Is Transpositional Modulation a solution to wireless spectrum crunch?
The wireless — and for that matter wire line industries — have a problem: limited spectrum. We use more wireless data, day after day, year after year. However, the supply of spectrum remains limited. This is a real and growing problem for the last couple decades. So, could TM solve this problem?
Spectrum shortage has been a growing problem for the last several decades. We’ve been hearing more about it since we switched from analog to digital in the 1990s, then after the iPhone and Android hit the market in the 2000s.
Public wireless like AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon can benefit from TM
Fortunately, the human mind can develop new solutions to these kinds of ongoing and growing problems.
Over time, we have seen other solutions, some of which have been adopted and work to provide more capacity with what we have at hand. However, we need more, quickly and desperately.
You see, as time passes the demand for wireless data only continues to increase. So, we are continually searching for new solutions to this ever-growing problem of limited spectrum availability.
TM Technologies working with US Military on wireless spectrum solution
A solution currently being tested by the United States Military is called TM or Transpositional Modulation. In essence, this creates the ability to squeeze more data over existing channels.
TM Technologies is a small company working with the U.S. Military to develop and test this new technology as a solution to spectrum shortage.
During its development, it was thought that this new technological solution could be just as important and valuable to the private sector and non-military world of wireless carriers like AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile and Verizon.
This is potentially great news for the public wireless arena. It also raises all sorts of additional questions.
One, if this works for the military, and for the major wireless networks in the United States and around the world, it should also benefit smaller wireless networks like US Cellular, C Spire and the like. They too face the same wireless spectrum shortage.
Xfinity Mobile, Visible, Cricket and Private Wireless have same need
Two, MVNO wireless resellers like Xfinity Mobile, Spectrum Mobile, Optimum, Visible from Verizon, Cricket from AT&T, Mint from T-Mobile and the countless others. Are they potential customers or will they use what the major carriers use?
Three, what about private wireless operations being installed by companies and governments here in the USA and across the world? The wireless spectrum shortage should play an important role in this as well.
Are Qualcomm, Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE working on TM?
As you can see, the need is real, it’s enormous, and it’s widespread. It’s even global.
Is this something that large network builders like Qualcomm, Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE and others are quietly working on behind the scenes?
Will they introduce new solutions going forward? I hope so, because the need has been with us and growing for the last few decades.
Is TM a viable solution to wireless data spectrum shortage
So, can Transpositional Modulation live up to these expectations? Can it solve the growing problem?
TM is a radio frequency waveform technology that offers dramatic bandwidth increases and security functions for existing wireless and wireline networks.
It accomplishes this by enabling the simultaneous transmission of two or more distinct data streams on a single carrier signal with insignificant noise effects.
This sounds like one of the solutions the wireless and wireline industry needs right now.
Can Transpositional Modulation solve the spectrum shortage?
So, can TM ultimately become a real solution to the ongoing problem we have with limited wireless and wireline data spectrum, as data demands only continue to explode with rapid growth?
TM is still in its development stages. It must work with a variety of networks to continue to develop this solution.
Based on what I hear, I think this technology sounds like a good idea to be developed for the military, for governments of all sizes and for private networks.
I will follow this important space and discuss its progress from time to time. And that of involved companies and participants as we move forward.
