Putting Broadcasters in Duplex Gap Will Stunt Wi-Fi in Low-Band Spectrum, Public Interest Groups Say
New America’s Open Technology Institute and Common Cause discussed the "widespread concern in the unlicensed spectrum community about the incentive auction team’s recommendation to relocate broadcast stations in the Duplex Gap in certain key markets, including possibly Los Angeles,” they…
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said in reports on a series of meetings with FCC officials to make their closing arguments on why the agency shouldn't put TV stations in the duplex gap. The groups met with Gary Epstein, chairman of the FCC Incentive Auction Task Force, and Julius Knapp, chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, among other officials, said a filing in docket 12-268: “This could preempt mass markets for next generation Wi-Fi that leverages the unique propagation characteristics of spectrum below 1 GHz.” The public interest group representatives reiterated their concerns that leading chipmakers want access to a minimum of three unlicensed channels in every market to justify the investment needed to integrate the IEEE 802.11af standard for TV white spaces devices into Wi-Fi chips for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.