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a December NPRM. “In short, the proper deployment of state-of-the-art sensing technologies -- particularly in combination with a database -- has essentially universal support,” the company said (http://bit.ly/YaBj0G). “SSC pointed out in its comments that once standards are developed for a sensing-only approach, and the technology is integrated into consumer devices, sensing alone will be the best approach to maximizing use of the spectrum without threatening incumbent users.” Qualcomm said the 3.5 GHz band should be reallocated for licensed operations, supported by authorized shared access. “As the Commission has repeatedly acknowledged, vast amounts of additional mobile broadband spectrum is needed to support the rapidly growing demand for mobile broadband capacity,” Qualcomm said (http://bit.ly/10Qey2t). “First and foremost, the FCC needs to take all steps possible to bring on line, as soon as possible, spectrum that can be completely cleared of incumbents in a reasonable time frame; this includes the 600 MHz band currently occupied by TV broadcasters that is being repurposed via the incentive auction process. Second, it is important that the Commission allocate additional unlicensed spectrum, as the agency proposes in the recently released 5 GHz Band NPRM, that can support offloading from licensed bands in situations where a highly reliable quality of service and full mobility may not be necessary and where there is much wider bandwidth to support higher data rates."