[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49242-49243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20459]


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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, 5 
U.S.C. App. 2, Public Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises 
interested persons of the sixth meeting of the Technological Advisory 
Council (``Council''), which will be held at the Federal Communications 
Commission in Washington, DC.

DATES: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th St. S.W., Room 
TW-C305, Washington DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Nilsson at [email protected] or 
202-418-0845.

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 sixth 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 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, admittance will be limited to the seating 
available. Depending on the Council's progress at this meeting, public 
participation may be permitted at the discretion of the Council's 
Chairman.

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Interested persons may submit written comments to David Farber, the 
Council's Designated Federal Officer, before the meeting either by e-
mail ([email protected]) or by U.S. mail to David Farber, Chief 
Technologist, Room 7-C155, Office of Engineering & Technology, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-20459 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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