Evolving Sharing Technology Key to Drone Use of New Bands, Says Federated

Drones can safely use the 960-1164 MHz and 5030-5091 MHz bands if they use spectrum access system (SAS) technology like that employed in the citizens broadband radio service band (see 1912270039), Federated told the FCC. Federated is an approved SAS administrator for CBRS. “SAS technology … readily adapts to other frequency bands and can be leveraged to maximize spectrum utilization while implementing incumbent protections and priority access regimes that address the unique characteristics of each band,” Federated said in docket 19-356, posted Friday. This sharing regime is made possible because “SAS technology is built upon a dynamic cloud-based database that ... provides real-time coordination and manages access on a protected basis for priority users while simultaneously supporting coexistence among secondary users.”