Federated Wireless Seeks Changes to CBRS Rules
Federated Wireless executives discussed the need for changes to the citizens broadband radio service rules in a meeting with staff from the FCC Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology, said a filing posted Monday in docket 17-258. Federated officials discussed “several practical, near-term improvements that can be readily implemented” in the band.
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The changes Federated supports include “increasing the heartbeat interval” for some CBRS devices, “converting static exclusion zones to dynamic protection areas (DPAs), expanding the use of clutter data in propagation models, introducing hybrid or dynamic monitoring approaches for DPAs and evaluating adjustments to aggregate interference protection criteria,” the filing said. “These enhancements will help ensure the long-term scalability, reliability and global leadership of the CBRS model.”