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LightSquared Bankrupt, But Spectrum Void Still Beckons | GPS World

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Sam Wormley

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May 15, 2012, 7:45:17 PM5/15/12
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http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/lightsquared-bankrupt-spectrum-void-still-beckons-12984

Vincent van der Laan

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May 16, 2012, 12:07:13 PM5/16/12
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On 16-05-12 01:45, "Sam Wormley" wrote:

> http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/lightsquared-bankrupt-spectrum-void-s
> till-beckons-12984

Good news that Lightsquared is bankrupt.

Now I wonder: why can't the US gevernment just legally protect GPS spectrum
(and while they're at it some adjacent spectrum as well just in case)?

Nicholas

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May 16, 2012, 2:31:44 PM5/16/12
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I think ITU...International Telecommunications Union, has the final
say so in "band" allocations. Otherwise, chaos would reign supreme.
We're talking Global here, not someone's backyard.

Lg

Vincent van der Laan

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May 16, 2012, 3:16:17 PM5/16/12
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On 16-05-12 20:31, "Nicholas" wrote:

> I think ITU...International Telecommunications Union, has the final
> say so in "band" allocations. Otherwise, chaos would reign supreme.
> We're talking Global here, not someone's backyard.
>
> Lg
In that case: I think it is in the worlds best interest to protect GPS
spectrum from more Lightsquared like companies. ITU should do that.

Alan Browne

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May 16, 2012, 4:17:52 PM5/16/12
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If the original intent of that spectrum had been followed (downlink from
geosats) there would never have been an issue at all.

The solution is obviously to hold the new spectrum owners to the
original intent of the spectrum.

--
"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."
-Samuel Clemens.


Alan Browne

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May 16, 2012, 4:26:47 PM5/16/12
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The ITU (A UN agency) is a membership organization that coordinates
amongst the membership to attempt to get everyone to agree on band
usage, but has no legal force in any country.

So most member countries agree on most usage for most of the spectrum,
but exceptions occur everywhere per the best interest of individual
countries.

Often, for example, grandfathered use of spectrum dictates usage in one
country v. compliance to international agreements in most others.

At higher frequencies, esp. where ground/sea level use is concerned it
doesn't matter much as they are line-of-sight and shorter range.
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