ARLA/CLUSTER: A "Internet das coisas" vai exigir cada vez mais espectro de banda, quiçá mesmo, os segmentos de amador

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

More radio spectrum for the Internet of Things

Ofcom has announced measures to help provide spectrum for the
‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), and to encourage investment and innovation
in this developing technology

The spectrum covered in the Ofcom consultation included 60 MHz which
has an Amateur Radio beacon for propagation research and 70.5-71.5 MHz
which in 2015 Ofcom agreed could be used by Radio Amateurs for digital
experimentation using a Special Research Permit. 4.30 of Ofcom's
statement says "Radio Amateurs will continue to be permitted temporary
access to the 70.5–71.5 MHz band".

The Ofcom announcement says:

The IoT is set to enable large numbers of previously-unconnected
devices to communicate and share data with one another, a process
known as ‘Machine-to-Machine’ communications (M2M).

Ofcom is allocating 10 MHz of VHF spectrum which will enable certain
IoT devices to connect wirelessly over long distances.

Access to spectrum in this range could open new opportunities and
bring benefits to consumers, especially those in remote and rural
parts of the UK. The frequencies being made available span the 55-68
MHz, 70.5-71.5 MHz and 80.5-81.5 MHz bands.

There are already more than 40 million devices connected via the IoT
in the UK alone. This is forecast to grow more than eight-fold by
2022, with hundreds of millions of devices carrying out more than a
billion daily data transactions.

Download the Ofcom statement on VHF radio spectrum for the Internet of Things
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/radio-spectrum-internet-of-things/statement/

Read the RSGB response to the VHF IoT consultation at
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/radio-spectrum-internet-of-things/?showResponses=true