Google Access Tests CBRS Band
Google Access reported progress on spectrum-sharing efforts in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band (3.55-3.7 GHz). Access completed testing of consumer devices connecting to CBRS base stations and formed a trusted tester program to test interoperability between the base stations…
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and the Access spectrum access system, wrote Mobility Product Lead Mathew Varghese in a Friday blog post. CBRS allows large venues to deploy private wireless LTE networks at low cost, he said. Access tested phones using Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 Gibabit LTE and Spreadtrum SoCs and mobile Wi-Fi hot spots by Juni and Infomark, it said. The mobile hot spots are expected to come to market before the phones, he said. The trusted tester program includes Nokia, Juni, ZTE, Sercomm, Ericsson and Ruckus Wireless, Varghese said.