{"abstract":"In this document, the Commission adopts rules designed to optimize unlicensed access by authorizing two types of unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band while also protecting incumbent services so that they continue to thrive in the band. The Commission is authorizing unlicensed standard-power access points that will operate under the control of an automated frequency coordination system in portions of the 6 GHz band. The Commission is also opening the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed indoor low power access points. In addition, the Commission will permit unlicensed client devices to communicate with both the standard-power and low-power access points. These rules will provide opportunities for unlicensed operations to use up to 320- megahertz channels to expand capacity and increase performance. This forward-looking action anticipates the next generation of the unlicensed devices and advances the U.S.'s role as an innovator and global spectrum policy leader.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2020/05/26/2020-11236.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"0","title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"15","title":47}],"citation":"85 FR 31390","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective July 27, 2020.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["ET Docket No. 18-295 and GN Docket No. 17-183","FCC 20-51","FRS 16729"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2020-11236","effective_on":"2020-07-27","end_page":31414,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2020/05/26/2020-11236.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/26/2020-11236/unlicensed-use-of-the-6-ghz-band","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2020-11236?publication_date=2020-05-26","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2020-05-26/2020-11236/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":25,"page_views":{"count":10339,"last_updated":"2026-07-28 04:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-26/pdf/2020-11236.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-11236.pdf?1590151548","publication_date":"2020-05-26","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2020/05/26/2020-11236.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2020-05-28T03:30:32Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":31390,"subtype":null,"title":"Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":["Communications equipment","Radio","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Telecommunications"],"type":"Rule","volume":85}