Commerce Spectrum Committee Focused on Efficiency
The Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee is to discuss a report by its Spectrum Efficiency Subcommittee, among other reports, at its quarterly meeting Tuesday. The meeting will start at 8 a.m. MDT and will be webcast from Colorado. “Industry has…
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emphasized the need for access to low-, mid-, and high-band spectrum in order to be able to meet customer expectations.” And, the report asks, “How does spectrum efficiency play into the need for access to spectrum across a broad range of frequencies like this, and which bands are used to provide which services? How should these types of frequency requirements apply to government users?” The report suggests that obstacles to better efficiency include a loss of efficiency during spectrum re-farming, the tradeoff between cost and power and regulatory restrictions.