[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2238]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Technological Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY:  Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY:  In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice advises interested persons of the fourth meeting of the 
Technological Advisory Council (``Council''), which will be held at the 
Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC.

DATES:  Friday, March 24, 2000, 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 David Farber at 
[email protected] or 202-418-2046.

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 the 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, 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 and December 13, 
1999 meetings. The Council may also consider such other issues as come 
before it.
    Members of the general public may attend the meeting. The Federal 
Communications Commission will attempt to accommodate as many persons 
as possible. However, admittance will be limited to the seating 
available. There will be no public oral participation, but the public 
may submit written comments to David Farber, the Council's Designated 
Federal Officer, before the meetings.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-2238 Filed 2-1-00; 8:45 am]
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