Tuesday, 12 January 2016
At an event in Washington DC today called “The Road to Gigabit Wi-Fi,” FCC commissioners spoke about the need to share the 5.9GHz WiFi spectrum with smart cars to allow future expansion. In 1999, the FCC allocated 75MHz of the 5.9GHz spectrum for a system called DSRC (Dedicated Short-range Communication), which was to be used by ‘intelligent transportation solutions’ in the future, such as intersection collision avoidance. Fast-forward 17 years, and while some DSRC systems have been implemented in countries like Singapore, the standard has seen little adoption. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi spectrum at both 2.4GHz and 5GHz has become rapidly crowded, and…
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