Wireless Innovation Forum Congratulates Members Google, CommScope and Federated Wireless Upon FCC Approval of CBRS Environmental Sensing Capability Equipment and Systems
Summary
“This certification is a significant milestone for the industry and clears the way for both national expansion of our ESC network and initial commercial deployment of CBRS,” said Kurt Schaubach, CTO, Federated Wireless. Per the Public Notice ( https://www.fcc.gov/document/wtboet-approve-environmental-sensing-capabilities-escs-35-ghz ), “The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), NTIA’s research and development arm, began testing the ESCs submitted by CommScope, Federated, and Google on October 29, 2018. “Spectrum Access Systems will be certified soon, and our ESCs will allow us to offer the benefits of CBRS to the significant population of the U.S. that lives near the coasts, while fully protecting our federal incumbent partners in the band.” 1 See Performance Certification Results for a 3.5 GHz Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) Sensor Provided for Testing by Google LLC and CommScope, Inc., GN Docket No. 7, 2019) (submitted by CommScope); Performance Certification Results for a 3.5 GHz Environmental Sensing Capability Sensor Provided for Testing by Federated Wireless, GN Docket No.