Telecoms software and hardware provider Airspan has selected Federated Wireless as its Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) service provider for its latest Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) product line.
The new solutions — A6, C6x and B6x — use 6 GHz spectrum, which was opened up for unlicensed Wi-Fi use a few years ago. However, in order for unlicensed Wi-Fi devices to play nice in the 6 GHz band with the licensed users already occupying that band, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established AFC, a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation that resembles similar systems in place such as the one that supports CBRS wireless operation.