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Groups Support Kontur UWB Waiver Request

The Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Alliance and the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) supported a waiver request by Norway's Kontur of rules for UWB devices (see 2407100057). “We agree with Kontur’s analysis that use of frequency-hopping modulation will improve the performance…

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and speed of the device, while also not increasing the potential for interference,” the UWB Alliance said in comments posted Thursday in docket 24-209: “We also believe that frequency diversity can improve coexistence performance and potentially reduce impact on other users, particularly narrow band users.” GPSIA said Kontur adhered to its recommendations “regarding the information that should be included” in the UWB waiver request. “Because GPS signals are faint when they reach the earth, it is critical that the Commission take special care to ensure that interference into the GPS receive bands is limited,” the group said.