Wi-Fi in TV White Spaces Getting Closer to Broad Deployment, Microsoft Says
Widespread use of the TV white spaces for accessing the internet is getting closer to reality, Microsoft said in a paper filed at the FCC. “The building blocks are falling into place for a globally scalable marketplace for devices capable…
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of dynamically accessing unused TV white space spectrum,” the paper said. “Numerous standards have been developed including the IEEE’s 802.11af standard for Wi-Fi in the television white space spectrum and the IEEE 802.22 standard for wide area networks. Each of these advances is creating opportunities for vendors to begin product development.” Microsoft cited early deployments around the world. Mediatek demo'd its first tri-band 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz and TV white spaces device based on the 802.11af Wi-Fi standard in a trial in Glasgow, Scotland, Microsoft said. “Several companies have announced plans to manufacture devices incorporating MediaTek’s first generation 802.11af chipset.” Paula Boyd, Microsoft director-government and regulatory affairs, discussed the paper with Matthew Hussey, associate chief of the FCC Office of Engineering & Technology, said a filing in docket 04-186.