Hi All:
I realize not all Tiger Team participants are on this mail list, but I hope enough are that it will be useful to initiate a discussion here on a TT topic.
In preparation for our further discussion of Straw Poll questions this Friday, I want to make a comment and a suggestion concerning Question 5, which currently (11-15-0174/r0) reads:
If
it would enhance band sharing, would you support a proposal to move the V2V
Safety Channel (currently in Channel 172) to one of the upper channels (180,
182, or 184)? (Note: this could require a rule change)
Question 6 is a companion question that was split out in order to separately test two related ideas. I believe the intent of Question 5 can be stated as follows (corrections or alternate views welcome): Test whether people support changing which channel carries the FCC designation as the V2V Safety Channel. Currently that is Ch. 172, and the questions asks if a voter favors moving that designation to one of the upper three channels. By contrast, Q6 asks if a voter supports moving the Basic Safety Messages from Ch. 172 to one of the upper channels, but with no change in FCC designations.
To help the voter understand the difference, we discussed including something about rule changes in the question language. As noted above, currently Q5 includes a parenthetical "Note: this could require a rule change". Q6 has a similar parenthetical stating "no rule change".
I believe Q5 would be more effective if it clearly asks whether the voter favors a rule change. This way the voters will all interpret the question the same way. My suggested revision is:
In Memorandum Opinion & Order FCC 06-110 the FCC designates DSRC Channel 172:
"exclusively
for vehicle-to-vehicle safety communications for accident avoidance and
mitigation, and safety of life and property applications".
Would you support a change to FCC parts 90 and 95 so that this designation is removed from Channel 172 and instead is applied to Channel 180, 182 or 184?
The offered answers would be:
- Yes
- No
- Not Enough Information
- No opionion
We would no longer need the "I don't support band sharing" answer because I deleted the leading "If it would enhance band sharing"
Comments welcome.
John
John Kenney
Principal Researcher
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