On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:27:18 -0600 (CST), Butch Evans wrote > On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Tom DeReggi wrote: >
The idea behind component certification and filing DoC type of certifications, is that there IS a sticker, and that sticker refers to a filing that describes EXACTLY what's in the box, whether it's software, hardware, whateverware. > >Verifying software in checking and enforcing systems would be hard > >for the FCC, they'd actually have to login to confirm apposed to a > >visual check. > > Well, this is true, but in the end, the thing they want is X amount > of EIRP, no more than Y sideband noise. That is the > interferance/reuse portion of the law. They don't have to log onto > anything to measure that OR to see the components used. In the end, they want compliance with the rules, rules which are designed to protect primary users of a band of spectrum, or licensed users of a band of spectrum. I do not know if the FCC considers the process as sacrosanct, or if their focus is more about how to achieve compliance. I know that the rules for part15 compliance were in NO way designed to have a lot of small businesses innovating with commodity components. -------------------------------------------- Mark Koskenmaki <> Neofast, Inc Broadband for the Walla Walla Valley and Blue Mountains 541-969-8200 -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
