The FCC is continuing to throw unlicensed or licensed-light use under the bus.
Thus far, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski have given lip service to the understanding that unlicensed use has proven to be the densest widespread use of wireless spectrum. In the very real world application called Wi-Fi, microwave oven multi-use spectrum has nonetheless proven that by the clumsy act of limiting its range, the FCC has enabled 5X to 10X the effective spectral density/Hertz/unit area than wide area networks. That overly-simplistic result might be intelligently designed into networks going forward. However, throwing 3.5GHz into the ring is like putting the hot beach babe on an iceberg in the Alaskan straights... it is a formula for not so hot results.
Julius needs to put some skin in the game for the public use of spectrum in a collaborative way by design. Wi-Fi proved the point of the use of small cells beyond many expectatins. Its time we see the FCC and the industry take a stand enlightened by proven results and not fended off by oligarchical inefficencies and fear of competition.
yes,but you have to remember it is distributed amongst all the small, femto,pico and micro cells. I'd actually say that you are probably going to get more than a 10x improvement, perhaps even up to a 100x improvement (although you would expect the FCC to be conservative on their estimates)
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