Nokia Seeking Additional Bands for 5G
“Expeditious action" is needed by the FCC on 28 GHz, 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 64-71 GHz in the form of proceedings that would help the 5G transition, Nokia said in an ex parte filing Monday in docket 14-177 on…
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a meeting between Nokia executives and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. The company previously advocated that the FCC could better facilitate 5G by considering bands below 6 GHz and in the 6-24 GHz range. Nokia said now that 5G requires both millimeter wave bandwidth and low- and mid-band spectrum, and the FCC should also act on 3.5 GHz and "consider that band as [the] 150 MHz centerpiece for an extremely valuable swatch of spectrum from 3.1 GHz to 4.2 GHz, all of which should be studied for mobile broadband." Also, Nokia said, given the infrastructure such as small cells that will be needed for 5G, the FCC "should consider the need for wireless backhaul when studying new bands for mobile broadband" and act to lower regulatory burdens for deploying such infrastructure. "Ubiquitous 5G coverage will be impracticable under the current local government and commercial frameworks that stifle, rather than embrace, wireless infrastructure deployment," Nokia said. The company said the agency should reform its experimental licensing process to foster more and longer experimentation across multiple bands.