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Lower frequency means longer wavelength and longer wavelength penetrates structures better. Or is that over simplified? I’d think the goal of reclaiming some of the lower frequency spectrum is not to try and solve bandwidth issues but to augment consumer wifi with more connectivity options for devices and applications where connection reliability is more important than max throughput.



longer wavelength also means longer antenna, which doesn't fit most use case for inside usage.


Have you seen modern cell and wifi antennas? The wavelength of wifi is 11cm so you make a quarter wave antenna and print it right on to the board [1].

1. https://www.antenna-theory.com/antennas/patches/pifa.php


"below 300MHz" means a wavelength of at least a meter.




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