Since the dawn of broadcast radio, the individual frequency bands used to transmit and receive signals have been carefully delineated to avoid interference with other users. This concept of allocating bandwidth is undergoing a global revolution, with spectrum policies being adapted to the development of “smart” radio technologies that are flexible and dynamic. Increasing demands for bandwidth by wireless networks, satellites and cell phones require that we make better use of existing spectrum capacity.

Shared Spectrum Company is the leading developer of dynamic spectrum sharing technologies. We have built high-performance, low-cost wideband transceivers that operate from 30 MHz to 3 GHz. This technology enables smart, frequency-agile radios to dynamically share the spectrum on a non-interference basis with existing users. By providing a vast amount of bandwidth along with cognitive sensing capabilities and policy-based network controls, this technology will revolutionize the use of the vast amounts of prime radio spectrum resources.

Shared Spectrum's technology enables users to quickly harvest prime spectrum in bands below 3 GHz, which significantly mitigates the non-line-of-site, propagation and foliage problems that hinder signals in higher frequency bands. As a result, such range increases allow for fewer base stations that will, for example, facilitate the provision of broadband internet access to rural areas that are economically difficult to serve with other technologies. In addition to savings of infrastructure costs, our spectrum sharing technology does not require the significant investment in exclusive spectrum licenses that are auctioned by the FCC, but provides incumbent licensees new potential revenue streams from spectrum leasing with minimal transaction costs, trusted security and no interference.

The benefit of Shared Spectrum technology solutions include:

• » More than doubling spectrum capacity and in some cases increasing it by 5 to 10 fold.
• » Facilitating immediate spectrum access and rapid deployment in minutes instead of months.
• » Increasing radio range by up to 5 times.
• » Using high-level descriptive software language and building blocks.
• » Relying on affordable but reliable security encryption, certification and accreditation.