[BAWUG] New Part 15 FCC Rulemaking Notice FCC 03-223

[Tom Cokenias]

Title: New Part 15 FCC Rulemaking Notice FCC 03-223

The actual text of the proposed rule making will come out next week, but from the public notice seems it would interest many in the group:

FCC PROPOSES CHANGES IN TECHNICAL REGULATIONS FOR UNLICENSED
DEVICES TO FACILITATE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLGIES AND
TO STREAMLINE REGULATIONS TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY

Washington, DC � As part of its ongoing efforts to adapt its regulations to foster
continued technological advancements and to review and streamline regulations in light of

regulatory experience and changes in the marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission today asked for public comment on changes to several technical rules in Parts 2 and 15. The rule changes, proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, would permit operators, including wireless internet service providers (WISPs), and device manufacturers to more readily modify or substitute technically equivalent parts, facilitating increased deployment of broadband services.

In the Notice, the Commission proposes several rule changes that will remove
unnecessary regulatory impediments to deployment of advanced technologies for wireless
networking. For example, the Commission proposes to amend its rules to specifically provide

for the use of sectorized and phased array antenna systems. Often called �smart antennas,� these antenna systems focus their radio transmissions according to the geographic locations of their users. Use of these advanced antenna technologies will increase spectrum efficiency because they allow for greater re-use of the same radio frequencies and may permit increased spectrum sharing among multiple wireless networks.

best regards,

Tom Cokenias

T.N. Cokenias Consulting

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