> Apparently, there were documented problems with WiFi radios being operated outside of their licensed parameters and interfering with safety critical airport radar systems.
I've never seen a report listing more than about 45 instances of WiFi interfering with TDWR, and that's counting repeat offenders. I also haven't seen a clear statement of how many of those instances resulted in impaired operation of the airport's systems, or how many of them could have been prevented with the FCCs preferred solution. Meanwhile, the FCC has shown considerable ignorance of and disregard for the consequences of imposing such strict regulations on WiFi.
It shouldn't have been hard for the FCC to make a clear and compelling case for this, with a similarly clear call to action for chipset vendors to produce products that could meet the need for secure regulatory enforcement while remaining open to all the tweaking that is outside the FCC's purview.
I've never seen a report listing more than about 45 instances of WiFi interfering with TDWR, and that's counting repeat offenders. I also haven't seen a clear statement of how many of those instances resulted in impaired operation of the airport's systems, or how many of them could have been prevented with the FCCs preferred solution. Meanwhile, the FCC has shown considerable ignorance of and disregard for the consequences of imposing such strict regulations on WiFi.
It shouldn't have been hard for the FCC to make a clear and compelling case for this, with a similarly clear call to action for chipset vendors to produce products that could meet the need for secure regulatory enforcement while remaining open to all the tweaking that is outside the FCC's purview.