[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 189 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52788-52789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25406]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Technological Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 USC
App. 2, Public Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises interested
persons of the third meeting of the Technological Advisory Council
(``Council''), which will be held at the Federal Communications
Commission in Washington, DC.
DATES: Monday, December 13, 1999, at 10:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th St. S.W., Room
TW-C305, Washington DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Stagg Newman at
snewman@fcc.gov or 202-418-2478.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was established by the Federal
Communications Commission to provide a means by which a diverse array
of recognized technical experts from a variety of interests such as
industry, academia, government, citizens groups, etc., can provide
advice to the FCC on innovation in the communications industry.
The purpose of this third meeting will be to hear and discuss the
progress of the three focus groups established by the Council to
consider the issues the FCC presented to it at its April 30, 1999
meeting. These issues include: (1) the current state of the art for
software defined radios, cognitive radios, and similar devices, future
developments for these technologies, and ways that the availability of
such technologies might affect the FCC's traditional approaches to
spectrum management; and the current state of knowledge of
electromagnetic noise levels and the effects of such noise on the
reliability of existing and future communications systems; (2) the
current technical trends in telecommunications services, changes that
might decrease, rather than increase, the accessibility of
telecommunications services by persons with disabilities and ways the
FCC might best communicate to designers of emerging telecommunications
network architectures, the requirements for accessibility; and (3) the
telecommunications common carrier network interconnection scenarios
that are likely to develop, including the technical aspects of cross
network (i.e., end-to-end) interconnection, quality of service, network
management, reliability, and operations issues, as well as the
deployment of new technologies such as dense wave division multiplexing
and high speed packet/cell switching. The three focus groups will also
report on their progress in implementing the suggestions for continued
investigation of these issues presented to them at the September 22,
1999 meeting. The Council may also consider such other issues as come
before the Council at the meeting.
Members of the general public may attend the meeting. The Federal
Communications Commission will attempt to accommodate as many persons
as possible. However,
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admittance will be limited to the seating available. There will be no
public oral participation, but the public may submit written comments
to Stagg Newman, the Council's Designated Federal Officer, before the
meeting.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-25406 Filed 9-29-99; 8:45 am]
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