Super Wi-Fi is a term coined by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to describe a wireless networking proposal which the FCC plans to use for the creation of longer-distance wireless internet connections.[1]
Instead of using the 2.4GHz radio frequency of regular Wi-Fi, the 'Super Wi-Fi' proposal uses the lower-frequency white spaces between television channel frequencies.[2] These lower frequencies allow the signal to travel further and penetrate walls better than the higher frequencies previously used.[2] The FCC's plan is to allow those white space frequencies to be used for free, as happens with regular Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.[2]
US Federal Communications Commission's approved the rules for "white spaces" on September 23, 2010.
In April 2011, Rice University, in partnership with the nonprofit organization Technology For All, installed the first residential deployment of Super Wi-Fi in east Houston. The network uses white spaces for backhaul and provides access to clients using 2.4GHz regular Wi-Fi.[3]
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