Monday, January 18, 2016

Spectrum Sharing Now Takes Several Forms

Though many of the policy and regulatory issues must be sorted through, the principle of spectrum and resource sharing in the access network continues to gain ground. Sharing of licensed government spectrum with commercial operators is one expression of the trend.


Dynamic access to spectrum represents another trend. Mobile access to Wi-Fi is a third example. 

In the past, some serivce providers also have agreed to share their respective spectrum, much as they sometimes share tower or radio assets.

Other methods of combining fixed and mobile access also are developing.


Swisscom, for example, is testing the bonding LTE and DSL. In its present tests, Swisscom passes mobile data to the DSL router, which combines the mobile and fixed-line data streams to boost speed.
In pilot trials, speeds of 20 Mbps have been demonstrated, and bandwidth is expected to grow in additional tests.

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