jegillis

I was thinking along the lines for example that you had a 10x10 chunk of spectrum and you allocated it so that 7x3 and then 3x7 with the 7 being the downlink.

Can LTE be allocated in say a 7x3 configuration? I say that because typically my speeds on evdo are about 50-100k down and 700-800k up. I wouldn't think that all that spectrum would need to be allocated for upload. Most people are used to having under 1mbps for uploads. Also it looks like LTE is up to 12 times more efficient that EVDO so that should help for the near term capacity problems.

I my thinking was that if all on the same tower you could go from 2.5, 1.9, to 800 as you moved from the tower. I was not aware the TD-LTE wasn't ready yet. I looked at the NV slideshow again and I was mistaken while the slides indicate all spectrum on the same tower at the end of the slideshow they say nothing was worked out with clear at the time.

Am I the only one wondering why 2.5Ghz is not being co-located on NV towers? I thought that when NV was first announced that was going to be part of the plan until light-squared came along? Seems like sprint could be saving money and getting additional spectrum by hosting 20mhz or so for clear and allow there LTE wholesale customers to use the network in exchange. Of course it would be a better idea I think to just buy the rest of clearwire while it is relatively cheap so that it can have full use of the spectrum. The wholesale only model is doomed to fail VZ and ATT are not going to buy capacity from clear they will just wait till the bankruptcy and buy the spectrum.

Thank you working on this site. As far as donations I prefer it much more than the site filled with advertisements and for those complaining about the additional content a small donation (even few dollar a month) is more than reasonable if you can't donate fine there is still boatloads of content on this site (more than any I have found) the sponsor content is really for the extreme geeks among us and if you cant afford a few dollar donation the information will be of little use to you anyway as surly you cannot afford the latest LTE enabled phone or unlimited data plan

Or a sticky thread in the sponsor forum?

Would be nice but needed to start that way, satellites are pretty expensive to be changing how it is allocated now.

WCS Spectrum is completely worthless "The uplink and downlink portions of the WCS spectrum band are separated by the DARS spectrum used for Sirius satellite radio. As a result, the WCS spectrum is subject to power limits and guard band requirements designed to protect these delicate satellite signals. Unfortunately, this renders the spectrum useless for mobility. Thus, outside of a few limited wireless broadband tests, the WCS spectrum remains as un-utilized today as it was when it was first licensed." http://wirelessspectrumreview.com/wireless-spectrum-bands/wcs/ ATT had been trying to sell theres as well but doesn't appear to have any commercial value.