Technological Advisory Council - Reports and Papers

The FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) provides technical advice to the FCC. A listing of reports and white papers produced by the TAC is available on this page.

2023

• "A Preliminary View of Spectrum Bands in the 7.125-24 GHz Range; and a Summary of Spectrum Sharing Frameworks" [Acrobat]
• 6G Working Group Position Paper [Acrobat]

2022

• Recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission Based on Lessons Learned from CBRS [Acrobat]

2020

• Report of the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and Computing (FCC TAC AIWG) [Acrobat]

2019

• Technological Advisory Council Charter [Acrobat]
• 2019 TAC Working Groups and Charter [Acrobat]

2018

• Technological Advisory Council (TAC) Mobile Device Theft Prevention (MDTP) Working Group [Acrobat]
• 5G Edge Computing Whitepaper [Acrobat]
• 5G Network Slicing Whitepaper [Acrobat]
• Technological Advisory Council (TAC) Topics for 2018 [Acrobat]

2017

• Implications of Next Generation TV Broadcasting Technology [Acrobat]
• A Risk Assessment Framework for NGSO-NGSO Interference [Acrobat]
• MDTP Evaluation of Theft Prevention Measures (Draft) [Acrobat | Word]

2016

• Future Game Changing Technologies (FGCT) Working Group Report on 5G Adoption [Acrobat]
• Future Game Changing Technology: Programmable Network Report [Acrobat]
• December 2016 - Security BCP Recommendations for SDN/NFV [Acrobat]
• December 2016 - Cybersecurity Subcommittee Working Group White Paper: Software Configurable Radios (SCR) [Acrobat]
• 5G Cybersecurity Subcommittee Recommendations [Acrobat]
• A Study to Develop the Next Generation Systems Architecture for Radio Spectrum Interference Resolution [Acrobat]
• Cyber Mobile Device Security [Acrobat]
• Smart Phone Security Wizard Requirements [Acrobat]
• White Paper: Considerations for Securing Software Defined Network (SDN)/Network Function Virtualization (NFV) [Acrobat]
• Noise Floor Technical Inquiry, Final Revision [Acrobat]
• A Study to Develop the Next Generation Systems Architecture for Radio Spectrum Interference Resolution [Acrobat]

2015

• Technical Considerations White Paper: Applying Security to Consumer IoT Devices [Acrobat]
• A Case Study of Risk-Informed Interference Assessment: MetSat/LTE CoExistence in 1695–1710 MHz [Acrobat]
• White Paper: Basic Principles for Assessing Compatibility of New Spectrum Allocations [Acrobat]
• A Quick Introduction to Risk-Informed Interference Assessment [Acrobat]

2014

• Smartphone Theft Prevention Report & Recommendations [Acrobat]
• Mobile Device Theft: Aspirational View of Events [Acrobat]
• The impact of emerging receiver technologies on changing standards and spectrum allocations: [Acrobat]
• White Paper: "Introduction to Interference Resolution, Enforcement and Radio Noise" [Acrobat]
• Spectrum & Receiver Performance Working Group White Paper: Interference Limits Policy and Harm Claim Thresholds: An Introduction Version 1.0 [Acrobat]

2013

• Working Group Paper on Resiliency [Acrobat]
• Receivers & Spectrum Working Group White Paper: Interference Limits Policy -- The use of harm claim thresholds to improve the interference tolerance of wireless systems Version 1.0 [Acrobat]