So here is the main information I have gleaned from a quite a few sites.
The IEEE announced that it has published the IEEE 802.22 standard.
It plans to provide broadband access to regional areas, bringing reliable and secure high-speed service to under-serviced areas. They are also using a new standard called the Wireless Regional Networks (WRANs), taking advantage of the transmission characteristics of the VHF and UHF TV bands to provide the broadband wireless access over a large area, up to 62 miles (100 km) from the transmitter.
Every WRAN will deliver up to 22 Mbps per channel without channel interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations by using the so called "white spaces" between the occupied TV channels.
To put it in a nutshell, 802.22 was designed to run on a totally new spectrum which was made available when analog TVs were outlawed some years back in the US. For those who prefer more solid scientific figures, the 802.22 spectrum will work in ranges from 54MHz to 698MHz, where such frequencies are the perfect vehicle for long distance transmissions.
IEEE 802.22 incorporates advanced cognitive radio capabilities including dynamic spectrum access, incumbent database access, accurate geolocation techniques, spectrum sensing, regulatory domain dependent policies, spectrum etiquette, and coexistence for optimal use of the available spectrum.
The IEEE 802.22 Working Group started its work following the Notice of Inquiry issued by the United States Federal Communications Commission on unlicensed operation in the TV broadcast bands.
Click Here for the link for the press release, in pdf format from the IEEE
For more information on the of 802.22, click here to go to Wikipedia's definition.
I found the "Approach to the PHY layer" an interesting read, and I will be doing more research on it.
Another note, a few sites where calling this "Super Wifi" and others where calling it "Free Nation Wide WiFi".
