---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 96.57"
title: "47"
number: "96.57"
heading: "Registration, authentication, and authorization of Citizens Broadband Radio Service Devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/96.57"
---

# §96.57. Registration, authentication, and authorization of Citizens Broadband Radio Service Devices.

- (a) An SAS must register, authenticate, and authorize operations of CBSDs consistent with this part.
- (b) CBSDs composed of a network of base and fixed stations may employ a subsystem for aggregating and communicating all required information exchanges between the SAS and CBSDs.
- (c) An SAS must also verify that the FCC identifier (FCC ID) of any CBSD seeking access to its services is valid prior to authorizing it to begin providing service. A list of devices with valid FCC IDs and the FCC IDs of those devices is to be obtained from the Commission's Equipment Authorization System.
- (d) An SAS must not authorize operation of CBSDs within Protection Zones except as set forth in [§ 96.15](/cfr/47/96.15.md).
- (e) An SAS must calculate and enforce PAL Protection Areas consistent with [§ 96.25](/cfr/47/96.25.md) and such calculation and enforcement shall be consistent across all SASs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 36222, June 23, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 49069, July 26, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 303, and 307.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 36222, June 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 36222, June 23, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 49069, July 26, 2016]