allocate the additional spectrum to SDL [supplemental downlink] (with appropriate guard bands); and For constrained markets where the amount of spectrum is insufficient to support the national paired spectrum, make that spectrum available as SDL -- specifically, allocate a guard band below the 700 MHz services, then SDL, then a guard band prior to DTV or Channel 37 service allocations.” CEA said the 600 MHz band plan poses some tricky technical issues. “But these issues can be addressed through careful consideration of the costs and benefits associated with potential solutions, and a reasoned approach that respects technical realities, consumer demands and expectations in terms of end user devices, and market forces in the design and manufacture of communications infrastructure,” the group said.