Radio Shop Chat: Mid-Band Propagation Model Development and Technical Transparency featuring Billy Kozma

Join us on Wednesday, May 1st, at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, for the next Radio Shop Chat featuring Billy Kozma, Lead, Propagation Modeling Group, Telecommunications Theory Division, NTIA/ITS. Kozma will be presenting: “Mid-Band Propagation Model Development and Technical Transparency.”

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Abstract: Mid-band spectrum has become a central focus for new 5G and 6G commercial cellular systems. Much of this spectrum is already in use by existing Federal systems, requiring increased spectrum sharing to support operation of critical Federal systems while encouraging the growth and deployment of new spectrum services. The technical analyses needed to support these spectrum sharing environments rely on improving the propagation models that underpin these spectrum decisions. The National Telecommunication and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (NTIA/ITS) is leading the way to developing modern, improved modeling techniques in a collaborative, open, and transparent way. Through combining electromatic theory, data analysis, and high fidelity environmental data, ITS is working to build the next generation of publicly available and community accepted propagation models.

Bio:  Billy Kozma is a Computer Engineer in the Telecommunications Theory Division at the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), the laboratory of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Since he joined NTIA/ITS in 2013, Billy’s work has primarily focused on radiowave
propagation, including applying modern data analysis and software capabilities to improving modeling techniques. Billy leads the propagation modeling group at ITS, which is engaged in a DoD-sponsored Mid-Band Propagation Modeling project focused on improving modeling in the 3.5 GHz band to support spectrum sharing and coexistence. He also contributes to propagation modeling efforts to support the Office of Spectrum Management (OSM) and leads ITS’s engagement with ITU-R Study Group 3 (Radiowave Propagation), serving as both Head of the US Delegation to ITU-R Study Group 3 and Chair of the group focused on aeronautical propagation (Recommendation ITU-R P.528).