FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicensed / Wi-Fi usage [pdf]

Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by wyldfire on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:21AM (#22756165)

How wide is/are the existing 2.4/5 GHz ISM band(s)?

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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by tradertef on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:06PM (#22760490)

5 GHz is not ISM, but UNII in USA. Similar.

2.4 GHz has 83 MHz spectrum 5 GHz has 580 MHz spectrum but part of it is shared with radars.

6 GHz is 1200 MHz, double of what we have today!!

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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by ChuckMcM on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:28AM (#22756197)

40Mhz and 20Mhz

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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by dboreham on Thursday April 02, 2020 @01:09AM (#22756387)

Wrong. 20MHz is the channel width (bonded together to make 40, 80 and 160MHz aggregate channels). There are three non-overlapping channels in the 2.4GHz band (so 60) and "many" in the existing 5GHz allocation. In some countries there's an extra usable channel in 2.4GHz. Once you bloat up to 160MHz (which is needed to achieve the highest marketing speeds) it is hard to find clear gaps in today's 5GHz because it isn't contiguous.

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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by herpderperator on Thursday April 02, 2020 @01:09AM (#22756383)

and 80 MHz and 160 MHz

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