Technologie i telekomunikacja · 16.05.1996

Unlicensed NII/SUPERNet Operations in the 5 GHz Frequency Range

By this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (``NPRM''), the Commission proposes to make available 350 megahertz of spectrum at 5.15--5.35 GHz and 5.725--5.875 GHz for use by a new category of unlicensed equipment, called NII/SUPERNet devices. These devices would provide short-range, high speed wireless digital communications on an unlicensed basis. The Commission anticipates that these NII/SUPERNet devices will support the creation of new wireless local area networks (``LANs'') and will facilitate wireless access to the National Information Infrastructure (``NII''). This action is in response to petitions for rule making filed by the Wireless Information Networks Forum (WINForum) and Apple Computer, Inc.