NAB Claims Discrepancies in FCC Report

The National Association of Broadcasters is questioning whether support for "white space" devices is contradicted by key findings in a report from the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET). Specifically, NAB pointed to what it called "the stark contrast" between the Executive Summary's upbeat endorsement of unlicensed devices that preceded a more pessimistic 149-page report released on Wednesday. Overall, NAB said, the optimistic tone of the Executive Summary of the FCC's OET evaluation "does not match the actual test results documented in the report, which clearly show that spectrum sensing is not a reliable technique." The NAB called on the FCC to seek public comment on the report before moving forward.