The Federal Communications Commission expects to vote July 14, 2016 on a proposal to free up frequencies above 24 GHz for 5G applications. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is prodigious, involving new “flexible use service rules” (spectrum sharing in licensed bands) in the 28 GHz, 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 64 GHz to 71 GHz frequency ranges.
As you would guess, incumbent service providers, including mobile and satellite firms, oppose sharing, while others, especially app providers, support spectrum sharing. But it seems inevitable that spectrum sharing, following the model of the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band, will be proposed.
The proposed CRRS service would use a three-tier access rights system, reserving priority access for existing licensed users, but allowing licensed secondary rights for commercial users where the primary licensee is not using the spectrum, with best effort licensing for other devices and services (on the model of Wi-Fi).
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