[STDS-802-11-REG] Proposed TVWS text about requirement for market succes

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Hi All,

From knowledgeable TV band database participants, we know four months ago that 26.5 million people in the USA did not have the opportunity to use 3 TV channels with TVWS devices. For current US population of 315,324,135, 8% do not have access to three or more TVWS channels.

Proposed text for 802.11-13/156, replacing the second heading and following four paragraphs:

FOR A SUCCESSFUL TVWS MARKET, EVERY HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THREE OR MORE 40 mW TVWS CHANNELS WITH MORE THAN 99% CONFIDENCE

25 years of engineering analysis and deployment experience with 802.11 in the 2.4 GHz band confirms that a minimum of three 6 MHz channels is required for successful Wi-Fi deployments.

The 18 MHz of TVWS spectrum need not be contiguous or in the same location throughout the nation. In addition, the 18 MHz should come in minimum contiguous segments of 6 MHz.

Ensuring a minimum number of quality channels (power levels on par with current TVWS regulations) on a nationwide basis is much more important than having many channels in many areas and no channels in two million households.

IEEE 802.11 is developing the IEEE 802.11af amendment, a new wireless LAN standard designed to operate in TVWS 6 MHz channels following current FCC rules However, in order to guarantee success in the market we believe that a minimum amount of unlicensed use spectrum should be available, especially in the largest metropolitan areas.

petere

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[STDS-802-11-REG] Proposed TVWS text about requirement for market success