Spectrum The FCC is taking action to make additional spectrum available for 5G services. High-band: The FCC has made auctioning high-band spectrum a priority. The FCC concluded its first 5G spectrum auction this year in the 28 GHzband, and its auction of 24 GHzspectrum is taking place right now. Later this year, the FCC will auction the upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHzbands. With these auctions, the FCC will release almost 5 gigahertz of 5G spectrum into the market—more than all other flexible use bands combined. Mid-band: Mid-band spectrum has become a target for 5G buildout given its balanced coverage and capacity characteristics. With our work on the 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, and 3.7-4.2 GHzbands, we could make more than 600 megahertz available for 5G deployments. Low-band: The FCC is acting to improve use of low-band spectrum (useful for wider coverage) for 5G services, with targeted changes to the 600 MHz, 800 MHz, and 900 MHzbands. Unlicensed: Recognizing that unlicensed spectrum will be important for 5G, the agency is creating new opportunities for the next generation of Wi-Fi in the 6 GHzand above 95 GHzband. ref: https://www.fcc.gov/5G Decision today. Does anyone know what was reallocated? Is it this? According to the current plan, existing use of the C-band — the name for a chunk of spectrum covering 3.7-4.2 GHz — would be redistributed. Satellite providers will hang onto the upper frequencies, and the lowest 280MHz will be placed up for auction where it may eventually be used for 5G (market willing). ref: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...-to-free-up-old-satellite-tv-spectrum-for-5g/ There is much discussion we are incentivizing 5G development here. It seems it is happening.
Here's a better article. https://www.lightreading.com/mobile...$97b-pitch-for-c-band-spectrum/d/d-id/757343?
Elon Musk, 5G from Space https://www.technocracy.news/5g-from-space-20000-satellites-to-blanket-the-earth/
We need to put ham radio on the moon and in outer space. On Mars for instance, it takes 18 minutes to send out a radio signal. The internet is much higher bandwidth which most hams will never operate in. Carry on.....
You think? End the discussion right now because it is a waste of time. That decision was made more than 20 years ago. That is why 600 and 700 MHZ UHF commercial TV broadcast bands were taken away and reallocated to the highest bidder. Verizon and ATT won the lions share as they will again. Personally I do not have a problem with it. Commercial TV broadcasters did not use their allocation, and technology really replaced OTA broadcast. Same can be said for all the other bands. Just keep in mind the range of 5G is going to vary wildly from a few miles at the lower bands below 1 Ghz to just 100's of feet once you go above 5 Ghz. Also bear in mind 5G bands are not created equal. Example a 5 Ghz carrier is going to dance circles around anything below 1 Ghz with respect to bandwidth. Below 1 Ghz carrier are restricted to narrower bandwidths of 1, 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 Mhz chunks where as 5 Ghz is 60 Mhz and when you go to higher frequencies will be greater than 100 Mhz bandwidth. The really high frequency super fast 5G will be in biz offices and stores. Example Wallmart has a contract with Verizon, and Cowboy Stadium is ATT. RF Spectrum is a commodity and there is no going back. Allocation goes to the highest bidder like any commodity market. You wanna make bacon? You gotta buy pork bellies from the Chicago mafia market.
And they've just done the recent Repack for Digital television, by paying television station owners Millions if not billions of dollars to relocate, combine, and sell unused Spectrum, to be allocated to 5G$$$$$
Not all spectrum is valued equally. The 37, 39 and 47 GHz auction just ended last month and collected $7.5 billion. But that was for 3400 MHz of spectrum. Compare that with $41.3 billion for 65 MHz of spectrum in the AWS-3 auction. A 288 to 1 ratio.
