03.17.09
CogNeA Updates
(link) CogNeA is pushing their standard into ECMA.
CogNeA contributed its specification to Ecma
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03.13.09
Quick Links 3/13/09 [Update]
ECWS Presentations from 802 Plenary
While I wasn
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03.06.09
Quick Links 3/6/9
Conferences and Contests
(link) The SDRF sends a reminder that abstracts are due March 20.
(link) The 3rd annual Smart Radio Challenge is now open.
(link) 12th Annual Conference on
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02.05.09
Other White Space News
Beyond the launching of the database group news below.
(link) White spaces may be coming to Europe.
But the UK is not the only market in Europe, and in less space-restrictive countries it could be practical to utilise white spaces, which explains the White Space Coalition launching a European campaign at the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations.
Dr. Alexandre Kholod, of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications, told PolicyTracker, after the meeting, that he didn
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White Spaces Database Group
(link) Yesterday, Google et al announced the formation of a group to standardize whitespace database information.
With a goal of bringing the benefits of white spaces to consumers as soon as possible, the Group intends to establish data formats and protocols that are open and non-proprietary and will advocate that database administration be open and non-exclusive.
[somewhat reordered paragraphs] Founding members of the White Spaces Database Group include Comsearch, Dell, Google Inc., HP, Microsoft Corporation, Motorola Inc., and NeuStar.
(link) The Google public policy blog added:
In the coming weeks and months, members of the group will be offering to the Commission their perspectives, and some specific recommendations, about the technical requirements we would like to see adopted for the database. Many of these specifications ultimately will be heavily technical; put simply, we
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01.28.09
DTV Transition Update [Updated]
Following up on the earlier news that Obama wanted to delay the DTV transition, there
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CogNEA Update
Pat Carson from TDK gave a short presentation on CogNEA today at the SDRF CRWG / Secondary Spectrum Test Group joint meeting and said the information was for public consumption, so here
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01.14.09
FCC Errata on White Space Rules
(pdf) (doc) On Friday (9th), the FCC issued a document noting the errors in FCC 08-260A (
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01.09.09
Potentially really bad white space news (and a little good) [Updatedx2]
(pdf) First the good news. Today, the FCC announced that they were starting a white space fellowship program to help
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12.16.08
UHF Cognitive Networks Alliance (CogNeA)
I was just emailed a press release announcing the formation of an industry group to define a protocol (PHY / MAC) for white space data networks.
They hope to have a draft standard for comment available in the first half of 2009.
Since I don
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NTIA Spectrum Sharing Testbed Draft Phase I Rules
The government side of white space spectrum got up and running yesterday with the NTIA issuing a request for comment on their phase I (equipment characterization) draft test plan.
The notice is here (pdf) and the draft test plan is here (pdf).
From what I understand the test-bed participants (Adapt4, Adaptrum, BAE, Motorola, SSC, VT) previously commented and this is more generally open. However, comments are
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802 study group (ECSG) on white space
This is last minute, but I just found out.
There
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11.19.08
Quick Links 11/19/08
(link) NAB to push Congress to overturn FCC white space ruling (I
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09.17.08
Quick Links 9/17/08
(link) iTNews (Aussie mag) interviewed Dr Bostian of VT about cognitive radio. Microsoft is also mentioned.
(link) SlashDot also notes the article, where as always, the comments are the most interesting part (particularly if you want a public perspective), e.g.,
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08.26.08
Quick Links 8/26/8 [Updated]
(link) Shared Spectrum, and Mark McHenry in particular,
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