Altice USA description of proposed CBRS Experimental Operation

1435-EX-ST-2018 Text Documents

Altice USA Wireless Inc.

2018-08-10ELS_214017

     Altice USA description of proposed CBRS experimental operation

Introduction

Pursuant to Section 5.61 of the Federal Communications Commission’s rules, Altice USA
Wireless, Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of Altice USA, Inc. (“Altice USA”) requests special
temporary authority to conduct experimental operations for a term of 6 months from
September 1st, 2018 to February 28th, 2019, to evaluate the technical performance of pre-
commercial equipment for both outdoor and indoor experiments in Citizens Broadband
Radio Service (“CBRS”) band.

Altice USA will perform the experimental trial testing in Deer Park (Babylon), NY. To ensure
full compliance with the operational restrictions in the NTIA’s 3.5 GHz exclusion zone, all
experimental testing subject to this application will be limited to the 3650–3700 MHz band.

Location of Testing

Altice USA intends to conduct the experimental testing within 6.44 kilometer radius of the
location below:

 Address              Latitude             Longitude            Radius              Frequency
 Deer Park (Babylon), 40 45 37 N           73 18 27 W           6.44 Kilometers     3650-3700Mhz
 NY



Experiment Testing Description

Altice USA will evaluate propagation characteristics for different type of set ups, data
throughput performance, inter-cell mobility, and advanced Spectrum Access System (“SAS”)
functionality. The data obtained will help us better understand the full potential of the
technology and equipment utilized in these experimental operations.

This trial will use experimental cells and user equipment operating in CBRS spectrum only. It will
consist of an aggregate of up to 88 small cells for the test location. The trial will consist of both
indoor and outdoor cells.

The indoor cells will be installed on or below 3rd floor – less than 12 meters above ground. The
outdoor cells will be between 4 and 6 meters above the ground.


Hours of operation and equipment shut down

The intent is to operate the evaluation devices, both small cells and mobile units, 24 hours per
day, 7 days per week, during the test period. Equipment can be shut down speedily, if needed,
by contacting one or more of the interference coordinators below:

Perminder Dhawan
Principal Engineer
Perminder.Dhawan@alticeusa.com
516-497-2667


Interference Coordination / Protection against interference

Pursuant to the Commission’s experimental licensing rules, Altice USA understands that, for
purposes of the experimental operations described in this application, it must accept
interference from any federal and nonfederal incumbent users of the 3650–3700 MHz band
and that all operations by Altice USA will be on a secondary basis.

Altice USA’s experimental operations will be conducted in cooperation with a SAS vendor that
the Commission has already authorized to operate. Altice USA will employ the vendors’ SAS
databases when conducting experimental operations to avoid interfering with incumbent users.

For this trial location, in addition to work with SAS vendors, Altice USA will coordinate with FSS
incumbents operating in the area of the trial as directed by FCC to protect against interference.

Should interference occur during these testing periods, Altice USA will take immediate steps to
resolve the interference, including discontinuing operations. Immediate requests to stop
transmissions under this STA can be communicated to Perminder Dhawan, Principal Engineer at 516-
497-2667 or by email at Perminder.Dhawan@AlticeUSA.com.

Evaluation equipment transmitter information/Radio equipment description

The radio equipment that will be used in the proposed experiment will consist of a mix of
Category A and Category B transmitters (as those terms are defined in Sections 96.3 and 96.41
of the Commission’s rules). All of these proposed radios are prototypes not available in the
commercial market.


Fixed Equipment (6 models)


The tables below summarize the technical characteristics of each piece of equipment described
above.
 Transmitter   CAT    Tx       EIRp    EIR    Mean   Emission     Frequency    Modulation
                      Power    (dbm)   P      or     Designator   tolerance
                      (W)              (W)    Peak
 Prototype 1   B      0.8      39      4.9    Mean   20M0W7W      0.00000005   64QAM/
                                                                               16QAM/QPSK
 Prototype 2   B      0.63     37      3.0    Mean   20M0W7W      0.00000005   64QAM/
                                                                               16QAM/QPSK
 Prototype 3   B      20       47      61.0   Mean   20M0W7W      0.00000005   64QAM/
                                                                               16QAM/QPSK
 Prototype 4   B      20       47      61.0   Mean   20M0W7W      0.00000005   256QAM/64QAM/
                                                                               16QAM/QPSK
 Prototype 5   A      0.2      23      0.2    Mean   20M0W7W      0.00000005   256QAM/64QAM/
                                                                               16QAM/QPSK
 Prototype 6   B      4.0      36      4.0    Mean   20M0W7D      0.00000005   256QAM/64QAM/
                                                                               16QAM/QPSK
 CW            B      16.0     42      16.0   Mean   1M00N0N      0.00000005   None
 Transmitter
 (Lizard)




Contact info for this Application

FCC Licensing Issues:
Peter Corea
VP, Legal
Peter.Corea@AlticeUSA.com
929-418-4386



Document Created: 0380-04-24 00:00:00
Document Modified: 0380-04-24 00:00:00

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