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Broadcast to Broadband: Unlicensed Access to Unused TV Channels?
March/April 2008 (vol. 12 no. 2)
pp. 71-75
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| Michael Calabrese, "Broadcast to Broadband: Unlicensed Access to Unused TV Channels?," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 71-75, March/April, 2008. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MIC.2008.29, author = {Michael Calabrese}, title = {Broadcast to Broadband: Unlicensed Access to Unused TV Channels?}, journal ={IEEE Internet Computing}, volume = {12}, number = {2}, issn = {1089-7801}, year = {2008}, pages = {71-75}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2008.29}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Internet Computing TI - Broadcast to Broadband: Unlicensed Access to Unused TV Channels? IS - 2 SN - 1089-7801 SP71 EP75 EPD - 71-75 A1 - Michael Calabrese, PY - 2008 KW - Public policy KW - spectrum KW - allocation KW - broadcast KW - broadband KW - FCC VL - 12 JA - IEEE Internet Computing ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2008.29
Although much public attention has focused on the US digital TV transition ? and the resulting reallocation of analog TV channels by auction to wireless carriers ? the US Federal Communications Commission will decide how to reallocate an even larger swath of prime TV band spectrum this year: the unused "white space" between occupied DTV channels. This reallocation of unused spectrum from broadcasting to broadband permits unlicensed access for both fixed and mobile applications. Although this policy is strongly supported by high-tech companies and consumer advocates, it's just as strongly opposed by broadcast licensees and other incumbent users of the TV band.
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Index Terms:
Public policy, spectrum, allocation, broadcast, broadband, FCC
Citation:
Michael Calabrese, "Broadcast to Broadband: Unlicensed Access to Unused TV Channels?," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 71-75, March-April 2008, doi:10.1109/MIC.2008.29
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