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Summer 2016: Propagation Measurement Workshops and ISART 2016

July 5, 2016

Propagation Measurements Workshop Webinars Scheduled for July 7, 14, and 28, and August 11

ITS will host a series of four webinars in July for researchers from government, academia, and industry to begin development of draft best practices for propagation measurements to assess the impact of losses caused by clutter on estimates of aggregate interference to incumbent systems in the 3.5 GHz band. As the FCC proceeds with rulemaking to open the 3.5 GHz band to sharing, a number of organizations have begun executing propagation loss measurements in the band. One important goal of these measurements is to assess the impact of clutter (man-made structures and foliage) on estimates of pathloss for use in aggregate interference models. This is a new research question and no standardized best practices exist for this type of measurement. At these webinars, we will discuss key requirements for measurement system design and validation. For more information, click on our Propagation Measurements Workshop Webinars page.

ISART 2016: Conversation on Spectrum Forensics, August 1-3, 2016 in Boulder, CO

The topic of the 15th International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies will be Spectrum Forensics, that is, spectrum measurements that support interference monitoring, investigation, and enforcement. As more and more spectrum users are pressed to operate in shared bands, effective spectrum sharing will require an entirely new legal and regulatory environment, as well as sophisticated technologies that can reliably thread the three parameters of time, frequency, and location to deliver acceptable service in shared bands without interfering with other users of the same or adjacent bands. Spectrum forensics will help build and maintain good fences to make good neighbors. A prequel tutorial will provide essential background for ISART participants who are not familiar with the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s criteria and process for both civil and criminal spectrum infringement investigations. Several meetings will be collocated with ISART—a meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC), the Wireless Spectrum Research and Development (WSRD) monthly meeting and a Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) Spectrum Sharing Committee meeting that will run through Friday. For more information, visit the ISART website. ISART is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Communications (CAC), a joint effort of NTIA and NIST.