Google has launched Android. It is Google’s cell phone or GPhone created to be an open development platform. As we still wait to see what will become of the unused spectrum, the Android software that is based on Linux, aims to allow anyone to design applications and services for it. The following is an image of an early Android device.
Microsoft’s Prototype A
The White Space Coalition has submitted prototypes that claim it can pick up digital TV signals, wireless microphones, etc. that are using the 54 MHz to 698 MHz spectrum. This device is supposed to be able to pick up wireless microphone signals. The following is a picture of Prototype A, a white space device that was submitted by Microsoft for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testing.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070814-microsoft-fcc-used-broken-white-spaces-device-for-test-neglected-backup-unit.html?rel
SSC Smart Radio Technology
Shared Spectrum Company (SSC) is the lead maker of radio technology that looks for the best frequency and bandwidth to use everywhere and at all times. This technology adapts to a spectral environment and changes its reception/transmission thereby eliminating harmful interference.
XG Program
Believe it or not U.S. Forces experience spectrum access issues in every country that they are in. The Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) has come up with ways to use the unused bandwidth in its Next Generation (XG) program for military radios. The goal of the XG program is to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) equipment that will be able to pick up spectrum and evaluate it to see if it’s in use to minimize interference while ensuring U.S. operation systems.
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