A Survey of Cognitive Radio Access to TV White Spaces
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
- Vol. 2010, 1-11
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/236568
Abstract
Cognitive radio is being intensively researched as the enabling technology for license-exempt access to the so-called TV White Spaces (TVWS), large portions of spectrum in the UHF/VHF bands which become available on a geographical basis after digital switchover. Both in the US, and more recently, in the UK the regulators have given conditional endorsement to this new mode of access. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in technology, regulation, and standardisation of cognitive access to TVWS. It examines the spectrum opportunity and commercial use cases associated with this form of secondary access.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Commission (248303)
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