The Wi-Fi “congestion crisis”: Regulatory criteria for assessing spectrum congestion claims

“Wi-Fi congestion is a very real and growing problem.” So said then-Chairman of the FCC Genachowski in a recent proceeding, and this sentiment is widely heard. However, we are aware of very few engineering studies that have a bearing on this matter, and their conclusions are equivocal. Beyond this, evidence for “congestion problems” in the 2.4GHz ISM band is anecdotal at best.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Vries, J. Pierre De ; Simić, Ljiljana ; Achtzehn, Andreas ; Petrova, Marina ; Mähönen, Petri
Published in:	Telecommunications Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0308-5961. - Vol. 38.2014, 8, p. 838-850
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Congestion \| Regulation \| Spectrum \| Utilization \| Wi-Fi \| Wireless

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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