Amazon Is Testing Its Own Wireless Network

[WiWavelength]

I guess the question is how much benefit you get from going from 3 to 4 non overlapping channels. Surely there would be SOME benefit to having an additional channel. Maybe it's not the money (how much would that additional channel help with congestion at the cost of billions of dollars). But it would make our unlicenced band more like other countries, and it has the advantage of being usable by existing devices with a simple software update. Perhaps a spectrum swap is in order?

 

To my knowledge, Japan is the only country that allows use of channel 14.  Even then, it is limited to 802.11b.  No 802.11g, nor 802.11n.  This is likely because Globalstar is licensed that spectrum for satellite usage worldwide.  So, no, one more non overlapping channel would not make our unlicensed ISM 2.4 GHz band more like that of other countries.

 

AJ

[mozamcrew]

To my knowledge, Japan is the only country that allows use of channel 14.  Even then, it is limited to 802.11b.  No 802.11g, nor 802.11n.  This is likely because Globalstar is licensed that spectrum for satellite usage worldwide.  So, no, one more non overlapping channel would not make our unlicensed ISM 2.4 GHz band more like that of other countries.

 

AJ

You're right! My bad.