If the DoD Can Do It, Certainly the NAB Can!

There is an old saying — “If what you needed is massive amounts of destruction and mayhem then Uncle Sam’s your man. Anything else call the private sector.” Well it looks like there is an exception to this one and the National Association of Broadcasters is it. –

The military’s spectrum is allocated to different purposes in advance, such as satellite signals or video feedback from unmanned aerial vehicles. If particular spectrum is not in use at a particular point, it is wasted. “What our next-generation communications program is looking at is developing the technologies that could dynamically redistribute the allocated spectrum, where the radios and equipment would listen to see if the spectrum is being used and if not, use it,” said Jan Walker, a DARPA spokeswoman.

McHenry said he is happy that Shared Spectrum stuck with government contracting. He is not part of the debate over taking advantage of white spaces for other commercial uses, a dispute that flared last week when Google launched a campaign to urge the public to support an FCC proposal that would authorize the use of unlicensed airwaves between television signals to create a nationwide wireless network.

I will grant that the DoD can apply military discipline to spectrum allocation in its various theaters of operation. Sure they have to since they are using a broad series of bands for different purposes. But in the case of the ‘white spaces’ battle that is going on the bits of spectrum are fixed so allocation can be predetermined. If eveybody plays by the rules there is no conflict.

NAB its time to get off the dime. You’re looking like fools.

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HT: saschameinrath.com