Wireless Innovation Forum 67th General Meeting
Hosted by Motorola
13-16 September 2010
Schaumburg, Illinois

Going to Market with TV Band Devices: Long Term Promises, Near Term Actions”
16 September 2010, Schaumburg, Illinois

 The Proceedings from the event are here.

In November, 2008 the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a landmark decision allowing the use of fxed and personal/portable devices in “unused” TV Band spectrum, referred to as “white space.” Numerous petitions for reconsideration were fled along with several database manager proposals and the FCC is expected to rule on them in the coming months. While awaiting the fnal rules and designations, frst devices are being built and trialed by multiple vendors and work continues on the development of standards supporting the use of TV Band Devices by multiple groups across the industry. This work has been bolstered by the National Broadband Plan recently announced by the FCC. This plan reinforces the use of Cognitive Radio and Dynamic Spectrum Access technologies by expand-
ing “opportunities for innovative spectrum access models by creating new avenues for opportunistic and unlicensed use of spectrum and increasing research into new spectrum technologies.”

The purpose of this workshop is to explore the critical technical, business and regulatory “go to market” issues for TV Band Devices, and to develop a collaborative action plan that addresses immediate needs while maximizing the pos-
sibilities for future innovation and success throughout the wireless value chain. The output of this workshop will defne short term actions to be taken by the Forum on behalf of its members and the community as a whole, and will drive the work plans for longer term projects within the Forum’s Cognitive Radio Work Group, Test and Measurements Group and the Regulatory Committee. These outputs will also help shape the Regulatory Workshop being held at SDR’10 in December.

The event agenda is here.