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parking garages and around build-
ings. It will connect the multitude
of devices and machines in a building
through the 'Internet of Things,' but
it will require the wireless infrastruc-
ture to be built and operating on the
property in order to make it happen,"
Horinko continues.
The licensed spectrum part of the
CBRS universe, known as priority
access licenses (PALs), will likely
be auctioned off very soon and will
help reduce cost and improve speed
to market by bringing all wireless
carriers' signals onto an in-building
wireless system significantly faster
than today. However, the quasi-
licensed CBRS spectrum band
(GAA)—the CBRS technology
that uses the cellular LTE protocol
but is like Wi-Fi in that it is shared
spectrum—is the near-term game-
changer for commercial real estate,
representing opportunities for
innovative use cases including
private LTE networks for enterprises
and smart building applications.
The CBRS spectrum will help
commercial real estate deliver 5G
benefits including safety and security,
customized tenant amenities, auto-
mation and entertainment, as well
as enable tenant data mining
and analytics to improve their over-
all experience. The foundation for 5G
and CBRS is based on an in-building
wireless system infrastructure that
can be leveraged prior to and during
this 5G transition. "We have dis-
covered that when building owners
make an investment in wireless
infrastructure in anticipation of the
CBRS and 5G network evolutions,
they are already benefiting
financially and competitively with
a multitude of advantages as these
technological changes take root,"
Horinko claims.
