“It’s fourth and goal and the home team’s football quarterback can’t get through to his coach on the sideline; the cast of a Broadway musical goes silent mid-show; a television news crew has to scramble to dig up cables that let reporters broadcast live on location — all because you tried to use your fancy new wireless device to download streaming video from the Internet, and it knocked out nearby wireless microphones.”
Scientific American takes a peek into the issue of white space and wireless mics.
The FCC has been testing the ability of white space devices to detect wireless mics at a Broadway musical and NFL preseason football game.