Six CBRS deployment trends, according to SAS data
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- 03 May 2023
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Data analysis from NTIA looks at CBRS trends from April 2021 to January 2023
Deployments of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) grew at a steady clip of about 12% per quarter during 2021 and 2022 and are dominated by outdoor sites using General Authorized Access (GAA), according to new analysis from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences.
The three-tiered spectrum-sharing framework in the CBRS band relies on every active CBRS transmitter being registered with a Spectrum Access System (SAS). Using data submitted by SAS providers, ITS researchers put together a look at the growth of CBRS between April 2021 (when quarterly data began to be submitted by SAS providers) to January 2023, a 21-month period.
“Now that several years have passed since the start of CBRS operations, there is an opportunity to assess the state and growth of CBRS,” the researchers wrote, adding that the “goals of CBRS were to facilitate growth in wireless broadband devices, provide cost-effective wireless broadband access for rural communities, enhance economic competitiveness by creating new jobs and new businesses, increase productivity, spur innovation, and improve public safety.” Read More…
