If your 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi connection keeps dropping out in certain
parts of your house just at the most critical times when surfing the
web. You will be pleased to know that a new Wi-Fi standard 802.22 is
currently under development, providing a 62 mile range. Which should be
plenty even for the largest of estates.
The 802.22 standard uses the new broadcast spectrum that became
available when analog TV’s came to an end. The new 802.22 operates in
ranges from 54MHz to 698MHz which are perfect for long distance
transmissions.
The new longer distance transmissions
now mean that speeds of up to 22mbps can be sent over 62 miles, from
just a single base station.
Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) takes advantage of the
favorable transmission characteristics of the VHF and UHF TV bands to
provide broadband wireless access over a large area up to 100 km from
the transmitter. Each WRAN will deliver up to 22 Mbps per channel
without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations,
using the so-called white spaces between the occupied TV channels.
Source: Ars Technica | 