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**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

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**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554**

News Media Information: (202) 418-0500

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**DA 00-1504**

**Released: July 6, 2000**

### FCC\'S OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TO HOST

###  FORUM ON 90 GHz TECHNOLOGIES

On May 31, 2000 the Commission released a Public Notice (DA 00-1191)
announcing a forum on \"New Horizons: 90 GHz Technologies\" in the
Commission Meeting Room at 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC from 9 AM
until 12:30 PM on July 14, 2000. This notice supplements the first one
with details about the speakers.

At present, 77 GHz is the highest electromagnetic radiofrequency for
which service rules exist that permit the development and sale of
commercial products. The forum will explore possible commercial uses for
the 92-95 GHz, a band presently allocated for both government and
nongovernment use but lacking service rules.

The potential transmission range in the 92-95 GHz band more closely
resembles that of the 40 GHz band rather than the very short
transmission range of the 59-64 GHz band.[^1] The wavelength at 90 GHz
permits the design of narrow beam antennas that are very small. While
components for 90 GHz are not in regular production, the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency's MIMIC and MAFET Programs developed
monolithic microwave integrated circuit technology for this band in
anticipation of both military and commercial use. Thus there may be an
opportunity for the development of new and innovative communications
systems in this band.

Topics to be discussed include:

1\) Technologies available for the 92-95 GHz band;

2\) Possible system applications for this band;

3\) Alternative frameworks for services rules (licensed, unlicensed,
band manager, etc.);

4\) Technical rules including issues of protecting adjacent passive
allocation at

86-92 GHz;

5\) Approaches the FCC might take to stimulate technical innovation in
this band; and

> 6\) Whether, and the extent to which, sharing all or part of the band
> with the Federal Government systems is practical.

The program for the forum is as follows:

Welcome

Dale Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC

Introduction: Why 90 GHz?

Michael Marcus, Associate Chief for Technology, Office of Engineering
and Technology, FCC

How Radio Propagation Issues Make 90 GHz Interesting

Vilhelm Gregers‑Hansen, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

Millimeterwave Semiconductor Issues

Edgar Martinez

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA

90 GHz Government Sharing Issues

Russell Slye

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Washington,
DC

TRW's 90 GHz Device Technology and Applications

Dwight Streit

TRW Space & Electronics Group, Los Angeles,CA

Sanders' 90 GHz Device Technology and Applications

Anthony Immorlica

Sanders -- A Lockheed-Martin Company, Nashua, NH

UMS' 90 GHz Device Technology and Applications

Holger Meinel

United Monolithic Semiconductors, Orsay, France

90 GHz Uplink/Downlink Technology

Harold Rosen

Volacom, Los Angeles CA

90 GHz Technology in Russia and China

Harry Rutstein

Dorado International Corporation, Seattle, WA

For further information contact Dr. Michael Marcus, Associate Chief for
Technology, OET, at 202-418-2418, Fax 202-418-1944, TTY 202-418-2989,
e-mail: mmarcus@fcc.gov

Audio and video tapes of the forum may be purchased from Infocus, 341
Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 20170, by calling Infocus at (703) 834-0100
or by faxing Infocus at (703) 834-0111.

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[^1]: *See* OET Bulletin No. 70 (July 1997) Millimeter Wave Propagation:
    Spectrum Management Implications, available by internet at
    http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet70/oet70a.pdf