Look to Networked Databases for Drone Spectrum: WInnForum
The Wireless Innovation Forum urged the FCC to keep in mind the benefits of dynamic spectrum sharing, in comments on a Wireless Bureau record refresh on use of the 5030-5091 MHz band by drones (see 2108230034). WInnForum “strongly supports the…
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use of networked and synchronized databases accessed with device location information,” said a filing posted Friday in docket RM-11798: “These databases have emerged as a critical technology for enabling and managing spectrum access.” Networked databases “provide access to information beyond what is immediately observable by a radio, thereby mitigating hidden node problems in spectrum sharing scenarios,” the group said. They also provide “a simpler mechanism for managing upgrades to spectrum management and dynamic access schemes by updating rules in a small set of databases rather than in millions of individual radios,” WInnForum said.