Informal Survey says 92% believe Spectrum Harvesting is viable: Results from an IEEE & InterDigital Webinar

<p>On June 18th, Angelo Cuffaro, Senior Director of InterDigital Labs, participated in an IEEE webinar panel along with industry experts from Texas Instruments, Shared Spectrum and Aviacomm.&nbsp; The panel presented their views on how they believe the industry should address the impending bandwidth crunch.</p>
<p>Panelists discussed key topics within the spectrum harvesting space, including coexistence of secondary devices within spectrums like TV WhiteSpace, steps needed to enable spectrum sharing on a wider scale, the benefits of spectrum sensing in spectrum sharing models, and the requirements for RFIC transceivers to meet FCC requirements for non-interference within the TVWS broadband.&nbsp; To hear the panelist&rsquo;s assessment of these topics, and to view the full webinar, visit the IEEE site <a class="offsite" href="http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&amp;eventid=801884&amp;sessionid=1&amp;key=CEE186300750694D07BAFB703B563B4D&amp;eventuserid=100442121">here</a>.</p>
<p>Other key takeaways from the webinar were the poll results from the audience of approximately 140 participants.&nbsp; When asked if spectrum harvesting was a viable model, 92% responded yes.&nbsp; Votes on the best way to address a potential broadband crunch were a little more split, with the most popular option (50%) being the ability to share underutilized spectrum like the TVWS model:</p>
<p>[caption id="attachment_4403" align="aligncenter" width="626"]<img class="size-full wp-image-4403 " title="Spectrum Harvesting Bandwidth Crunch Survey Results" src="http://www.interdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Blog-Graphic-2.png" alt="Spectrum Harvesting Bandwidth Crunch Survey Results" width="626" height="359" /> IEEE &amp; InterDigital Webinar: The Future of Spectrum Harvesting Technology, June 2014[/caption]</p>
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