{"id":65163,"date":"2018-05-23T01:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T17:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/can-cbrs-ongo-shared-bandwidth-replace-the-beloved-wi-fi\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T01:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T17:33:20","slug":"can-cbrs-ongo-shared-bandwidth-replace-the-beloved-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/can-cbrs-ongo-shared-bandwidth-replace-the-beloved-wi-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Can CBRS OnGo Shared Bandwidth Replace the Beloved Wi-Fi?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) bandwidth replace Wi-Fi as the world\u2019s common connectivity link? According to Preston Marshall, head of access for Google<\/strong> and director of the CBRS Alliance\u2019s<\/strong> Enterprise Council, Wi-Fi and CBRS share many of the same characteristics. \u201cAt one point in history Wi-Fi was actually considered a \u2018garbage band.\u2019 Now, it\u2019s one of the greatest economic drivers in the history of the world. CBRS has an even greater potential to create innovation for businesses in the United States and around the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CBRS represents shared spectrum at 3.5 GHz. During a series of presentations at the Connectivity Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina, the CBRS Alliance and other telecom organizations shared their visions of how CBRS spectrum will revolutionize the wireless economy. Marshall characterized CBRS as a type of spectrum with a much more flexible business model that is not constrained to specific applications. \u201cCBRS is a venture-friendly bandwidth, providing businesses and entrepreneurs with fast, easy access to common spectrum,\u201d said Marshall. \u201cWith CBRS, new businesses don\u2019t have to wait to acquire spectrum. If they have a cool idea, they can launch it tomorrow, not next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBRS Alliance also has the political support of the Federal Communications Commission <\/strong>(FCC). Commissioner Michael O\u2019Reilly was on hand to share how his agency will play a role in opening up mid-band access in the United States. \u201cWe\u2019re paying very close attention to CBRS and mid-band spectrum and will be very aggressive in opening up more bandwidth for the wireless industry,\u201d O\u2019Rielly said during a presentation. \u201cWe ultimately want to combine 3.5 GHz with a shared 3.7 to 4.2 GHz C-band offering to create a solid play for wireless providers. We want the United States to win the race to 5G with free-flowing, private capital investment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshall refers to a three-tiered CBRS Spectrum Access System (SAS) developed by the FCC to securely share the bandwidth with government and commercial end users. The FCC\u2019s SAS ensures that top priority for spectrum access is always given to \u201cTier 1\u201d incumbent license holders such as military applications satellite Earth stations. If the spectrum isn\u2019t being used, it would next be allocated to commercial users who buy Priority Access Licenses (PALs) covering a specific time and location. A third tier of low-priority General Authorized Access (GAA) users is then able to access between 80 MHz and 150 MHz of the bandwidth for the remaining available timeframes, providing easy, fast and low-cost connectivity.<\/p>\n

The satellite industry and other tier-1 license holders view the SAS as a major concession, relinquishing a remarkable amount of control over a fixed resource at the center of their businesses. Counter to those beliefs, Wireless Innovation Forum CEO Lee Pucker asserts that the CBRS sharing system is smart and effective in the way it meets the specific needs of different users. \u201cThe SAS is consistent with the FCC\u2019s current approach to connectivity \u2014 let industry and the markets determine accessibility on a basis of what makes sense for a majority of users,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it makes perfect sense. Incumbents will always be and should be protected against interference. If others, however, need similar protections and priority access, they can apply and pay for a limited amount of available PALs. It doesn\u2019t mean you get everything what you want, but it does give you better protection over general access licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

That easy, low-cost access to underused and unused spectrum through the GAA tier could be a major factor in driving future Internet of Things (IOT) and 5G applications, according to Marshall. \u201cOpen access to CBRS can power indoor networks deployed in enterprises, hotels, airports and convention centers and adapt to the needs of outdoor applications running on fixed wireless deployments for smart cities and large outdoor campuses,\u201d he said. \u201cThe win here for all parties is the shared infrastructure. We\u2019re looking at looking at fixed as a natural component of the infrastructure. Everyone wants dense deployments at low costs. Google wants it so it can provide 4K over YouTube to more people. CBRS could be more valuable to the overall economy than all of LTE,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Marshall\u2019s bold vision is now backed up by a comprehensive CBRS alliance marketing campaign to rebrand the bandwidth. Lisa Garza, director of product marketing for Federated Wireless<\/strong>, is working with the organization along with founding companies Google, Qualcomm<\/strong>, Ruckus Networks<\/strong>, Intel<\/strong>, Federated Wireless, and Ericsson<\/strong> to evangelize the concepts of CBRS technology and how LTE devices are going to coexist on a shared spectrum.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter conducting a study and survey of potential bandwidth end-users, it was pretty clear that most of them didn\u2019t really understand the term CBRS,\u201d said Garza. \u201cThe acronym is a mouthful and hard to understand. That\u2019s why we\u2019re rebranding the bandwidth as \u2018OnGo,\u2019 and promoting it as \u2018uncompromised connectivity.\u2019 We\u2019re focusing on the features that end-users understand \u2014 more options for enhanced customizability, to meet the specific needs of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), In-Building wireless or connectivity in public spaces. We promote OnGo as enabling technologies that grab your attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of Marshall\u2019s favorite applications is a 360-degree, real-time virtual reality NASCAR<\/strong> experience which puts consumers in a virtual stock racecar and provides data about their driving performance.<\/p>\n

As a complement to the rebranding, CBRS Alliance developed a set of detailed specifications and an accompanying OnGo certification program, which aims to ensure seamless interoperability for all network components and devices, as well as to reflect the performance and interoperability standards that have been set and promised to customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a new era for all of us,\u201d said Marshall. \u201cThe 4G revolution was driven by applications and the 5G revolution will be driven by pure capacity. CBRS band is the first step into shared network concepts that I believe will ultimately realize the 5G vision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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