<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all.. APC proposed that spectrum feature in the access theme of this year's IGF.<br>
[..]<br></blockquote><br>Spectrum is the lifeblood of radio communications, no matter how its 
sharing may be sophisticated. Here are some links to interesting trends 
in unconventional radiocom systems.<br>
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An ambitious research project, EARS, is being launched by NSF to free up
 500Mhz for broadband services. Industry is cranking out cognitive radio
 networks (filching idle bandwidth in existing channels).<br><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503480" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503480</a><br>

<a href="http://www.essays.se/essay/bf8e9a631a/" target="_blank">http://www.essays.se/essay/bf8e9a631a/</a><br><a href="http://www.commlawblog.com/2010/12/articles/broadcast/fcc-launches-remake-of-radio-spectrum-technology/" target="_blank">http://www.commlawblog.com/2010/12/articles/broadcast/fcc-launches-remake-of-radio-spectrum-technology/</a><br>


<br>White space, guard bands between analog TV channels, could/will be used for radio nets. Pros & cons are fighting.<br><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/files/WSDBackgrounder.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.newamerica.net/files/WSDBackgrounder.pdf</a><br>


<a href="http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/White_space" target="_blank">http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/White_space</a><br><a href="http://www.magdahavas.com/2010/09/24/white-spaces-super-wifi-and-potentially-dangerous/" target="_blank">http://www.magdahavas.com/2010/09/24/white-spaces-super-wifi-and-potentially-dangerous/</a><br>


<br>Low cost phone/internet<br><a href="http://www.villagetelco.org/2008/06/the-origin-of-the-mesh-potato/" target="_blank">http://www.villagetelco.org/2008/06/the-origin-of-the-mesh-potato/</a><br><a href="http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/mesh-potatoes-go-on-sale/" target="_blank">http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/mesh-potatoes-go-on-sale/</a><br>

Net deployed in Timor villages<br><a href="http://www.villagetelco.org/about/mesh-potato" target="_blank">http://www.villagetelco.org/about/mesh-potato</a>/<br>Project in South Africa<br><a href="http://ictupdate.cta.int/fr/Dossiers/Le-reseau-Mesh-Potato" target="_blank">http://ictupdate.cta.int/fr/Dossiers/Le-reseau-Mesh-Potato</a><br>

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