Paper Info
Title
On The Feasibility Of Unlicensed Communications In The Tv White Space: Field Measurements In The Uhf Band
Abstract
In practical unlicensed communications in TV band, radio devices have to identify, at first, the transmission opportunities, that is, the portion of the spectrum licensed for broadcasting services unoccupied in a certain region at certain time, that is, the so-called TV white space. In this paper the outcome of field measurements in the UHF TV band (470-860MHz) conducted in EU is presented. To obtain empirical values for the parameters upon which unlicensed radio devices are able to distinguish in a real scenario between empty and occupied TV channels, signal power measurements have been performed in Italy, Spain, and Romania on rural, suburban, and urban sites, at different heights over the ground by using different analysis bandwidths. The aim of this work is to provide a set of practical parameters upon which harmless unlicensed communication in the UHF TV white space is feasible. The results have been analyzed with respect to the hidden node margin problem, spectrum sensing bandwidth, and occupancy threshold.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1155/2015/319387
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING
Field
DocType
Volume
Broadcasting,White spaces,Telecommunications,Computer science,Communication channel,Bandwidth (signal processing),Hidden node problem,Ultra high frequency,Multi-band device
Journal
2015
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1687-7578
16
0.95
References 
Authors
21
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mauro Fadda110913.87
Vlad Popescu29713.82
M. Murroni326334.55
Pablo Angueira439047.52
Javier Morgade5546.84