University of Utah Meets FCC Staff on CBRS Waiver Request

University of Utah and Federated Wireless representatives spoke with FCC Wireless Bureau staff on the school’s pursuit of an FCC waiver of citizens broadband radio service rules for its POWDER (Platform for Open Wireless Data-driven Experimental Research) platform, used for wireless research. The proposal has been controversial (see 2207190047). “The meeting participants discussed the application of Commission rules and equipment certification to the University’s POWDER platform,” said a filing Tuesday in docket 22-257. “The University provided additional information regarding the architecture of its platform, the platform’s security protocols, and its monitoring capability,” the filing said: “Commission staff raised questions regarding the platform’s software-defined radios and whether their dynamic nature would necessitate waiver of Section 96.39(g) of the Commission’s rules.”