Set Aside Some High-Frequency Bands for Dynamic Sharing, PK, OTI Say
The FCC should allocate at least part of the high-frequency spectrum to a sharing system modeled on the 3.5 GHz band, representatives of New America’s Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge told officials of the International, Public Safety and Wireless…
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bureaus and the Office of Engineering and Technology. The FCC is expected to take up final rules for some high-frequency bands this summer (see 1603090057). “OTI and PK strongly concur with commenters suggesting that the Commission should extend its Part 96 framework for intensive, three-tiered sharing to at least the 37 GHz band,” the officials said. “Extending the three-tier 3.5 GHz sharing framework and the Spectrum Access System governance model to the mmW [millimeter wave] bands creates a flexible sharing framework that protects band incumbents, facilitates efficient spectrum re-use, and promotes lower barriers to entry and innovation.” Use of a dynamic sharing model in at least part of the spectrum “will ensure that limited spectrum resources do not go underutilized and that there is a truly flexible and hybrid spectrum access option to accommodate both current and future technologies and use cases," said a filing posted Friday in docket 14-177.