Unlicensed Band
n Personal Communications Services (PCS):
1.9 GHz band (1910 - 1930 MHz, 20 MHz bandwidth)
n part of overall PCS band (1850-1990 MHz)
n 1910-1920: unlicensed asynchronous or packet-switched
applications
n 1920-1930: unlicensed synchronous or circuit-switched
applications
n open band in Europe around 1.9 GHz for digital enhanced
cellular telephone (DECT)
n in US, this band currently occupied by other users with
microwave point-to-point links, who will clear the band in a
few years