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Samsung looking to test at 27 GHz and 28 GHz

Samsung asks FCC for permission to test in high-frequency bands

In a pair of recent requests for special temporary authority, Samsung Electronics America is asking the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to give the go-ahead for experimental tests in the 27 GHz band.

Submitted by Samsung’s Richard Hibbeler, the first STA application contemplates six transmission devices running from Dec. 18 to Feb. 5 “at low power and within a very limited area,” according to the application. That potential test would be conducted in Minneapolis, Minn.

In the second STA application, four transmission units would operate indoors from Jan. 2 to Jan. 14 in Las Vegas, Nev.

Both Verizon and AT&T–who are already testing a fixed wireless access application of 5G using 28 GHz spectrum. Verizon built on fixed wireless access testing in 11 cities to articulated plans to deploy a commercial residential 5G service in the second-half of 2018.

For Verizon’s testing phase of 5G fixed wireless access, Samsung provided its virtual radio access network solution and pre-5G, which has yet to be standardized by 3GPP, base station and home router equipment. Cisco provided a virtual packet core. The companies worked together on interoperability testing focused on connections between the core and radio networks, and user devices.

 

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Sean Kinney, Editor in Chief
Sean Kinney, Editor in Chief
Sean focuses on multiple subject areas including 5G, Open RAN, hybrid cloud, edge computing, and Industry 4.0. He also hosts Arden Media's podcast Will 5G Change the World? Prior to his work at RCR, Sean studied journalism and literature at the University of Mississippi then spent six years based in Key West, Florida, working as a reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.