Sprint SMR Spectrum holdings...

[briankwest]

http://specmap.sequence-omega.net

 

This has been updated to include sprints SMR licenses and the BRS, seems in most places Sprint only has 12mhz?  That's not enough for a 5x5 and 1xAdvanced is it?  Unless the data is incorrect.

 

Thoughts?

 

/b

 

[ChadBroChillz]

edit:

 

I was wrong. It seems like his map is missing the 817/861mhz that Sprint is suppose to own. 

 

[briankwest]

817/861mhz would be where the 1xAdvanced would be placed... wonder why that might be missing from the list, seems also this map shows Sprint having the spectrum thru all the SouthernLinc areas too.

 

/b

[briankwest]

The blog notes this:

 

"The SMR and EBS/BRS spectrum is a bit messy – the spectrum licenses I download don’t correspond to the ULS, so there are mismatches and somewhat clumsy records."

 

So that could explain it.

[ChadBroChillz]

It may be that he is working through the kinks of his new method. The previous way he would update the maps got borked, and he now has to comb threw the data manually. 

 

 

http://specmap.sequence-omega.net/blog/2013/07/work-on-version-2-underway/

 

here is a link to the blog post explaining his new method. 

[WiWavelength]

http://specmap.sequence-omega.net

 

This has been updated to include sprints SMR licenses and the BRS, seems in most places Sprint only has 12mhz?  That's not enough for a 5x5 and 1xAdvanced is it?  Unless the data is incorrect.

 

Thoughts?

 

/b

 

I love what Anthony is doing.  He is obviously very talented in coding methods to pull data automatically.  But his data is not hand massaged, is not always accurate -- especially pertaining to partitions and disaggregations.  I have long advised people to use his maps only as thumbnail sketches.

 

In this case, the FCC ULS is at fault.  SMR 800 MHz is in disarray during the Public Safety rebanding process.  For now, the ULS indicates that Sprint holds the rebanded SMR X block 12 MHz license:  818-824 MHz x 863-869 MHz.  However, across most of the country, Sprint controls an additional 1 MHz below both the uplink and downlink for the following total:  817-824 MHz x 862-869 MHz.

 

In short, that is 7 MHz FDD -- sufficient for one CDMA1X carrier, one LTE 5 MHz FDD carrier, and guard bands.

 

AJ

[WiWavelength]

As a follow up, we started writing articles about SMR 800 MHz spectrum usage a year and a half ago.  Trust S4GRU as basically the definitive source.

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-90-fcc-ready-to-give-sprint-official-go-ahead-on-smr-800-mhz-wideband-operation/

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-131-updated-prl-builders-and-network-spelunkers-pay-heed-sprint-cdma1x-800-channels-and-sids-revealed/

 

AJ

[ericdabbs]

Why does the map when you filter under SMR 800 (806-824) show that Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson and San Antonio do not have any SMR licenses?  Since the author pulls these records from the FCC, is this just an error with the FCC's documentation?

[WiWavelength]

Why does the map when you filter under SMR 800 (806-824) show that Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson and San Antonio do not have any SMR licenses?  Since the author pulls these records from the FCC, is this just an error with the FCC's documentation?

 

In the FCC ULS, SMR 800 MHz is separated into several different service codes.  Only one those service codes, YH, is for rebanded SMR 800 MHz spectrum.  That is the data that Anthony pulled down.  If no rebanded licenses have been issued, then his data does not reflect that Sprint holds unrebanded YC/YF/YG service code spectrum that will be converted to YC in due time.

 

Eric, since you are in LA, this is for you...

 

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=8347

 

That is only one of many, but proof that Sprint still holds active SMR 800 MHz licenses in those markets.

 

AJ

[gnoj]

nvm... should read more carefully. A delete button would be nice.

[ericdabbs]

In the FCC ULS, SMR 800 MHz is separated into several different service codes.  Only one those service codes, YH, is for rebanded SMR 800 MHz spectrum.  That is the data that Anthony pulled down.  If no rebanded licenses have been issued, then his data does not reflect that Sprint holds unrebanded YC/YF/YG service code spectrum that will be converted to YC in due time.

 

Eric, since you are in LA, this is for you...

 

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=8347

 

That is only one of many, but proof that Sprint still holds active SMR 800 MHz licenses in those markets.

 

AJ

 

thanks for the link.  I didn't doubt that the So Cal area lost the 800 Mhz spectrum.  I was just curious why the map didn't reflect that it had 800 MHz in the southwest markets along CA, AZ and TX.