Look to 3GPP Standard on Receivers, Urges Consultant Padden

The FCC should use as a model the 3rd Generation Partnership Project's adjacent channel rejection standard, which requires wireless receivers “to reject signals on adjacent channels even if they are stronger than the primary signal,” consultant Preston Padden said in a filing Friday in docket 22-137, the FCC receiver performance docket. “Given the plethora of wireless allocations, our entire system of wireless communications would not be possible without this requirement,” he said: “As spectrum becomes more scarce and demand continues to increase, the FCC must adopt strict receiver standards -- not compromise half-measures.”