Special Temporary Authority application - Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:
NVIDIA
Special Temporary Authority application - Best Contact
First Name:
Joseph
Last Name:
Boccuzzi
Phone Number:
9494238773
Title:
Principal Architect
Special Temporary Authority application - Certification
Applicant certification
Neither the applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. The applicant hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the prvious use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests authorization in accordance with this application. (See Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) The applicant acknowledges that all statements made in this application and attached exhibits are considered material representations, and that all the exhibits part hereof and are incorporated herein as if set out in full in this application; undersigned certifies that all statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Applicant certifies that construction of the station would NOT be an action which is likely to have a significant environmental effect. See the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR1.1301-1.1319.
Date:
2020-12-30 00:00:00.0
Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form):
Joseph Boccuzzi
Title of Applicant (if any):
Principal Architect
Special Temporary Authority application - Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
We are expanding our 5G Stand Alone (SA) End-to-End system by adding over-the-air (OTA) capability. This indoor, private 5G system will be used to test the interoperability of NVIDIAs 5G solutions with O-RAN compliant vendors (for example radio unit). The system will include a 5G Core Network, 5G gNB, 5G Radio Unit (O-RU) and 5G SA capable devices (for example smart phone). The OTA TDD connection, between the radio unit & devices, will be operating over the 3.6GHz to 3.7GHz frequency band. This frequency range is within the CBRS band, which is currently commercially deployed. We are utilizing an occupied BW = 100MHz.
Special Temporary Authority application - Information
Callsign:
WR9XLL
Class of Station:
FX
Nature of Service:
Experimental
Special Temporary Authority application - Manufacturer
Equipment 1 Experimental
No
Equipment 1 Manufacturer
Radio Unit
Equipment 1 Model Number
O-RU
Equipment 1 No. Of Units
1
Equipment 2 Experimental
No
Equipment 2 Manufacturer
GigaByte
Equipment 2 Model Number
Servers
Equipment 2 No. Of Units
2
Equipment 3 Experimental
No
Equipment 3 Manufacturer
Qulsar
Equipment 3 Model Number
Qg2
Equipment 3 No. Of Units
1
Special Temporary Authority application - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
We are creating a 5G Stand Alone (SA) End-to-End system which involves integration of the Radio Unit (O-RU) with the 5G gNB. This will allow NVIDIA to evaluate the functional operation of its 5G solutions which consists of physical layer signal processing, O-RAN front haul interface and interoperability with 3rd party O-RU equipment. With the Radio Unit integrated, we can conduct OTA testing with commercially available 5G SA devices in the 3.6GHz to 3.7GHz frequency band. The OTA testing will be indoors with the Radio Unit connected indoors and the mobile devices operating at lab bench level. We have contacted a Spectrum Access System (SAS) administrator to better understand the availability of this spectrum outdoors. They have not only shown that 100Mhz of spectrum is available outdoors, but also the spectrum is not being utilized. Since there are no other users of this spectrum indoors of the NVIIDA building we expect same BW to be available for our indoor usage.
Special Temporary Authority application - Requested Period of Operation