AT&T, WISPA at Odds on Limitations of Smaller PALs in CBRS Band
AT&T said the Wireless ISP Association is incorrect in recent arguments on dangers of large license sizes in the 3.5 GHz citizens broadband radio service band (see 1804240067). WISPA disagreed with AT&T claims that census-tract-sized licenses are unworkable for carriers.…
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“WISPA’s argument rests on the incorrect assertion that Priority Access License (PAL) holders will have a degree of certainty from the Spectrum Access System (SAS) that allows them to mitigate the impact of small licensing areas and, effectively, aggregate up to larger regions,” AT&T countered in a Thursday filing in docket 17-258. WISPA’s claim is “incorrect and contradicted by the FCC’s rules,” AT&T said. “Even if an algorithm could be developed to maximize common channel assignments to the satisfaction of all stakeholders, common channels cannot be guaranteed because of auction and incumbent issues in any event. And those problems get even worse when channel assignments are remapped because of dynamic events.”