New Technology Delivers Data Speeds 1,000 Times Faster Than 4G

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By Alexia Sparling, an insider at Lease Advisors

Technology developed by a San Francisco-based startup is being hailed as the miracle that could end the spectrum shortage crisis. Founded in the early 2000s by entrepreneur Steve Perlman, Artemis Networks has developed a technology known as pCell that can dramatically increase spectrum efficiency (SE). With faster speeds, stronger signal strength, and less energy consumed than the current LTE standard, pCell has the potential to revolutionize the wireless telecommunications industry. The deployment of pCell technology is dissimilar to the deployment of cellular tower networks; instead of servicing an area by establishing a small number of towers, a large number of pCells, the size of wireless routers, called “pWaves” provide improved service to a smaller target area. pCells combine incoming signals from the pWave base stations allowing the pCell wireless user to access unrivaled data speeds. pCell technology can increase the spectrum efficiency of LTE to greater than 50 bps/Hz while offering consistent coverage to an area compared to the spotty current spectrum efficiency of less than the 3 bps/Hz average for LTE. In other words, the pCell technology has the potential to make smartphone internet 1,000 times faster than 4G. If this technology is so revolutionary, why have we not seen the Artemis pCell moving into mainstream markets?

While the pCell could be highly beneficial for users, the FCC could perceive the technology as a threat; the improvement in spectrum efficiency has the potential to reduce the value of the spectrum the FCC is offering. Artemis has purported that the FCC establish minimum spectrum efficiency requirements for licensees in the 600 MHz spectrum. To further this request, Artemis issued a Petition for Reconsideration of the FCC’s incentive auction Report and Order, claiming “that the 600 MHz band will be utterly congested soon after it is deployed, and will remain congested for a ‘generation’. Given the unique propagation characteristics of 600 MHz, it is strongly contrary to public interest to make a technical ruling which will relegate 600 MHz to a generation of congestion when a practical technical alternative exists that will eliminate congestion and still remain LTE device compatible.”Artemis’s pCell technology is slated for commercial deployment in 2015. If this groundbreaking technology is integrated with existing LTE networks, increased spectrum efficiency would provide us with unparalleled data speeds.

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