Sec. 1526. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FIFTH GENERATION INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER DEPARTMENT FACILITIES
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## SEC. 1526 REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FIFTH GENERATION INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER DEPARTMENT FACILITIES **[**[10 U.S.C. 4571 note](/us/usc/t10/s4571)**]** ###
(a)Requirements ####
(1)Strategy for private wireless networks Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a strategy for deploying to military installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense private wireless networks that are— #####
(A)based on fifth generation information and communications capabilities and Open Radio Access Network architecture; and #####
(B)tailored to the mission, security, and performance requirements of the respective military installation or other facility. ####
(2)Process for public wireless network service providers #####
(A)Establishment The Secretary shall establish a Department-wide process under which a public wireless network service provider of fifth generation information and communications capabilities may gain access to a military installation or other facility of the Department to provide commercial subscriber services to military and civilian personnel of the Department (including contractor personnel) located at, and organizational elements of the Department maintained at, such installation or facility. #####
(B)Design requirements In establishing the process under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure relevant system architectures and supporting infrastructure are designed to support modular upgrades to future generation technologies. ####
(3)Determination relating to contract authority The Secretary shall determine, on a contract-by-contract basis or as a determination with uniform applicability to contracts across military installations and other facilities of the Department, whether to enter into a contract for— #####
(A)neutral hosting, under which infrastructure and services would be provided to companies deploying private wireless networks and public wireless network services to such installation or other facility through multi-operator core network architectures; or #####
(B)separate private wireless network and public wireless network infrastructure at such installation or other facility (which shall include a determination by the Secretary on how to establish roaming agreements and policies between such networks). ####
(4)Briefing 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)and any other activity carried out pursuant to this subsection. ###
(b)International Cooperation Activities The Secretary, using existing authorities available to the Secretary, may engage in cooperation activities with foreign allies and partners of the United States to— ####
(1)improve the implementation of the strategy under subsection (a)(1); and ####
(2)inform the deployment of private wireless networks to military installations and other facilities of the Department pursuant to such strategy. ###
(c)Open Radio Access Network Architecture Defined In this section, the term “Open Radio Access Network architecture” means a network architecture that is modular, uses open interfaces, and virtualizes functionality on commodity hardware through software.
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Sec. 1526
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FIFTH GENERATION INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER DEPARTMENT FACILITIES
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