Spectrum avaílability assessment tool for TV white space

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Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
Date
2012
Major/Subject
Tietoliikennetekniikka
Mcode
S-72
Degree programme
Language
en
Pages
[8] + 62 s.
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Abstract
The growth of wireless communication relies on the availability of radio frequency for new services. More efficient spectrum allocations are required to serve the increasing data per user. The major regulatory bodies are formulating new spectrum management techniques to forge the growing spectrum scarcity. Exclusive use of spectrum is proved to be inefficient in many spectrum occupancy measurement campaigns. As a result, spectrum sharing methods are being considered. TV broadcasting is not using the allocated frequency in some geographic areas, creating coverage holes known as TV white spaces. Both the industry and the regulators are investigating the capability of TVWS, as a potential source of spectrum for emerging wireless services. The FCC, in the US, has already released the requirements for opportunistic access to the TV whites paces. In a similar fashion, ECC, the pan-European regulator is finalizing the work on the technical and operational requirements for the possible use of cognitive radio in this spectrum. In this thesis work, an integrated web-based spectrum availability assessment tool is developed for Finland. The tool is a front-end visualization of a time intensive computational process to answer key technical questions related to TVWS - what secondary data rate can be supported in the available white space spectrum? The assessment involves estimation of the available TVWS and its capacity for cellular-type secondary systems. The relative effects of the secondary system parameters on the TV system are compared using appropriate signal to noise and interference ratio plots. The tool uses dynamic web technologies for a seamless and user-friendly visualization of the assessment.
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Supervisor
Jäntti, Riku
Thesis advisor
Kerttula, Jussi
Koufos, Konstantinos
Keywords
spectrum regulation, TV white space, cognitive radio, geolocation database, dynamic opportunistic access, unlicensed white space device
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