IEEE Committee Says FCC Should Stay the Course in 5.9 GHz Band

The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) encouraged the FCC to give dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) a chance to deploy rather than seek comment on a 5G Automotive Association proposal to allow vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology in the band. “As the US Department of Transportation noted, in October 2018 there were already more than 70 active DSRC deployments, using all seven channels and with thousands of vehicles on the road,” LMSC said. “allowing automakers and infrastructure owner-operators to evolve their deployments to [next-generation V2X] over time will protect past and future investments in DSRC, providing a critical incentive for additional deployment of these life-saving technologies.” The group is concerned other models, like the one advocated by the 5GAA, “will undermine existing investments and discourage widespread deployment of V2X technology,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-357.