CBRS Proponents Oppose Airspan Waiver Request
WISPA and two public interest groups opposed Airspan Networks’ request for a waiver allowing it to manufacture a multiband radio device that operates across bands adjacent to the citizens broadband radio service band. NCTA earlier opposed the waiver (see 2507090012). Airspan said in its waiver it’s seeking relief from out-of-band emission limits similar to what was already approved for Ericsson and Samsung. Oppositions were posted on Tuesday in docket 25-234.
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“Despite characterizing its waiver request as Ericsson 2.0, the waiver Airspan seeks lacks the protection capabilities of Ericsson’s device and would be ‘significantly worse’” for CBRS users, WISPA said. Airspan plans to exceed the 3.45-3.55 GHz band’s -40 dBm/MHz OOBE limit across most of the CBRS band "by 500 times above the limit (27 dB), even though its radios would not operate in the CBRS band,” WISPA said. Approval of the waiver "would have a profound effect on CBRS users and the customers and industries they serve.”
The Open Technology Institute at New America and Public Knowledge raised similar concerns as those voiced by NCTA and WISPA. The rules exist “to protect CBRS licensees from harmful interference,” the groups said. “Airspan's proposal would directly undermine this purpose by allowing massive interference to CBRS operations.”