Search engine giant Google has again weighed in on the White Space debate and possible interference if unlicensed wireless devices can access the unoccupied spectrum between digital television broadcasters. A newly released white paper follows Google co-founder Larry Page’s exhortation to broadcasters and legislators earlier this month, in which Page insisted that the technology is available that will preclude any interference issues. The new paper, authored by Google engineer Phil Gossett, deals specifically with portable microphones and their susceptibility to interference. This issue is particularly critical to those staging live performances; and in recent weeks Broadway producers and representatives of the Gran Ole Opry have taken positions opposing any spectrum policy that could impact their extensive use of portable mikes. Essentially, Gossett contends that live performances should rely on newer technology portable microphones based on CDMA (code division multiple access) technology. He contends that adoption of newer rules and new microphone designs would create a situation in which the possibility of signal collisions would be “astronomically remote.” Read the entire white paper posted on the Googleblog.
Google Revisits “White Space” Controversy vis-à-vis Portable Microphones
