Progress Being Made on Spectrum Access System for 3.5 GHz Band, Federated Wireless Says
Federated Wireless Chief Technology Officer Kurt Schaubach and others assured FCC officials that a spectrum access system (SAS), a key part of the agency's proposed rules for the 3.5 GHz band, will work. Federated Wireless develops systems to allow more…
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sophisticated sharing of spectrum. “There is tremendous interest in unlocking the value of this spectrum, including among carriers, and moving forward with innovative uses of the band,” the company said in meetings with FCC officials, according to a filing in docket 12-354. The WInnForum, a multistakeholder SAS working group, “is already hard at work addressing the functional and performance requirements for SASs that will achieve the Commission’s goals for the Citizens Band,” the company said. “There should be no doubt that skepticism about how SASs will work, and requests for static PAL licenses, are rooted in the same place -- conventional notions about the value of licensed spectrum.” The skepticism is because the proposed use of the 3.5 GHz band is a “new paradigm,” Federated Wireless said. “The Citizens Band, with SASs, sensing technologies, and spectrum sharing, is not intended to replicate spectrum use as it exists today in licensed bands.” The company also stressed the importance of interoperability of devices designed for the band. Federated Wireless said it hopes “to ensure not only that there is technology neutrality, but also that devices for the band work for all users of the band, and that any technology used in the band will not favor one class of users (e.g., carriers) over all other users of the band.” The FCC is to vote on rules for the band next Friday (see 1503270052).