November 14, 2003

FCC opens more 5GHz spectrum space

from Infoworld bq. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has increased the radio spectrum available for unlicensed devices using wireless networking services, it announced Thursday. bq. The FCC made an additional 255MHz of spectrum available in the 5.470GHz to 5.725GHz radio frequency band, an increase of 80 percent, it said. and bq. The 802.11a standard defines 54Mbps wireless LAN equipment operating in the 5GHz band. The 802.11a standard transfers data at faster rates and with less interference -- but over shorter distances -- than the more commonly used 802.11b networks. Cool stuff! Posted by DaveH at November 14, 2003 3:01 PM