Manage CBSD configuration

You can use the Google Spectrum Access System (SAS) Portal to create, sign, and update multiple Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD) configurations from a CSV file.

Import the CBSD configuration

To import CBSD configurations, you must be an Administrator, Editor, or Certified Professional Installer (CPI). Learn more about user roles.

If you get an error when importing a CBSD configuration, it skips to the next row in the CSV file and continues. After the upload is complete, the importer generates an error report that identifies any lines that were not imported.

To start the import, follow these steps:

  1. Open the deployment.
    1. Go to the SAS Portal.
    2. Click View deployments.
    3. Optional: If you have access to multiple deployments or nodes, select the desired deployment or node, and then click Open.

  2. Import the CSV file.

    1. Click Import, and then click Computer.

    2. Select the custom CSV that you want to import, and then click Open. When you import your customized CSV, the SAS Portal tries to map your column headers to the required fields.

  3. To save the new CBSD configurations, click Upload.

  4. When the import is complete, review for any errors. When you are finished, you get a list of CBSD configurations.

Edit a CBSD configuration

If you're an Administrator, Editor, or CPI, you can edit the CBSD configurations in the Google SAS Portal.

Edit the CBSD's configuration for the following:

  • When the CBSD configuration changes.
  • When the CBSD configuration details are incorrect.

To edit CBSD configurations, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the SAS Portal.
  2. Click View deployments.
  3. Optional: If you have access to multiple deployments, select a deployment from the Deployments list, and then click Open.
  4. On the left, click Settings.
  5. To select a CBSD, do one of the following:
    • In Map view, click the CBSD location marker.
    • In Table view, click the row of the CBSD.
  6. On the left, click Device, and then click Unlock deployment settings.
  7. Enter your changes, and then do the following:
    • If you are an Administrator or Editor, click Save or Ready for CPI.
    • If you are a CPI, click Sign.

If the CBSD is already registered, on the CBSD configuration page, the Pending changes section shows a list of updated parameters. The configuration status changes to Draft to indicate that a new inactive CBSD configuration has been created. Because SAS is still using the active CBSD configuration from the last successful registration, the CBSD status hasn't changed.

To make the updated parameters take effect, do the following:

  • Ask a CPI to sign the new CBSD configuration.
  • Have the CBSD send a new registration request.

Delete a CBSD configuration

To delete a CBSD configuration, you need Edit permissions. You can only delete CBSD configurations that have an unregistered status.

To delete a CBSD configuration, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the SAS Portal.
  2. Click View deployments.
  3. Optional: If you have access to multiple deployments, select a deployment from the Deployments list, and then click Open.
  4. On the left, click Settings.
  5. To select the CBSD, do the following:
    • In Map view, click the CBSD location marker.
    • In Table view, click the row of the CBSD.
  6. To find the device state, click the Status tab.
  7. If the device state is Registered, Granted, Authorized, or Suspended, you must deregister the CBSD before you delete the configuration.
  8. On the right, click More, and then click Delete device.

Deregister a CBSD

Deregistering a CBSD immediately stops its transmissions. If you plan to re-register the CBSD, new grants for the same power and channel might be suspended until the next Coordinated Periodic Activities among SASs (CPAS) depending on nearby incumbent operators and PAL activity.

To deregister a CBSD, see Register and deregister a CBSD.

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