[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 
[email protected] 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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