3.5 GHz Rules in Effect, but Don't Run Out to Best Buy Just Yet
The Office of Management and Budget signed off on the final part of rules for the shared 3.5 GHz band, said a notice in the Federal Register Tuesday, when it took effect. But the FCC is looking at a rewrite…
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of parts of the rules, with an NPRM expected in the fall (see 1708010058). Technical work remains, Fletcher Heald wireless lawyer Mitchell Lazarus blogged Wednesday. “Don’t run down to Best Buy quite yet,” he wrote. “The engineers are still working out the kinks. Under development is a so-called Spectrum Access System that will automatically assign frequencies among three priorities of users: incumbents entitled to interference protection; those who pay at auction for priority access; and the rest of us. Getting all this to work right is a major technical challenge."