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Why not just make it all licensed? I imagine we could solve the coordinatin problem in some fair manner potentially even letting people get payed for not using
by CuriousSkeptic 11y ago
Why not just make it all licensed? I imagine we could solve the coordinatin problem in some fair manner potentially even letting people get payed for not using spectrum.
Establish some kind of protocol for negotiating where in devices acting on behalf of interested parties (you, your neighbors, the local telco) continuously negotiate for spectrum and power. The winner for a slot pay the other parties for their slot.
It's not like violators can hide, so it should be pretty easy to enforce compliance.
- jschwartzi 11y agoThis already exists. The modern unlicensed wireless protocols all play nice with each other using some form of carrier-sense. The problem is that LTE-U is going to use a TDMA scheme, and, according to the article, will not include any collision avoidance. This means that it may start transmitting at the same time your wifi is transmitting.
- CuriousSkeptic 11y agoMy point being that a little conflict with my wifi might be ok as long as it's a fair transaction. If I'm freeing the spot for sale and get payed. It would also replace bureaucracy with economics instead, which should be good for optimizing utilization. The main difference compared to carrier sense is that I'm suggesting a competition based negotiation, not cooperation based. Instead of waiting for a free spot, you buy the spot. If the unlicensed spectrum is a commons, the problem with uncooperative commoners like this LTE-U thing looks an instance of the tragedy of the commons. In a sense I'm suggesting a form privatization.