[Ground-station] Today's Meetup: FPGA work and FCC TAC Advisory Council input

[Michelle Thompson]

Some additional context:

There’s a lot of #ai and machine learning assumptions involved in these FCC
TAC topics. Traditionally, we’ve not seen much regulation on receivers from
the FCC. The only exception that I know of is the 1990s US rules on not
being able to monitor cellular phone traffic. However, a pile of promises
from AI/ML require receiver capabilities that may not currently exist. The
bedrock assumption (for example) in the amateur radio services is that
transmitters are regulated but receivers are not.

Pulling receivers into the “loop” of regulated communications is a big
step. This needs to be weighed and considered.

I’d very much like to hear the broadest possible opinions from anyone that
might be affected by any potential recommendations that this advisory group
makes. The TAC has quite a bit of influence at the US FCC.

-Michelle Thompson




On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 9:03 AM Michelle Thompson <
mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Today’s 1000 US Pacific meetup is about FPGA work, and advisory group
> content. We have been asked about input for item #5 in the Advanced
> Spectrum Sharing working group for FCC TAC.
>
> Here are the topics:
>
> 5.1 What is the current state of the art in receiver technology?
> 5.2 What state of the art active antenna array and filter technologies can
> be utilized to mitigate potential harmful interference?
> 5.3 How can advanced antenna systems help reduce both inter-system and
> intra-system interference and enhance intra-system performance (e.g., beam
> vs. null steering)?
> 5.4 What are the cost benefit tradeoffs on utilizing the current filter
> technologies or advanced antenna systems?
> 5.5 Are there specific bands where improved receiver technologies offer
> significantly improved coexistence beyond what is permitted today?
>
> Join Zoom Meeting
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85066274619?pwd=YXA3Q00za2Uyb2hoMlh5WUk1TEFTQT09
>
> Meeting ID: 850 6627 4619
> Passcode: 592916
>
> If you cannot make this meetup, then please reply to this email with your
> input about these topics.
>
> -Michelle Thompson
>
> "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis."
>
>
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