{"id":13610,"date":"2017-03-09T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=13610"},"modified":"2017-03-09T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:27:24","slug":"ofcom-confirm-plan-boost-uk-wifi-network-speeds-via-5ghz-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/ofcom-confirm-plan-boost-uk-wifi-network-speeds-via-5ghz-band.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Confirm Plan to Boost UK WiFi Network Speeds via the 5GHz Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms regulator has today decided to push forward with its plan to boost the speed of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> (WLAN) networks, like the one being distributed by your home broadband router, by making an additional 125MHz of radio spectrum available to it in the 5GHz band (5725 &#8211; 5850MHz).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At present most indoor home or office based <strong>Wireless Local Area Network<\/strong> (WLAN\/RLAN) devices, such as broadband Routers, Computers or Smartphones, make use of both the <strong>2.4GHz<\/strong> and or <strong>5GHz<\/strong> (GigaHertz) bands. The lower frequency 2.4GHz spectrum is the one most commonly used because it penetrates further through walls (better coverage), while 5GHz can delivery faster speeds but suffers from weaker coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these bands is then split up into separate &#8220;<em>Channels<\/em>&#8220;. For example, there are 14 channels sharing around 100MHz of radio spectrum in the 2.4GHz range and each is about 20MHz wide (these are spaced just a few MHz apart to limit interference). The 5GHz band is similar, although the number of channels available and how much spectrum they use (10MHz to 160MHz) varies from country to country.<\/p>\n<p>Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> proposed to adopt the USA&#8217;s approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> by opening up a further 125MHz of <strong>5.8GHz<\/strong> spectrum (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/05\/ofcom-speed-uk-wireless-wifi-networks-5ghz-spectrum.html\">here<\/a>), which would increase the number of 80MHz channels available from 4 to 6 and deliver faster network speeds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Ofcoms Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harmful interference or congestion could negate the benefits of any reductions in the regulatory burden gained from exemption. We have addressed this risk by considering each other service in turn and by designing technical parameters that mitigate risks of harmful interference.<\/p>\n<p>By making the regulations, additional capacity in Wi-Fi will be readily available to consumers and citizens across the UK. The benefits will include higher connection and fewer delays, because added bandwidth in Wi-Fi reduces the need for users to share channels. Channel sharing in Wi-Fi occurs by different users taking turns to use the available channels, which can introduce delays and slow down services.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses across the UK use Wi-Fi and will also benefit from licence exemption in the 5.8 GHz band, being able to use the additional bandwidth without the administrative cost and effort required to apply for a licence. Additional bandwidth may also reduce costs for some businesses, as it makes it possible to improve their Wi-Fi coverage without requiring additional equipment (or a greater density of access points) to achieve this goal.<\/p>\n<p>Because Wi-Fi is so widely used (currently 86% of UK households are connected to broadband; of these almost all use Wi-Fi), we believe that the aggregate benefit of the proposed regulations is likely to be considerable<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The regulator notes that around half of respondents to last year&#8217;s consultation agreed with their proposal to prioritise making the 5.8GHz band available for Wi-Fi as soon as possible, while the other half disagreed. In particular the potentially negative impact of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> changes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a> reception, <strong>Broadband Fixed Wireless Access<\/strong> (FWA) ISPs and various other services in the 5GHz band was raised a number of times.<\/p>\n<p>However <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> noted that 5.8GHz &#8220;<em>has the potential to become harmonised worldwide<\/em>&#8221; for Wi-Fi and is already used for WiFi in many major administrations including the US, China, Canada, and Australia. The regulator has also proposed various rules and restrictions in order to help keep tabs on any issues with coexistence, although they have ultimately decided that the benefits are far greater than the risks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has today launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-1\/5-GHz-Wi-Fi\" target=\"_blank\">final consultation<\/a> with UK stakeholders on their proposed changes. The making of the new regulations will also be contingent on any comments the European Commission may have on the technical parameters they propose to apply to the use of the band. The closing date for responses is <strong>11th April 2017<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms regulator has today decided to push forward with its plan to boost the speed of WiFi (WLAN) networks, like the one being distributed by your home broadband router, by making an additional 125MHz of radio spectrum available to it in the 5GHz band (5725 &#8211; 5850MHz).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,476],"class_list":["post-13610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-wifi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ofcom Confirm Plan to Boost UK WiFi Network Speeds via the 5GHz Band - 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