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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 31 2018, @05:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the waiting-for-them-to-push-it-to-11...GHz dept.

El Reg:

A mostly-unused slice of radio spectrum set aside for connected cars in 1999 could soon be shared with Wi-Fi, with the Federal Communications Commission seeking comment on the future of the 5.9 GHz band.

On Monday, the FCC presented the results of tests conducted by Cisco, Qualcomm, KEA Tech, Broadcom, and CAV technologies to see how well Wi-Fi devices (in regulatory-speak "unlicensed national infrastructure", U-NII, devices) can share spectrum with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) systems for the Intelligent Transportation Service (ITS).

Since vendors have worked for years learning how to "play nice" with other spectrum – for example, in the "LTE unlicensed versus Wi-Fi" debate resolved last year – it should come as no surprise to learn that Wi-Fi kit can obey "detect and vacate" rules in the 5.9 GHz band.

The tweets must flow...


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 31 2018, @08:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 31 2018, @08:38PM (#756162)

    Sorry TRUMP TRAITORS!

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