Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: Cambridge
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White Spaces: Celebrating the Cambridge Trial
Today, in Cambridge, UK, we celebrated the ten months of experiences and successes from the Cambridge white spaces trial, which was organized by a consortium of companies, including Microsoft. Sometimes called “Super Wi-Fi,” the white spaces can provide wireless coverage for rural areas that are often digitally disenfranchised, support machine-to-machine communication that can enable smart…
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White Spaces and Adaptive Communication
The demand for wireless communication continues to grow, placing unprecedented demands on spectrum management and allocation. Spectrum is like beach front property; we can’t make more and we must use it wisely. New, more adaptive management approaches are needed.