3.5 GHz SAS Administrators Should Have Enforcement Tools To Protect FSS, General Communication Says
The FCC should put strong penalties in place for 3.5 GHz operations that interfere repeatedly -- such as multiple times within a six-month period -- with C-band fixed-satellite services (FSS), General Communication (GC) said in a filing posted Monday in…
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docket 12-354. The Alaskan telecom company said as the FCC is crafting rules for spectrum access system (SAS) administrators to help safeguard the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band (see 1512170025), SAS should be able to protect adjacent 3700-4200 FSS operations using interference mitigation, remediation and enforcement tools. "The SAS must ... be equipped with the capability to immediately stop harmful interference" by citizen broadband radio service devices (CBSD), GC said, saying such interference should be required to be fixed within two hours of being reported to or recognized by the SAS. "Any longer timeframe could result in significant public safety concerns," it said. Given the aggregate effect numerous CBSDs could have on FSS stations, the FCC should set specific noise floor, default protection value and upper edge limits for interference, GC said.