04-08-2011, 03:01 PM
Television Whitespace Messaging: The frequencies used in television whitespace are now available use and have very large ranges compared to the frequencies found in wifi. This may open up the opportunity for cooperative phone to phone messaging at relatively low power. Messages are short and can take advantage of even the smallest whitespace timeslot to be sent out. The large range means that it may be possible for you to message a recipient in 1 or 2 hops which removes your message from the backbone taking load off of the network. This could also be used for messaging between multiple devices under a single users control to transmit data or instructions.