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The Wi-Fi Alliance says it’s taken more steps toward compromise since backers of LTE-Unlicensed slammed a coexistence workshop that took place last week. But those moves haven’t brought about wireless peace just yet.
LTE-U is a system for running LTE networks in some of the unlicensed frequencies used by Wi-Fi. The workshop, the latest of several intended to make sure LTE-U doesn’t unfairly interfere with Wi-Fi, brought together participants that want to use the new cellular system as well as those devoted to Wi-Fi.
When it was done, the Alliance said a test for coexistence was on track for completion next month. However, LTE-U supporters, including Qualcomm, said the whole effort was technically unsound and biased against them.
Representatives of both sides are supposed to be working toward consensus on a test to make sure LTE-U and Wi-Fi products can get along. But some LTE-U backers objected to aspects of the proposed test plan after the workshop last week.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Monday August 15 2016, @04:58PM
Not sure adding more users flooding into wifi space is the answer. Its pretty heavily over used already, to the point that everybody suffers range and speed problems, Its actually worse in the US, where everybody buys a bigger more powerful 801.11n router and then jumps into the same over crowded single channel.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels [wikipedia.org]
Being a regulated public utility, cellular has the obligation to pick up populated areas without regard to profitability.
I'm betting there is more resistance from those same "local governments" to allowing cell towers than there is reluctance on the part of carriers to put one up.
Towers aren't put up by carriers these days. Its all done by tower companies, who rent mast space to each of the carriers. One tower can serve 4 cell companies often without any of them having to have their own license, AT&T has pretty much transitioned out of the tower ownership business, and other carriers are following.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.