FCC Plan Could Stall Vehicle Communication Technology
Dec. 13, 2019
An FCC plan could send municipalities like Salt Lake City back to square one with regard to developing and testing a communication technology known as "vehicle-to-everything."
Dec. 13, 2019—Short-range radio vehicle communication is being tested in Salt Lake City, Utah, according to Consumer Reports. The city has been testing the communication to share data and help with traffic patterns and slow bus routes.
But, last month, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai laid out a plan that would re-allocate the spectrum necessary for the technology to work. The FCC ruling would favor a competing technology based on localized 5G cellular technology as the main backbone for future direct communication between vehicles and infrastructure, pedestrians, or other road users. The communication scheme is often called vehicle-to-everything, or V2X.
The first FCC hearings take place today but a final plan might not be done for several months or a year.
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