Google purposes WiFi “on steroids”

Google on Monday announced that they have a plan for consumers from New York to North Dakota to access a high speed wireless network on their mobile devices. This network will be broadcasting at speeds up to gigabits-per-second which is an amazing rate for all data traffic not just wifi.

The network will run in the “White Space” on the frequency that is currently occupied by free over the air analog broadcast. This frequency will be abandoned by broadcasters February 2009. This move is required by the FCC as part of the congressionally mandated shift to all-digital television.

Google also explained how they plan to combat interference:

In hopes of nudging that process in its favor, Google’s new filing describes a multipronged approach aimed at avoiding interference. Building upon suggestions made in a filing by Motorola last fall, it said any new unlicensed TV white-spaces devices would be blocked from transmitting signals unless they had received a sort of “permission to transmit” message. Wireless microphones could also be outfitted with “inexpensive” beacons that would send out a signal to white-spaces devices that says ” don’t come here,” by Whitt’s description.

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