Jim,
Wouldn't you know? In some ways, the "loud and clear" approach runs counter to some proposed software radio principles which look to mitigate interference by making transmit levels as low in power as possible, while still allowing communications to take place under normal conditions.
Here, the reasoning is that if everyone just uses as much power as they need (regulated by software, in this case), they will not be spilling into other people's air space at distances outside their normal range, thus reducing overall interference and keeping total rf energy in a given band at a minimum.
Unfortunately, these measures do little to reduce the effects of microwave ovens and radar. Not to mention those bad citizens, who, you just know, will not want to play by the rules, and who will drown out all of those who do abide by the rules.
[By the way, what are the concerns, if any, of wireless LAN base stations operating in the proximity of people wearing pacemakers? Just thought I'd ask.. ]
The potential for interference occurring on unlicensed and unprotected rf paths seems uncannily akin to the vague conditions affecting the prospects of free-space infrared systems.
Hmm... perhaps this just reinforces the need for multi-homing when using wireless LANs/MANs of these nuovo variety, encouraging the use of a variety of media on a best-case-selection, or even a load-sharing, basis. Each could account for approximately 60% of overall capacity needs, statistically more than enough under normal conditions, and only moderately tight when one or the other goes down of a moment of two, or during moments of inclemency, etc.
We discussed something similar to this arrangement on the LMT thread a couple of days ago, although rather indirectly. I pointed to the Cypress building backbone and multiple media aggregation model as an example:
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