The FCC spectrum policies developed by Michael Marcus helped pave the way for early generations of Wi-Fi as well as the Bluetooth and ZigBee protocols.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by Wikipedia, CommLawBlog, and IEEE MTT-S professional bio, all independent of the original obituary source. Consistent attribution of FCC's 1985 spread-spectrum ISM band rules to Marcus as foundational for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee.
Sources
- Gail H. Marcus ’68, SM ’68, ScD ’71, and Michael J. Marcus ’68, ScD ’72, Shape Policy in Washington (technologyreview.com)
- https://www.commlawblog.com/2014/06/articles/unlicensed-operations-and-emerging-technologies/fcc-rejects-an-unlicensed-spectrum-etiquette-again/ (commlawblog.com)
- https://mtt.org/profile/michael-marcus/ (mtt.org)