Proposed 5G Services Will Be Secure, 5G Americas Tells FCC
5G Americas members have a commercial interest in ensuring the security of their services and products as 5G services are deployed, said Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, in meetings with FCC officials. “5G standards are in the very early…
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stages of development,” the group said in a filing in docket 14-177. “5G Americas agreed with the Commission that support for security must be a fundamental component in the design of any new network architecture and protocols developed for mobile wireless services in all generations of mobile broadband technologies including when using millimeter wave spectrum for 5G.” The group said security has been a design component in third and fourth generations of mobile broadband technologies. “5G Americas appreciates the Commission’s concern that as new wireless applications are used by vertical sectors such as smart grids, telemedicine, industrial control, public safety, and automotive, those sectors will have strict security requirements that are mission critical,” the group said. 5G Americas noted that because of these requirements, a number of standards development organizations and industry bodies are developing security features specific to each sector. Representatives of AT&T, Cisco, Intel, Qualcomm, Sprint and T-Mobile USA also participated in the meetings, the filing said. They met with staff from the Public Safety and Wireless bureaus and the Office of Engineering and Technology.