CommScope and Google Pass Key CBRS Milestone with Successful ESC Testing
March 15 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
CommScope and Google have received official notification from
the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) that their
shared Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) system, has passed
testing to support Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). ITS,
which is part of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), is the official test lab that has been
tasked with confirming the performance of ESCs.
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CommScope and Google have received
official notification from the Institute for Telecommunication
Sciences that their shared Environmental Sensing Capability system
has passed testing to support Citizens Broadband Radio Service.
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The increasing use of wireless devices and the emergence of 5G
and the Internet of Things (IoT) together drive the need for more
wireless spectrum. CBRS was established by the FCC to allow
commercial users to share with the current incumbents, including
federal government radar systems. CBRS provides 150 MHz of spectrum
in the 3.5 GHz band in the U.S. CBRS spectrum is managed by
Spectrum Access Systems (SASs) but will require an ESC network to
detect federal radar operations. The ESC will alert the SASs of
federal radar activity, and SASs will then reconfigure nearby CBRS
devices to operate without interfering with federal operations.
“Our ESC sensor has passed all required testing for
certification - demonstrating that we can detect all current and
future radar waveforms and our respective SASs can protect
incumbent users,” said Mat Varghese, Senior Product Manager,
Wireless Services, Google. “This is an important milestone and we
are looking ahead toward commercial operations in CBRS.”
“We are pleased that our ESC sensor, as expected, has passed all
testing from the lab and is on track for the next phase,” said Mike
Guerin, vice president of Integrated Solutions, CommScope. “We look
forward to initial commercial deployment and working with customers
and federal agencies to ensure success.”
The joint CommScope/Google ESC network is currently being
deployed and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
CommScope and Google will each own and operate independent SAS
systems which will provide service using the jointly operated ESC
network.
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