DOD Official Says CBRS Offers 'Promising' Example of Spectrum Sharing
A top DOD spectrum official defended the citizens broadband radio service band, writing in a new posting released as CTIA questioned whether CBRS is really the sharing model of the future (see 2211140062). “Dubbed by some as ‘the Innovation Band,’…
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CBRS offers the some of the features of traditional wireless and Wi-Fi, but with lower fixed costs, higher quality, greater efficiency, and increased security,” said Vernita Harris, DOD director-spectrum policy and programs, on LinkedIn Monday. “With CBRS, the U.S. military can continue to use critical radars systems while commercial users have leveraged CBRS in a variety of sectors, ranging from real estate to health care to utilities,” she said. Harris said CBRS shows “unprecedented coordination between federal users, regulators and industry” and benefited from “groundbreaking” automation. “More work lies ahead, but the results of CBRS so far are promising, and those involved in its success so far should be proud,” she said: “The DOD, other federal spectrum users, and industry continue to look for new use cases along with ways to improve the existing CBRS system. Trust across government and industry underpins the development of holistic spectrum solutions for EVERYONE’s benefit.”