C-V2x, DSRC Have Promise, Can Coexist, Say Automakers, Panasonic

The Association of Global Automakers and Panasonic urged an FCC NPRM on the future of the 5.9 GHz band. Meeting with an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, the two discussed both cellular vehicle to everything and dedicated short-range communications and “the need for long-term policy that provides certainty for both public and private sector entities seeking to invest in the deployment of V2X technology,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 13-49. They “emphasized the need for a balanced, data-driven approach, that should be addressed through rulemaking” and the importance of interoperability and coexistence. “The parties discussed the extent to which both V2X technologies propose an evolutionary pathway forward that would improve traffic safety dramatically.”