The FCC released a public notice Friday asking...
The FCC released a public notice Friday asking questions about licensing models and technical requirements in the 3550-3650 MHz band, following up on last year’s NPRM (CD Dec 13 p6) and a March 14 workshop. The NPRM proposed that the…
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band be reallocated under a three-tiered “Citizens Broadband Service” under Part 95 of the commission’s rules. Comments are due Dec. 5, replies Dec. 20. “Based upon our review of the substantial record before us, we have determined that it would be in the public interest to solicit further comment on specific alternative licensing proposals inspired by some of the suggestions made by commenters and workshop participants to facilitate use of the band for a diverse array of applications,” the public notice said (http://bit.ly/HFatvc). The commission doesn’t ask about issues raised by shared operations with incumbent federal and Fixed Satellite System users, “potential out-of-band interference issues, or any potential geographic restrictions on commercial use of the 3.5 GHz Band,” the notice said. “The Commission or Bureaus may release additional public notices to supplement the record on these or other issues. We also plan to hold a workshop in the near future on the technical aspects of the Spectrum Access System (SAS), as proposed in the NPRM.” The notice seeks comment on various specific variations of the licensing and technical proposals set forth in the NPRM. “The Revised Framework discussed below synthesizes elements from the NPRM and various commenter proposals into an integrated authorization scheme for the 3.5 GHz Band,” the notice said. “In doing so, we seek to advance the discussion about how new technologies can facilitate coexistence between different kinds of users with different rights in the band. The Revised Framework retains the three-tier model proposed in the NPRM but, consistent with alternative authorization methods raised in the NPRM, expands the eligibility criteria for the Priority Access tier and explores innovative means of assigning exclusive authorizations within the tier.”