Broadcasters in Duplex Gap Will Exacerbate Interservice Interference, Sinclair Says

Broadcast and wireless broadband will “demonstrably interfere with each other,” and repacking broadcasters into the duplex gap will make that worse, Sinclair Broadcast Group said in comments filed in docket 12-268 and posted online Tuesday. A study by the European Broadcasting Union on potential sharing of wireless LTE and broadcast spectrum concluded that “such sharing is impractical; LTE cannot share spectrum with digital broadcasting,” Sinclair said. “Interference prevention is the raison d'être of the FCC,” Sinclair said. “The laws of physics have not changed and repacking broadcasters in bands reserved for mobile wireless broadband highlights the Commission’s challenge.”