Incentive Auction Task Force Announces Date for Workshops on Feasibility Checking and Inter-Service Interference

As part of the Learn Everything About Reverse Auctions Now Program (LEARN), the Incentive Auction Task Force will host two workshops on Friday, February 21, 2014, at the Federal Communications Commission.

The workshops, scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., will focus on technical issues related to the incentive auction. In the morning, Commission staff and its outside auction design experts will discuss methods of performing “feasibility checks” during the repacking component of the upcoming incentive auction. In addition, presenters will provide more information about open source software that could be used to perform feasibility checks, and share preliminary results from feasibility checking simulations. In the afternoon, Commission staff will discuss a methodology for predicting potential interference between broadcast television and licensed wireless services after repacking. This session will include a presentation by the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET). There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions after each session.