Michael Marcus is former associate chief for technology at the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology. Marcus retired after almost 25 years in senior policy positions dealing with spectrum issues.
Paul Kolodzy is former chair of the FCC’s Spectrum Policy Task Force and former director of the Center for Wireless Network Security at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is now a communications consultant.
Andrew Lippman was the founding associate director of the MIT Media Lab from 1983 to 2001. He currently co-directs the Institute-wide Communications Futures Program. He also directs the Viral Radio Program, which is exploring ways to use mesh architectures to develop energy- and spectrum-efficient scalable radio communications systems.
Their brief presented a series of arguments on why U.S. broadcasters' fears are unfounded or are readily avoidable using current wireless technologies. The brief also seeks to refute arguments against the use of the listen-before-talk protocol.
It also seeks to promote the use of geolocation and the automated checking of frequency assignments against a database that would be used both to identify and avoid channels is use in a particular area.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
