CommScope and Google Team Up to Drive CBRS Forward
October 18 2018 - 8:45AM
Business Wire
CommScope and Google are working together to jointly develop,
deploy and operate an Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC)
network, advancing Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) to
market. The joint ESC leverages the technical capabilities of each
company with a consolidated footprint – resulting in more places to
deploy CBRS and higher availability spectrum for operators of
CBRS-based networks.
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The ESC deployed by CommScope and Google
will alert the SASs of naval radar operations. (Graphic: Business
Wire)
“This critical network infrastructure agreement represents a
major commitment to CBRS by two major SAS providers and will help
to ensure that the opportunities presented by CBRS will soon be
realized,” said Ben Cardwell, senior vice president, CommScope
Mobility Solutions. “Together, we can bring about a combined ESC
network faster and more efficiently, leveraging the combined
capabilities of two major companies.”
The CBRS band is 150 MHz of 3.5 GHz spectrum, which will be
shared by the current incumbents, including federal government
radar systems, and new commercial users. CBRS will provide new
dynamically-allocated shared spectrum for various use cases such as
private networks, fixed wireless access, wireless rural broadband,
indoor wireless coverage, the Internet of Things, and additional
cellular capacity. The FCC has authorized shared use of the band,
which enables the support of commercial wireless services while
protecting incumbent use.
CBRS spectrum is managed by Spectrum Access Systems (SASs),
which require an ESC network to sense radar operation. The ESC will
alert the SASs of naval radar operations, so the connected SAS
systems can reconfigure spectrum allocations for nearby CBRS
devices to operate without interfering with naval activity.
CommScope and Google will each provide independent SAS services
and jointly operate the ESC network. The ESC network is engineered
for high availability with the built-in redundancy and fault
detection necessary to provide this key enabling capability. As
part of this collaboration, both companies share responsibility for
overall network design.
Google has developed the ESC sensor and cloud decision engine
and will operate the cloud that communicates with each SAS.
CommScope will deploy and manage the operation of the physical
network. CommScope and Google are working with the FCC and other
governmental agencies to obtain certification of the ESC.
“The ESC represents more than a check-the-box capability. To
effectively manage spectrum, a SAS relies on accurate ESC
notifications - that eliminate false positive readings - from a
high availability sensing network,” said Milo Medin, vice president
of Wireless Services at Google. “We are excited to work with
CommScope toward the success of CBRS.”
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