A report by the Commerce Department’s Spectrum Advisory Committee...
A report by the Commerce Department’s Spectrum Advisory Committee contains principles on a spectrum testbed but does not identity where to locate the bed on the band. The report, submitted Thursday, said the record shows “overwhelming support” for multiple…
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testbeds in different spectrum ranges to study more efficient sharing. But the government may not be able to support more than one bed, it said. “Participation of federal users is essential,” the report said. “It may prove difficult for federal users to provide sufficient technical staff to support multiple testbeds.” The committee also released a report titled “Assessment of Alternative Future Federal Land Mobile Radio Systems.” It concluded that “trunked” systems, which let users share channels, use less spectrum than conventional systems. The committee also examined proposals for increasing the accountability of government users of spectrum.