Coalition submits specs for "white space" unlicensed device

COALITION OF MEDIA FIRMS SUBMITS SPECS TO FCC FOR "WHITE SPACE" UNLICENSED DEVICE
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Representatives of six corporations met with the Federal Communications Commission this week to discuss a "cognitive radio" that will pick up broadband signals from "white space" -- unused TV spectrum. The reps say that the radio, part of a new generation of proposed "unlicensed devices," will not only match the success of Wi-Fi, but surpass it. "Unlicensed devices operating in the TV band will offer longer transmission ranges using the same power, less risk of signal attenuation or harmful interference, and less power consumption at the same range than Wi-Fi," the six companies told the FCC. This "coalition," as they call themselves, consists of Dell, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, and Philips. They sent the FCC a statement in support of the fledgling technology on January 31st, then followed up on Monday, February 5th with the specs for a Microsoft built machine, to be tested by the agency's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET).
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