|
I want to offer my personal
support for this BOF and encourage all members of the IETF community to read
the appropriate documents listed BEFORE attending the BOF. The BOF has
only 1 hour of time on Monday. IMHO this is perhaps the most
important BOF that will occur in Prague and its implications in expanding the availability
of IP access is breathtaking and global in scope. It’s a “good
thing” tm. What is being discussed is an
key protocol that could expand the use of both unlicensed and licensed spectrum
far beyond anything we have previously known. We are all the
beneficiaries of the extraordinary work that was done in the past to create
national regulatory rules, such as the US FCC Part 15 Rules, that opened up the
2.4 MHz band to unlicensed devices. That effort created the preconditions for WIFI.
The United States Federal
Communications Commission, to its eternal credit, has developed a formal policy
and rules that would allow unlicensed devices to use portions of the 700 MHz
bands for various purposes. The 700 band is now used in some jurisdictions for
broadcast digital television. Its propagation characteristics are outstanding. In order for this spectrum to be
utilized the FCC has required that devices that wish to use the “White
Spaces” in the digital television bands access a database first in order
to download a profile of what permissible channels can be used. The PAWS
BOF seeks to define the protocols for accessing these databases. This concept
is under active consideration in many other national jurisdictions including
Finland, United Kingdom and several countries in Asia. Many remote and rural areas on
the planet are ill served for IP communications. This technology could
expand IP access into areas that are economically impossible to reach via
traditional landline or wireless communications technology. In addition the US FCC has
speculated that if this White Space Database concept is successful it could be
expanded into virtually the entire available RF Spectrum. The IETF is uniquely qualified
to undertake this work. We have a long and successful record in developing protocols
for Registry/Registrar/Registrant applications. Obviously there will be a need
for close coordination with several IEEE 802 committees. I hope the BOF room is big
enough. From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx
[mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gabor.Bajko@xxxxxxxxx Folks, There will be a BOF on protocols to access white space
databases at IETF80, on Monday March 28th at 15:10. If you are interested and plan to come, please read the
following docs before the BOF: Problem statement: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-patil-paws-problem-stmt-01.txt Use case scenarios: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-probasco-paws-overview-usecases-00.txt The agenda of the BOF: 1. Overview and background of White space technology (15
Mins) -Gabor |
_______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf