If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, right?
That's sort of what AT&T is doing with its proposal to move the
Ci zens Band Radio Service (CBRS) from its current 3.5 GHz
residence to the 3.1-3.3 GHz por on of the band, with the idea of
auc oning off 3.55-3.7 GHz for licensed, full-power use.
Current users of the 3.5 GHz band rejected the idea last month
but that didn't stop AT&T from formally submi ng it to the
FCC this week. AT&T's proposal was part of a steady stream of
comments at the FCC as responses to proposed CBRS reforms
came due November 6.
The FCC's No ce of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) considers
various ways to improve on the CBRS framework. Besides AT&T,
Federated Wireless, Ericsson, Google, John Deere, EchoStar,
Verizon and T-Mobile are some of the stakeholders chiming in
with ideas on how to make it all work be er. And the stakes are
high as the 3 GHz band is home to the kind of mid-band spectrum
that's super valuable in the 5G era and spectrum is as scarce
as ever.
One of the big concerns with CBRS among mobile operators is the
power levels – they generally want to see higher power levels in
the CBRS band and changes to out-of-band emissions. However,
smaller Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and cable
companies like Comcast and Charter Communica ons argue that
lower power levels and exis ng out-of-band emissions are exactly
what makes the CBRS band easy to use for a wide variety of users
and business models.
AT&T tells FCC how it can
really shake up CBRS
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