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Google Reveals Secret Hospital Experiment to Test Whitespace Wireless
BY Kit EatonTue Sep 14, 2010
The rumors about whitespace radio reforms--which would give empty swathes of the electromagnetic spectrum to new wireless Internet technology--are building on both sides of the Atlantic. But Google has already leaped into action and is testing a wide-area broadband solution in an Ohio hospital. It's a solution that uses gaps in the TV transmission bands.
The experiment can be found Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan, Ohio. Google's blog notes it's the first of its kind for a hospital. The system uses technology from Google partner Spectrum Bridge to establish a wireless broadband network in the gaps between local terrestrial transmissions. Google monitors the TV whitespace to make sure there's no interference.