As the Citizens Broadband Radio Service shared spectrum stands on the brink of readiness for early deployments, AT&T has asked federal regulators to reconsider the rules around power transmission for CBRS base stations, and add a new, higher-power category of base station that would help support 5G New Radio.
According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T noted that the allowable Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) for base stations in licensed 2 GHz frequencies is in the range of about 60 dBm, while it is about 53 dBm for 40 megahertz of CBRS spectrum.
