ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) today announced publication of Spectrum Access Mechanisms, a new report evaluating the range of spectrum management and access mechanisms, including sharing regimes, to maximize North American opportunities for the 6G future. Presented in the context of promoting the most effective and efficient spectrum use, these opportunities cover licensed, unlicensed, and shared use by considering deployment and operational aspects of incumbent systems in-band or in adjacent bands.
“This report advances the NGA’s work to proactively address the spectrum issues of a Next G world,” said ATIS Next G Alliance Managing Director Jaydee Griffith. “It builds on earlier NGA publications on spectrum, including the papers titled 6G Spectrum Considerations and Spectrum Needs for 6G, and further explores evolving spectrum management and access types.”
“How spectrum is accessed for next generation communications is critical to ensuring that North America has adequate spectrum resources,” stated Andrew Thiessen (MITRE), Chair, Next G Alliance Spectrum Working Group. “There has been past work on unlicensed, shared licensed, and exclusively licensed spectrum; however, going forward, we will need to significantly evolve leveraging all three types of spectrum access to ultimately meet the spectrum needs.”
This new report is set to educate and influence stakeholders such as technology providers, spectrum licensees, and regulators about future spectrum access, management, and policy options at a pivotal moment in time. These issues are currently priorities for North American governmental policymakers and present choices that must be balanced with economic realities and market drivers for commercial use of 6G spectrum. In November 2023, the White House released the Memorandum on Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy to modernize spectrum policy and drive technological innovation to boost U.S. competitiveness and the quality of life for Americans.
Access Next G Alliance Spectrum Working Group: Spectrum Access Mechanisms and the many Next G Alliance resources that are charting the course to North American leadership in the 6G future in the 6G Library.
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