Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed Pilot Program Fiscal Year 2012 Progress Report.

摘要

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission and the federal agencies, established a Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed (Test-Bed) pilot program in 2009 to evaluate new technologies to facilitate sharing between federal and non-federal spectrum users. The Test-Bed pilot program provides an opportunity for the federal agencies to work cooperatively with industry, researchers, and academia to evaluate new technologies that can increase access to and improve management of the nations spectrum. Specifically, the Test-Bed pilot program is examining the ability of Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) devices to share spectrum with federal and non-federal land mobile radio (LMR) systems. If sharing is successfully demonstrated, the results of the Test-Bed can be used as the basis to establish service rules for devices employing DSA sharing techniques. The Test-Bed pilot program will also develop and prove a testing methodology for systems employing DSA sharing techniques. Prior to the Test-Bed pilot program, no such methods existed to test the impact of DSA devices on incumbent systems. The Test-Bed pilot program is developing the specialized measurement techniques needed for DSA devices. These measurement techniques will be critical to the evaluation of new sharing technologies.