Sprint Asks for Revised 600 MHz Interference Measure
Sprint officials asked the FCC to revise the F(50,50) statistical measure that will be used as part of the TV incentive auction to predict interference from full-power and Class A DTV transmitters to wireless base stations. The measure bases interference…
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on a standard whereby a signal will be strong enough to interfere in 50 percent of the locations 50 percent of the time. “Sprint demonstrated that the F(50,50) statistical measure severely underestimates the real-world levels of interference that wireless operators could experience, as compared to the more realistic F(50,10) measure of predicted interference,” the carrier said. It reported on a meeting with FCC officials on the topic, in a filing made Thursday in docket 12-268. The FCC should also use the F(50,10) statistical measure supported by Sprint and broadcasters, CTIA also told the FCC last week (see 1502270047).