The good news is that LTE-U still has the same power limitations as other unlicensed uses. Telecom companies won't be able to easily provision an LTE-U "tower" every 30 meters within our campus, limiting their ability to cause interference.
Instead, I see them mostly using this fill coverage gabs by selling wifi routers with an LTE-U service built-in for rural and other underserved areas. Additionally, I see them using this to try to push their backhaul costs onto other providers. A Verizon could get a Cox to help foot their transit bill by selling their special routers to customers at just below their cost. Consumers would buy these routers because they are cheaper, and suddenly Verizon gets some "free" spectrum in that area and can manage things so the call terminates at the Verizon location nearest the other end of the conversation. The biggest risk on our end is probably having students bringing routers with this ability into their residences, but we can deal with that the same way we've always done... well, almost, depending on how the whole Mariott thing turns out. Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology 402.363.5603 *[email protected] <[email protected]>* The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Thomas Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > Don’t forget the WiFi SLA discussion – another source of interference > outside of our control. > > > > Thomas Carter > > Network and Operations Manager > > Austin College > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Philippe Hanset > *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] LTE over Wi-Fi spectrum sets up > industry-wide fight over interference > > > > We can now combine three threads that we have had over the summer on this > list > > 5 GHz, Containment, and the LTE-U controversy (this thread just started) > > > > LTE-U and Jamming…will my Wi-Fi equipment provider enable LTE-U > “containment” and as a University/College how can I prevent LTE-U from > interfering > > with my 5GHz deployment. > > > > Oh boy… > > > > Philippe > > > > Philippe Hanset > > www.eduroam.us > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Hinson, Matthew P < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Source: > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/verizon-and-t-mobile-join-forces-in-fight-for-wi-fi-airwaves/#p3 > > > > It was only a matter of time. > > > > Thank you! > > Matthew Hinson > > Supervisor, Network Operations > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
