Source: http://www.commlawblog.com/2012/02/articles/deadlines/fcc-seeks-comment-on-interference-into-unlicensed-devices/
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LMS providers sought help from the FCC. In 2006, at the request of provider Progeny LMS, LLC, the FCC proposed extensive changes to the technical rules that would broaden the range of services possible under an LMS license. That proceeding, which raised alarm among Part 15 manufacturers and users, remains pending. In the meantime, Progeny sought a more limited waiver: to drop the requirement that an LMS system’s “primary” operations entail vehicle location (so that Progeny could track other kinds of assets), and to drop the requirement that three or more base stations be able to interrogate each mobile unit being tracked. Another LMS licensee opposed the waiver, while two companies that use Part 15 equipment asked for assurance that their operations would not suffer interference. Progeny responded that the changes it requested would, among other benefits, reduce the potential for interference to Part 15 users. The FCC granted the waiver last December, but imposed conditions. It required Progeny to file the details of its system design under the waiver, and to conduct field tests of interference to Part 15 devices.
Progeny has now made its system design and field tests public. It claims that most Part 15 devices will not be able to detect its signal, and even those that do will continue to operate normally. The FCC invites comments on these claims, due on March 15, 2012, with reply comments due on March 30.
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