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IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Roy Rubenstein |
Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling.  |
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson |
DoD Relinquishes Spectrum to Sate Wireless Industry Demands The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration were asked to free up 500 megahertz of federal and non-federal spectrum by 2020 in order to make it available for fixed and mobile wireless communications.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2010 Mitchell Lazarus |
The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Critics Seeking to Debunk Spectrum Scarcity Advocates of spectrum reform look to end the fixed-band licensing regime to meet the demands of the explosion in mobile computing.  |
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Military Expected To Share Airwaves As Wireless Market Explodes As the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce begin a desperate search to free up airwaves, U.S. military officials concede that they are going to have to relinquish exclusive control over some of the frequency bands in which the services currently operate.  |
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Catherine Yang |
Beyond Wi-Fi: A New Wireless Age Three technologies will boost the capacity of our airwaves -- and innovation, too  |
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark |
White House Issues Spectrum Policy Proposals Bush administration calls for limiting spectrum interference protections. The goal is universal, affordable access to broadband by 2007.  |
InternetNews April 15, 2004 Roy Mark |
FCC To 'Drop in' More Wireless Broadband Agency approves proposed rules to allow unlicensed wireless devices to operate at higher power.  |
Reason December 2001 Jesse Walker |
Spectrum Shortage? Make the military -- and government agencies generally -- pay to use the radio band, just like everyone else does...  |
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Mark Gimein |
WiFi Eyes the Empty Airwaves The white space - unused spectrum between TV channels - could be key to new wireless services, but big telcos say it's a threat  |
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Mitchell Lazarus |
When Spectrum Auctions Fail For some microwave links, cooperation beats competition as a way to share the air  |
InternetNews August 27, 2007 Roy Mark |
Beyond The FCC's 700 MHz Outside of the much anticipated January 700 MHz auction, the Federal Communications Commission isn't planning on selling anymore spectrum at this time. Tech hopes to change that with several proposals now pending before the agency.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2011 K.J. Ray Liu |
Cognitive Radio and Game Theory As our radios get smarter, they'll be competing for overcrowded airwaves. Game theory can make them cooperate.  |
Wired January 2002 Brent Hurtig |
Broadband Cowboy As Beltway bureaucrats keep America in the wireless Dark Ages, a spectrum revolt is brewing in the heart of Indian country...  |
InternetNews March 24, 2008 |
Google Unveils 'White Space' Airwaves Plans Even after the end of the FCC's C Block spectrum auction, search leader Google still has national wireless Internet access on its agenda.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Keller |
Transforming radio communications The next frontier of wireless radio communications is widely believed to be "cognitive radio" -- RF transceivers that use artificial intelligence, neural networks, or other advanced technologies to make informed decisions based on past usage.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Roy Mark |
FCC Seeks TV 'White Space' Spectrum for Wi-Fi The Federal Communications Commission wants to let wireless Internet service providers operate in unused spectrum space currently occupied by TV broadcasters. The proposal is aimed at giving consumers an alternative to cable and telecom broadband providers.  |
Wired May 2002 Chris Anderson |
Winner's Curse The 3G auctions for mobile-telecommunications spectrum were the last party of an old regime...  |
InternetNews August 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
No Space For White Spaces? Preliminary test results from FCC show disappointing results for devices using spectrum between television channels.  |
Wired February 2004 John Geirland |
The Quiet Zone Cell phones, pagers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth -- the wireless revolution is everywhere. Except here, a site in rural West Virginia virtually free of man-made electromagnetic pollution, the perfect place for studying radio waves from space. But it's a tough job keeping the spectrum quiet.  |
InternetNews April 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
Wireless Broadband Said To Use Wrong Spectrum Former FCC chairman says costs can be lowered by 50 percent in spectrum space being vacated by UHF television stations.  |
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Roy Mark |
Tech CEOs Call For Spectrum Reform With praise for Congress, FCC and the Bush administration, the Technology CEO Council says much more still needs to be done to bring the country's spectrum public policy into the 21st century.  |
InternetNews February 21, 2006 Roy Mark |
Senators Push White Space Legislation The proposed Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 would allow wireless broadband providers to operate in buffer zones between broadcast channels.  |
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Roy Mark |
Senators Part Ways on White Space Use Competing bills promote use of unused spectrum between broadcast channels for wireless broadband.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Robert M. Rast |
The Dawn of Digital TV Analog television prepares to meet its doom, vacating valuable real estate in the radio spectrum -- and the band rush begins  |
Scientific American September 2009 Larry Greenemeier |
Radio for Responders: Public Safety Bandwidth Goes Unused As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, the digital spectrum for it still lags  |
Popular Mechanics January 24, 2008 Robert X. Cringely |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the 700-MHz Auction but Were Afraid to Ask From Google to the FCC, the new race for America's last broadcast spectrum holds many secrets. One of America's leading tech pundits unlocks the ones you need to know.  |
InternetNews March 8, 2004 Michael Singer |
Wireless Enterprises Pole Position for Spectrum Intel and Microsoft are among the major players looking to curry favor with the FCC, NTIA, and NIST for more spectrum, the so-called 'rocket fuel that'll drive innovation.' Goverment agencies are contimplating their policies on spectrum.  |
InternetNews October 27, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft Talks White Space as Debate Intensifies Microsoft's Craig Mundie becomes the latest tech heavyweight to descend on the nation's capital, as the FCC moves closer to a controversial decision on unused TV spectrum.  |
InternetNews November 4, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
FCC Gives Thumbs-Up to White Spaces After contentious lobbying, the FCC moves to open access to unused spectrum for new wireless devices.  |
InternetNews October 13, 2008 Christopher Saunders |
FCC Report: Room For Advanced Wireless Services FCC report finds no threat of interference with unlicensed mobile broadband.  |
InternetNews October 15, 2008 Judy Mottl |
FCC Says 'White Spaces' Can Work for Net Access A major victory for tech firms as testing finds little risk of interference, clearing the way for a vote on opening the spectrum.  |
PC Magazine May 16, 2007 Sascha Segan |
Give Me Some Air Space! Freeing the old UHF TV frequencies could spark a thousand new wireless ideas. I'm not entirely sure what they'd be, but then, I'm not some brilliant tech entrepreneur.  |
InternetNews January 5, 2010 |
Obama Administration Calls for Spectrum Reform Filing from key Commerce Department agency echoes Justice Department appeal and could set the stage for a lively political fight.  |
InternetNews July 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Senate Nears Vote on Rethinking U.S. Spectrum A Senate committee yesterday passed a bill that would direct two federal agencies overseeing the nation's wireless spectrum to conduct an inventory to determine how the various bands of airwaves are being used.  |
InternetNews October 25, 2010 |
FCC Sees $120B Opportunity in Spectrum Plans Federal Communications Commission lays out plans to free up spectrum for mobile broadband networks, warns about "spectrum crunch" if new portions of the airwaves aren't reallocated.  |
InternetNews March 13, 2008 |
Gates: Free Up More Spectrum For Wi-Fi Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates urged U.S. communications regulators on Thursday to allow more vacant television airwaves to be used for wireless services such as broadband Internet access.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 David Schneider |
LightSquared's GPS-Interference Controversy Comes to a Boil Cellular wannabe can't reach a deal with GPS community  |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Can Wireless Spectrum Become Worthless? Spectrum may lose its value as unlicensed wireless becomes more popular.  |
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean |
Industry Pushing Ahead with Software-Based Radios The U.S. Defense Department's troubled program to replace its radios with a family of software-based communications devices is plodding along slowly.  |
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Billy Brackenridge |
Ultrawideband Upset WiMedia, the next generation of wireless connectivity, is raising some interesting questions about privacy. Will ultrashort-range radio have far-reaching legal consequences?  |
InternetNews August 27, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
FCC Concedes to Testing on Free Internet Plan Amid pressure from T-Mobile and other carriers, the FCC agrees to conduct interference testing ahead of new spectrum auction.  |
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark |
Key Backing in Hand for Ultra Wideband The Bush administration is on record this week in support of the adoption of current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ultra wideband (UWB) emission limits for all outdoor device applications.  |
InternetNews June 15, 2010 |
FCC Pressed to Move On White-Space Spectrum The broadband spectrum crunch has senators from both parties calling on the FCC to finally make a call on how and how much available white-space spectrum will be reallocated.  |
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Roy Mark |
Agency Spectrum Relocation to Flirt With $1B Clearing federal agencies out of spectrum earmarked for advanced commercial wireless services will cost approximately $936 million, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce.  |
InternetNews October 16, 2008 Judy Mottl |
Jeers, Cheers Over FCC White Space Report Tech and wireless players giddy about spectrum report as opponents mull findings. Broadcasters say something's fishy.  |
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Roy Mark |
New Wireless Band Plays For Bigger Broadband The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to make more spectrum available for wireless broadband and allowing schools and religious groups to lease excess spectrum they control.  |
Scientific American October 2006 Andrew Lippman |
The New Age of Wireless Technologies that turn broadcasting "bugs" into features that open radio spectrum to novel uses will be a boon for consumers  |
Wired June 2000 Alex Markels |
Radio Active Up against the megastations in a battle for the airwaves, do-it-yourself DJs are deploying two potent weapons - 100-watt transmitters and the global reach of the Web.  |
InternetNews December 3, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
FCC Nears Vote on Free Internet Plan for U.S. New signs of life for a controversial plan for a nationwide, wireless broadband network. But at least one major critic vows a challenge.  |