GM Officials Meet With Pai on Wi-Fi in 5.9 GHz Band
General Motors executives warned of a threat to auto safety use of the 5.9 GHz band from opening the spectrum to Wi-Fi, in a meeting with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and senior aide Nick Degani, Friday while Pai was on…
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his Midwest tour. “The purpose of the meeting was to update the Chairman on GM's latest efforts with the development, testing and deployment of Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) for vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communications,” said a filing Tuesday in docket 13-49. DSRC technology has taken time to develop “because it is complex and proper testing was needed prior to deployment,” the automaker said. “GM understands the need for spectrum and if there is a way to share the 5.9 GHz band then GM is open to that concept but only under the condition that there is no harmful interference to the DSRC systems.”