Performance of unlicensed devices with a spectrum etiquette

Author

Satapathy, Durga P. ; Peha, Jon M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

Firstpage

414

Abstract

There are growing opportunities for the wireless industry to deploy products in the unlicensed spectrum, where no licensing is required and devices share the spectrum. The unlicensed spectrum (PCS band at 2 GHz, the National Information Infrastructure (NII) band at 5 GHz, and the millimeter wave band at 59-64 GHz) offers several benefits, but there are serious challenges to overcome before these benefits can be fully realized. Foremost among these is the risk of inefficient utilization, resulting from a lack of incentive to conserve the shared spectrum. This phenomenon is demonstrated in one scenario, and some techniques to deal with this problem are presented

Keywords

UHF devices; frequency allocation; microwave devices; microwave links; millimetre wave devices; personal communication networks; radio equipment; radiofrequency interference; 2 GHz; 5 GHz; 59 to 64 GHz; EHF; FCC; NII band; National Information Infrastructure band; PCS band; SHF; UHF; inefficient spectrum utilization; millimeter wave band; mutual interference; spectrum etiquette; spectrum sharing; unlicensed devices; unlicensed spectrum; wireless industry; Communication industry; Computer industry; Degradation; Delay; Electrical products industry; FCC; Interference; Licenses; Millimeter wave technology; Personal communication networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4198-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.632580

Filename

632580