NCTA Opposes CBRS Waiver for Texas City Network
NCTA opposed a waiver request from Brownsville, Texas, asking to operate a city network that uses the citizens broadband radio service band at +60 dBm effective isotropic radiated power, which is higher than the +47 dBm allowed by FCC rules (see 2511250015). The group is concerned that approving the waiver “would increase the risk of interference with other CBRS operations, undermining the carefully calibrated framework that is vital to the band’s success,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 17-258.
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The city’s goals can be met using CBRS at power levels consistent with agency rules, NCTA said. The group's members “would like the opportunity to work with the City to assess its needs and develop workable solutions -- as other municipalities have done -- to deploy CBRS spectrum in a manner” that avoids creating “unnecessary harmful interference to existing CBRS users.”