Next week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve use of the so-called “white spaces” — the airwaves between broadcast television channels — for wireless broadband. However, the approaches for implementing this plan are still under debate. Television transmission is local, meaning that each broadcast station takes up a certain range in the spectrum. Two stations broadcasting in localities next to each other will have a buffer zone of unallocated “white space” so their broadcasts don’t overlap.
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FCC Likely to Give WiFi a Shot in the Arm
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 13, 2010 02:58 PMNext week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve use of the so-called “white spaces” — the airwaves between broadcast television channels — for wireless broadband. However, the approaches for implementing this plan are still under debate. Television transmission is local, meaning that each broadcast station takes up a certain range in the spectrum. Two stations broadcasting in localities next to each other will have a buffer zone of unallocated “white space” so their broadcasts don’t overlap.