77.56 Mbps from a 6 Mhz Channel

[jxg0754]

The Technology is proposed to be used for Broadband
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-patented-method-for-broadband-delivery-using-tv-spectrum-addresses-growing-net-neutrality-debate-242564421.html

But with that technology the FCC could get it's 120 Mhz in the Spectrum Auction,
instead of channels going off the air every station could get a one time payment,
Have almost the exact same amount of channels that exist today with double the bandwidth,
plus double the amount of VHF channels,
each channel would be 3 Mhz or stations just share a 6 Mhz channel

 

[mike123abc]

It would be interesting to see how well it works in various weather conditions. Of course all the TVs would need new tuners...

 

[Trip]

It's not really 77.56 Mbps. It's 19.39 Mbps, in four different directions. Effectively, it's doing what cellular companies already do, but with TV. (Amazing what you can get a patent on.) You could theoretically operate four different sets of channels in each of four different directions, each being at 19.39 Mbps. But no one person would get 77.56 Mbps.

- Trip

 

[mike123abc]

It's not really 77.56 Mbps. It's 19.39 Mbps, in four different directions. Effectively, it's doing what cellular companies already do, but with TV. (Amazing what you can get a patent on.) You could theoretically operate four different sets of channels in each of four different directions, each being at 19.39 Mbps. But no one person would get 77.56 Mbps.

- Trip

OK, that makes sense, but it is a silly seeming idea given the way the US TV stations are spaced out.

 

[Stargazer]

Perhaps a manufacturer will make a cheap usb stick with the new tuner capable of picking this up. It would have HDMI output and powered through usb. It could be done cheaply this way, perhaps cheaper than it was with the digital converter boxes. This could solve a lot of broadband issues in remote areas as well.

 

[Trip]

Any ATSC tuner already can. It's a plain jane ATSC signal, just sectorized.

- Trip

 

[Jim5506]

Has anyone contemplated the effect of all this RF in the air on living organisms?

 

[mike123abc]

Has anyone contemplated the effect of all this RF in the air on living organisms?

Unless you live in the radio quite zone of West Virginia people have been bombarded with it since the 1920s.

 

[Jim5506]

Well that clinches it, it must be beneficial.