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Format: 1 online resource (234 pages) : , illustrations.

ISBN: 0-08-100615-2 , 0-08-100611-X

Series Statement: Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials

Note: Front Cover -- TV White Space Communications and Networks -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- About the Editors -- 1 TV White Space Developments in the UK -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What Are TV White Spaces? -- 1.3 What Does Available Mean? -- 1.4 Why TV Band Spectrum Is Valued -- 1.5 Origins of TVWS -- 1.5.1 A Short History of Terrestrial TV in the United Kingdom -- 1.6 The UK Road to TV White Spaces Regulation -- 1.6.1 A Brief Overview of UK Spectrum Regulation -- 1.6.2 Ofcom's Central Role in UK Spectrum Management -- 1.6.3 Traditional Spectrum Management Uses Dedicated Allocations and Licensing -- 1.6.4 Licence Exemption - Assumed Access Permission -- 1.6.5 International Harmonisation of Spectrum Management -- 1.6.6 UK TV White Spaces - The Enabling Regulations -- 1.6.7 Basis of Protection for the Licensed Services -- 1.6.8 Licence Exemption - The Default Access Model for TV White Spaces -- 1.6.9 Determining Which Channels Would Be Available -- Spectrum Sensing -- Beacons -- Geolocation Database -- Ofcom Chose the Geolocation Database Approach -- Determining the Transmitted Power Limits for White Space Devices -- Geolocation Databases -- Manually Con gurable Device Licences - An Interim Measure -- Regulatory Requirements on Licence-Exempt Devices -- The United Kingdom's Regulatory Journey Began in 2005/2006 -- 1.7 UK Industry Interest in TVWS Grew in Parallel With Regulatory Discussions -- 1.7.1 Rural Broadband De cit Was a Driver of Interest in TVWS -- 1.7.2 Spectrum Scarcity Was Another Driver -- 1.8 Proving the Value and Workability of TV White Spaces -- 1.9 TV White Spaces Trial on the Isle of Bute, Scotland (2011 Onwards) -- 1.10 The Cambridge White Spaces Trial (2011 to 2012) -- 1.10.1 Improving Broadband in a Rural Location -- 1.10.2 Machine-to-Machine Communication -- 1.10.3 Local Content Distribution. , 1.10.4 Location-Based Services -- 1.10.5 Input to Regulatory Working Groups -- 1.11 Ofcom's TV White Spaces Pilot (2013-2014) -- 1.12 Foundation of the Centre for White Space Communications -- 1.13 Applying White Spaces: Meeting Challenge of Scottish Rural Coverage -- 1.14 A Hybrid Access Technology Model Is Needed -- 1.14.1 Point-to-Multipoint Architectures Can Lower Deployment Costs -- References -- Part I Technologies for TV White Space Networks -- 2 TV White Space Spectrum Sharing Using Geolocation Databases -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Role of a Geolocation Database -- 2.3 What Is Needed From Organisations Who Are Sharing -- 2.4 When a Geolocation Database Can Help -- 2.5 Interfaces of a Geolocation Database -- 2.6 Current Solutions -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Policy, Regulation and Standardisation Issues -- 3 Indoor-Outdoor TV White and Gray Space Availability: A U.S. Case Study -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 A Historical Review on TV White Space Ruling in the United States -- 3.1.2 TV White Space and Grey Space -- 3.2 Interference Protection in TV Bands -- 3.2.1 Outdoor White Space -- 3.2.2 Outdoor Grey Space -- 3.3 From Outdoor to Indoor WS and GS, and the Impact of Built Environment -- 3.3.1 Indoor White Space -- 3.3.2 Indoor Grey Space -- 3.4 A Case Study in San Francisco -- 3.4.1 Set-Up -- 3.4.2 Methodology -- 3.4.3 Path Loss Models -- 3.4.3.1 Longley-Rice Irregular Terrain Model -- 3.4.3.2 Okumura-Hata Model -- 3.4.3.3 Indoor Path Loss Model -- 3.4.4 Indoor Versus Outdoor White Space -- 3.4.4.1 Minimum Separation Distance -- 3.4.4.2 Indoor White Space Availability -- 3.4.5 Indoor Versus Outdoor Grey Space -- 3.4.5.1 Conditions for Rooftop TV Antenna Protection -- 3.4.5.2 Minimum Separation Distance -- 3.4.5.3 Indoor Grey Space Availability -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Appendix 3.A FCC Operation Rules -- References. , 4 TV White Space Developments in the European Union -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Status of UHF Band in Europe -- 4.3 Standardisation Framework in Europe -- 4.4 Developments With Geolocation Databases -- 4.5 Extension of the TVWS Concept to Other Bands -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- 5 TV White Space Technology for Affordable Internet Connectivity -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Barriers in Connecting Rural India -- 5.3 TV White Space: A Potential Solution -- 5.3.1 TV White Space Availability and Usage in India -- 5.3.2 TV White Space Standards -- 5.4 A Wireless Broadband Network for Rural India -- 5.4.1 Technology Requirements in Rural Areas -- 5.4.2 Rural Broadband Network Architecture -- 5.4.3 TV White Space Testbed in India -- 5.5 Regulatory Regimes to Access TV White Space -- 5.6 Economic Model -- 5.7 Conclusion -- References -- 6 TV White Space Spectrum Administration -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Energy-Aware Resources Management Through an Optimum Data Exchange Scheme -- 6.2.1 Broker-Based Energy-Ef cient CR Networking Architecture -- 6.2.2 Algorithms for Ef cient Exploitation of TVWS -- 6.2.3 Secondary Terminal Resource Exchange, Using Delay-Constrained and Terminal-Aware Energy Model -- 6.3 Performance Evaluation Analysis, Experimental Results and Discussion -- 6.3.1 Experimental Test-Bed Description and Technical Speci cations -- 6.3.2 Simulation Results and Discussion -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Part III Commercialisation and Applications of White Space Networks -- 7 TV White Space Network Trials -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Technical Work in the CEPT/ECC SE43 Group -- 7.2 WISE - White Space Test Environment for Broadcast Frequencies -- 7.2.1 Geolocation and PMSE Databases -- 7.2.2 Radio Environment Mapping Algorithms for the Geolocation Database -- 7.2.3 Device Emission Class Measurements. , 7.3 Measurements Contributed to CEPT/ECC SE43 -- 7.3.1 Protection Ratio Measurements in Reference Geometries De ned in ECC Report 159 -- 7.3.1.1 Field Measurements in Outdoor Reference Geometry -- 7.3.1.2 Field Measurements in Indoor Reference Geometry -- 7.3.2 PMSE Wireless Microphone Measurements -- 7.4 Application Pilot Trials -- 7.4.1 Video Surveillance Trial -- 7.4.1.1 TVWS Video Surveillance System Set-Up -- 7.4.1.2 Long-Term Measurements for the TVWS Video Surveillance System -- 7.4.2 Public Transport Application Pilot Trial -- 7.4.2.1 Ticket Sales Trial -- 7.4.2.2 Transit Information Screen Trial -- 7.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 Techno-Economic Evaluation for TV White Spaces -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Method for Techno-Economic Evaluation -- 8.2.1 Scenario Description -- 8.2.1.1 Geographical Area and Population -- 8.2.1.2 System Overview -- 8.3 Network Infrastructure -- 8.3.1 Radio Link Budget -- 8.3.2 Coverage and Capacity Analysis -- 8.3.3 Required Number of BSs -- 8.3.4 Core and Transport Network Dimensioning -- 8.4 Deployment Costs -- 8.5 Results and Discussion -- 8.5.1 NPV, CAPEX and OPEX for Deployment Scenarios 1 and 2 -- 8.5.2 Sensitivity Analysis for Deployment Scenarios 1 and 2 -- 8.5.3 NPV, CAPEX and OPEX for Deployment Scenario 3 -- 8.5.4 Sensitivity Analysis for Deployment Scenario 3 -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Applications of TV White Space Networks and Cognitive Radio Techniques to Satellite Communications -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cognitive Radio Techniques in Satellite Communications -- 9.2.1 Spectrum Sharing Scenarios -- 9.2.2 Cognitive Radio Techniques -- 9.2.2.1 Spectrum Sensing -- 9.2.2.2 Databases -- 9.2.2.3 Beamforming and Smart Antennas -- 9.2.2.4 Beam Hopping -- 9.2.2.5 Frequency and Power Allocations -- 9.3 Recent Regulatory Approaches -- 9.4 LSA for Satellite Operators. , 9.4.1 LSA System Architecture -- 9.4.2 Important Design Criteria -- 9.4.3 Example Use Case: C Band (3.6-3.8 GHz) -- 9.5 Business Aspects -- 9.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

Language: English