The FCC adopted an item on cognitive radios and software defined radios at Michael Powell's final open Commission meeting this morning; the item is FCC 05-57 in ET Docket No. 03-108. No text is released yet.
Press release: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257310A1.pdf "In this item, the Commission modified and clarified certain authorization requirements for software defined and cognitive radios to facilitate the development of these technologies. It required that radios that incorporate software designed to be, or expected to be, modified by a party other than the manufacturer provide reasonable security measures to prevent unauthorized software modifications that would either affect the RF operating parameters directly or otherwise indirectly affect the cirumstances under which the transmitter operates in accordance with Commission rules. [...] It also clarified the rules to permit manufacturers to market radios that have the hardware-based capability to transmit outside authorized United States frequency bands, but required software controls to limit operation to authorized frequency bands when used in the United States." Here's the NPRM in this docket from the end of 2003 (in response to which this Report and Order was adopted): http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-322A1.pdf -- Seth David Schoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Very frankly, I am opposed to people http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | being programmed by others. http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/ | -- Fred Rogers (1928-2003), | 464 U.S. 417, 445 (1984) _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
