7Gbps transmissions up to a mile will boost wireless Internet coverage
Posted on August 9, 2013
FCC rule change lets industry send higher-power signals on 60 GHz band.
by Jon Brodkin - Aug 9 2013, 1:55pm EST
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has changed its rules to allow higher-power outdoor operations on the 57-64 GHz band, enabling wireless transmissions "over distances up to a mile at data rates of 7Gbps," the agency said.
This is the same swath of spectrum used by Wireless Gigabit technology, which allows fast streaming between devices in living rooms and offices. Transmissions at this frequency are easily blocked by walls and objects. However, the FCC said the transmissions will still be useful outdoors in line-of-sight applications. Unlike a home network, the 7Gbps of bandwidth would be shared among many users.
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