Sec. 1711. Requirements for deployment of fifth generation information and communications capabilities to Department of Defense bases and facilities
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The Secretary of Defense shall— develop and implement a strategy for deploying private networks, based on fifth generation information and communications capabilities
(5G)and Open Radio Access Network
(ORAN)architecture, to military bases and facilities that are tailored to the specific mission, security, and performance requirements of those bases and facilities; create a common, transparent, and streamlined process for enabling public network service providers of fifth generation information and communications capabilities to gain access to military bases and facilities to provide commercial subscriber services to government and contractor personnel and organizations located on those bases and facilities; and decide, on a case-by-case basis or as a common requirement, whether to contract for— neutral hosting, whereby infrastructure and services will be provided to companies deploying private networks and public network services through Multi-Operator Core Network architectures; or separate private network and public network infrastructure. The Secretary may engage in cooperation activities with foreign allies and partners of the United States, using an authority provided by another provision of law, to inform the efficient and effective deployment of Open Radio Access Network architecture and to implement the strategy required under subsection (a)(1). The Secretary shall develop the strategy required in subsection (a)(1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the strategy developed under paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)and the activities of the Secretary under such subsection. The term Open Radio Access Network means a network architecture that is modular, uses open interfaces, and virtualizes functionality on commodity hardware through software.