Form 442 Question 7 Experimentation Description

0498-EX-PL-2015 Text Documents

Parallel Wireless, Inc.

2015-08-25ELS_166410

August 25, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission                                              Form 422 Conf. No.: EL444768
445 12th Street, SW                                                           Form 442 File No.: 0498-EX-PL-2015
Washington, DC 20554
Submitted Electronically via ELS
To Whom It May Concern:
        Parallel Wireless, Inc. hereby respectfully submits a request for an experimental license
under 47 C.F.R. Part 5 (Experimental Radio Service). This letter is attached to the above-
identified application according to FCC Form 422.
         Parallel Wireless submits this application to operate fixed and mobile Band 14 devices at
the site of the Milford Area Communications Center (MACC BASE), Milford, NH. The
proposed term is September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016. Grant of this experimental license
application will enable Parallel Wireless to undertake product development, research and testing
that supports FirstNet's goal to foster competition in the market for Band 14 network gear.
         Parallel Wireless has previously submitted, and received, a Special Temporary Authority
(STA) license, with file number 1159-EX-ST-2014, for similar devices deployed at the same
sites.1 As the experimental parameters have broadened, we now submit a new application with a
1-year term.
          A proposed timeline follows, which is subject to change and to grant of the license.!
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          Through August 31, 2016
          NIST Public Safety Communications Researcher Dr. Rob Stafford, Principal Investigator,
          will collaborate with Parallel Wireless under the recently executed CRADA focused on
          deployables. Parallel will use MACC base pilot to test handoff between Parallel's Band
          14 RAN (mobile CWS-203, fixed CWS-110) and carrier LTE services for backhaul. !
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          Week of November 16, 2015
          New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Programs (NJ OHSP) to station their Band 14
          equipped deployable vehicle (Cell on Wheels) to Russell-Abbot State Forest in New
          Hampshire. RAN power: 80 watt output. !
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          Week of September 21, 2015
          Sprint Emergency Response Team (ERT) will station their deployable vehicle at Russell
          Abbot State Forest in New Hampshire. ERT to provide satellite backhaul for Parallel
          Wireless Band 14 CWS-110. RAN power: 20 watt output.!
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   Further information regarding the prior research is available on our website at
http://parallelwireless.com/2015/07/parallel-wireless-macc-base-field-trial/.
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                                                              1 Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062, USA
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       Through September 30, 2015
       Collaboration with the New Hampshire Dept. of Safety on rural engineering and budget
       models for Band 14 deployment.


        Parallel Wireless is collaborating with many stakeholders allied with FirstNet's effort to
build a national public safety broadband network (PSBN). Engagements with these parties are
scheduled in 2015 and 2016 to cover:
           •! Propagation research covering LTE access over Band 14 employing backhaul
              from satellite, carrier LTE wired Internet and mesh backhaul.
           •! Propagation research for in-vehicle (police, EMS) and conventional deployables
              (dedicated COW).
           •! Integration of hybrid carrier/Band 14 network with ATT, Verizon, US Cellular,
              Sprint, TMobile. In support of specifications released in FirstNet's draft RFP,
              Parallel is undertaking research on seamless handoff in a hybrid carrier/Band 14
              network.
           •! Propagation testing across a twelve month cycle accounting for annual foliage and
              climate variation.
           •! Integration with local, regional, national and virtual LTE evolved packet cores
              (EPCs).
           •! Research on adoption by public safety personnel of Band 14 applications,
              including push-to-talk, real time video, file transfer, force locator.
        Applicant welcomes any comments or questions from the Commission, either to Michael
Saji, Director, Intellectual Property at the contact information below, or to Steve Kropper, Vice
President, at skropper@parallelwireless.com.


       Best Regards,
       /s/ Michael Y. Saji
       Director, Intellectual Property
       msaji@parallelwireless.com
       1-603-589-9937 x268




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                               1 Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062, USA
                                          1-603-589-9937
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