Technologies and approaches for meeting the demand for wireless data using licence exempt spectrum to 2022 Final Report Final Report to Ofcom, January 2013 Contributors Steve Methley, Pau Salsas(Europe Economics) Quotient Associates Limited Compass House, Vision Park, Chivers Way, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9AD, UK EMAIL
[email protected] WEB www.QuotientAssociates.com Europe Economics Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane London, WC2A 1QU Version 01 Status Approved Licence Exempt Study 2022 | Contributors Final Report : qa980 © Quotient Associates Ltd. 2013 Commercial in Confidence. No part of the contents of this document may be disclosed, used or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without the prior written consent of Quotient Associates Ltd. ii Contents 0 Executive Summary 6 1 Future wireless data applications 11 1.1 Introduction 11 1.1.1 Previous Ofcom licence exempt work 11 1.2 Licence exempt usage today - review 12 1.3 Future challenges in demand 14 1.4 Wireless broadband applications 14 1.4.1 Broadband data growth 14 1.4.2 Indoor wireless broadband 17 1.4.3 Outdoor wireless broadband 18 1.4.4 Rural broadband 19 1.4.5 Wireless backhaul 19 1.5 Sector specific applications 20 1.5.1 Smarts, Internet of Things, M2M 20 1.5.2 Intelligent mobility 26 1.5.3 Connected health 26 1.5.4 Entertainment 27 1.5.5 Wireless sensor networks 28 1.5.6 Further specific applications 28 1.6 Consolidated key application groups 28 2 Technologies 30 2.1 Introduction 30 2.2 Communications technologies 31 2.2.1 Wi-Fi and IEEE 802.11 31 2.2.2 Wireless video technologies 35 2.2.3 Bluetooth 36 2.2.4 ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 37 2.2.5 White space devices 38 2.2.6 Mesh networks 40 Licence Exempt Study 2022 | Contents Final Report : qa980 © Quotient Associates Ltd.