Spectrum allocation for fixed wireless access technologies in the Americas

Author

Salgado, Hector

Author_Institution

Nortel CALA Wireless Syst., Sunrise, FL, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

282

Abstract

To sustain a competitive access environment it is desirable to optimize the number of operators in a given market, but this requires allocation of multiple frequency bands and harmonization of their use. The authors discuss fixed wireless access technologies and the fundamental challenges that they face in terms of economics and available capacity, in particular for bandwidth hungry applications beyond basic POTS. Capacity constraints are relieved by migration to higher frequency ranges and the application of broadband wireless systems such as LMDS/LMCS

Keywords

broadband networks; frequency allocation; radio links; subscriber loops; America; LMCS; LMDS; available capacity; bandwidth hungry applications; broadband wireless; capacity constraints; competitive access environment; economics; fixed wireless access technologies; frequency bands; frequency ranges; radio fixed access; spectrum allocation; wireless local loop; Appropriate technology; Copper; Costs; Crosstalk; Economies of scale; Environmental economics; Modems; Regulators; Telephony; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686580

Filename

686580