Friday, October 17, 2008

Seybold on AWS, FCC enforcement, and more

Seybold on AWS, FCC enforcement, and more
Andrew Seybold - Friday, October 17, 2008 
The FCC is set to act on the TV White Space Issue at its meeting on November 4, 2008, Chairman Martin wants a vote to permit unlicensed operation in the TV White Space (the space between TV transmitters). The Office of Engineering Technology (OET) has released a report stating that white space devices with geolocation and sensing technologies could be used with some conditions without interference to existing surrounding users such as television broadcasters and wireless microphones. I guess they did not feel it was necessary to comment on the interference that could happen to TV sets in the homes of customers of this White space technology or perhaps even to TV sets in the same apartment building or even homes next door to an active white space system. ...

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