Hello, Last week, I attended a conference hosted by CU Boulder Law School and Silicon Flatirons titled "Spectrum: Next Generation Interference Resolution and Enforcement" This was a public event which I believe is going to drive forward policy and standards related to the unlicensed 3.4GHz band; and possibly other bands.
The panel discussions were very informative; and included Senior Counsel representing Verizon, Google, CTIA (The Wireless Association) and folks at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) as well as Chief Counsel for Communications and Technology at the US. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Also, the NTIA was on the panel whom oversees FCC efforts. I spent some time between panel discussions talking with Charlie Cooper, who holds the title of Acting Field Director, Enforcement Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission. In any situation, I gathered from this discussion that any new spectrum released for unlicensed use may ultimately come with requirements. During the discussion, counsel from Verizon and T-Mobile also seemed to voice an interest in using these new unlicensed bands for paid telephone service. Of course, today's cellular towers generally broadcast at a power level often exceeding 40 watts. This is much higher of a power level than a typical unlicensed band device which generally broadcasts at 250mw up to 1 watt. Telephone and internet service delivered on unlicensed bands may cause interference with AllJoyn and AllSeen. In the audience were broadcasters such as DishNetwork, NIST, CableLabs, Google, ViaSat and many more. I'm attaching a link to the panel discussions. Folks in the audience were concerned about companies like Verizon and T-Mobile using Unlicensed Airwaves; including the 2.4GHz band for commercial use. All discussions were a part of a public event, and also highlighted a need for products that use unlicensed spectrum to contain interference. John Chapin, a Visiting Professor from Carnegie Mellon University highlighted a potential solution and way to effectively require home routers to register themselvesĀ I wonder if this type of functionality could be included in the AllSeen and AllJoyn Stack and as part of AllSeen's own certification process. Systems and certification processes are already in place for AllSeen and if thoughtfully considered, it would create an opportunity to potentially certify devices that use the AllJoyn Standard. Here's a link to the original Conference; the Summary and background (Warning- PDF)- http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/documents/conferences/2016-09-15%20Spectrum /Spectrum%20Conference%20Background%20and%20Summary.pdf A terse website version of the above link- http://siliconflatirons.org/events.php?id=1710 Finally, the conference itself was recorded and the videos are available for review on YouTube. This is a link to the YouTube playlist (All 4 videos)- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAvIPZGMUXPwaImQFaMTegfTRBQnFBrc <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSNUbmDwJdo> I am curious if AllSeen and AllJoyn can perhaps review (and/or thoughtfully consider extending) it's existing certification processes to align with these types of discussions prior to any new policy and standards being written. I look forward to sharing more at the next triage meeting. I'm sharing these links so all of us can review the discussions which occurred. Thanks, Jeff Anttila ________________________________________________ Jeff Anttila | Consultant & Sr. Business Analyst Desk & Fax: 408-400-3334 | Finland: +358-9-3158524
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