Airlines are asking the US Department of Transportation to establish a 2 mile (3.2 km) buffer around runways that is free of C-Band cell towers. Otherwise, they would enact flight restrictions, even in good weather conditions when visibility is not affected.
Read moreIs C-band low-band or mid-band?
Through the C-band auction, Verizon was able in one fell swoop to more than double its holdings in the lower bands of spectrum – at 3.7 GHz, C-band is considered mid-band but lower than the high-band mmWave.
Read moreWhat is the C-band range?
According to wireless testing firm Rohde and Schwarz, the C-band is all frequencies between 4 and 8GHz . When US wireless geeks talk about C-band, though, they’re talking about 3.7 to 4.2GHz—and specifically, in this case, the range from 3.7 to 3.98GHz.
Read moreWhat are the frequencies for C-band?
The impending national rollout of 5G on the C-Band — a radio frequency band between 3.7 and 4.2 GHz — has turned into a turf war between two powerful government agencies.
Read moreWhat is band C spectrum?
C-band is all frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum measured between 4 Ghz and 8 Ghz ; but the sweet spot of C-band that Verizon and AT&T are buying up is between 3.7 to 3.98GHz. That is used by satellite transmissions, wifi devices, and weather.
Read more