In a major speech given yesterday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced the government’s contribution to 5G is to make significant amounts of radio spectrum available for new 5G technologies, a simple but highly impactful approach to fostering 5G innovation in the United States.

NYU WIRELESS has been convening industry leaders and academic researchers in 5G wireless research in Brooklyn for the last three years at the Brooklyn 5G Summit. “This is an exciting opportunity for a new world of mobile applications that have faster data rates than ever before,” said NYU WIRELESS’ founder, Ted Rappaport. “Wi-Fi on steroids will become possible, according to the proposed rulemaking, with massive bandwidths and connectivity in a gargantuan increase in unlicensed radio bands.” NYU WIRELESS has been the center for the university’s activities in next generation communications.

During the public comment period, NYU WIRELESS had requested that the FCC designate a technical playground in which researchers could experiment with novel new applications. Rappaport was heartened to see a generous allocation of bandwidth reserved for experimentation.

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