FCC announces revised 700 MHz rules
Basically, the joint commercial/public safety initiative is going forward.Relevant excerpts from the news release: Under the new band plan, 62 megahertz of spectrum, divided into five spectrumblocks,...
View ArticleFCC to continue white space prototype testing
On Oct 5, the FCC announced (pdf) that they will continue testing white space prototypes though the details will be released at a later date. This is good news for the white space consortium who had...
View ArticleMotorola Submits new white space device for FCC testing
As described in this article, Motorola submitted a new prototype for testing by the FCC for secondary use in the TV bands. They plan on applying two approaches to achieving non-interference. For high...
View ArticleQuick Link Roundup
Here’s four quick cognitive radio links gleaned from an SDR Forum email.1. Britain’s plan for moving the TV bands. The key graph from my perspective: Operators will be given flexibility in what they do...
View ArticleTV White Space News
The FCC says they’re resuming testing of white space devices. Testing will begin Jan. 24 on a number of devices, including ones submitted by Microsoft, Motorola and Phillips. FCC chairman Kevin Martin...
View ArticleMore Quick Links
CrownCom emailed a reminder that their 3rd quasi-annual conference will be May 15-17. (I’m not going – too expensive for my little travel budget to fly to Singapore.) Slate has an overview of the...
View ArticleEDN Article on White Space
is here. I note that Google and I are on the same page. For the TV broadcasters, Google suggested that white-space devices be required to incorporate both Internet access and some type of geo-location...
View ArticleWon’t somebody think of the professional athletes?
In Reuters earlier this week, the NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL collectively issued a statement as the Sports Technology Alliance in opposition to the use of the White Space (unoccupied TV bands), and...
View ArticleWhite Space News Roundup (May 17, 2008)
On the Google public policy blog, there’s a link to a Google white paper (pdf) describing their geolocation proposal in more detail (though not a lot more). As opposed to earlier reports, they appear...
View ArticleGoogle suggests wireless mics should switch to CDMA
Google has a combative white paper up arguing that wireless mics should switch to CDMA (with cognition to adapt spreading codes). Here’s a direct link to paper (pdf) My comments: 1) I don’t think...
View ArticleNotes from the White Space Workshop @ SDR Forum in Portland
Probably going to be a long post, so it’s below the fold. Typed in real time, so forgive the fact that there’ll be more typos than usual. Kicked off by John Chapin (Vanu, Chair SDRF) – noted rapid...
View ArticleNotes from Bruce (MSTV) at White Space Workshop @ SDRF
Unfortunately wordpress ate my post and this was where I was taking my notes, so highlights from memory (take the numbers with a grain of salt). It’s really a shame as it was quite a detail-rich...
View ArticleNotes from TDK RF Solutions (instead of Carl Stevenson from 802.22)
Didn’t find very much interesting in this talk. Kinda high level view of what cognitive radio is and the associated regulations (there was a nice summary slide of all the FCC activities with SDR, CR,...
View ArticleNotes from (Paul Greenis) Adapt4 at White Space Workshop @ SDRF
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View ArticleNotes from Lary Alder (Google) at White Space Workshop @ SDRF
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View ArticleQuick Links – July 18, 2008
Or all white space, all the time! But first, some non-white space links… (link) Call for more dynamic spectrum policies. Not a lot new there for those active in the policy arena. Key graphs:...
View ArticleGoogle: The Kid that Gets Your Side in Trouble
Google has started a propaganda promotional campaign to get public opinion behind opening up the TV Band’s white spaces for unlicensed devices. The website is here where you can sign a petition urging...
View ArticleQuick Links 11/19/08
(link) NAB to push Congress to overturn FCC white space ruling (I’m 99.9% certain it won’t be overturned, but it may impact the non-geolocation-enabled devices). A statement by NAB suggests that the...
View ArticlePotentially really bad white space news (and a little good) [Updatedx2]
(pdf) First the good news. Today, the FCC announced that they were starting a white space fellowship program to help regulators around the world get up to speed on the FCC’s experiences. Washington,...
View ArticleDTV Transition Update [Updated]
Following up on the earlier news that Obama wanted to delay the DTV transition, there’s been a couple major events the last two days. First, on Monday, the Senate passed a bill delaying the transition...
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