A series of trials in the UK as part of the Ofcom TV white spaces pilot

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T1 - A series of trials in the UK as part of the Ofcom TV white spaces pilot

AU - Holland, Oliver

AU - Sastry, Nishanth

AU - Ping, Shuyu

AU - Knopp, Raymond

AU - Kaltenberger, Florian

AU - Nussbaum, Dominique

AU - Hallio, Juhani

AU - Jakobsson, Mikko

AU - Auranen, Jani

AU - Ekman, Reijo

AU - Paavola, Jarkko

AU - Kivinen, Arto

AU - Tran, Ha Nguyen

AU - Ishizu, Kentaro

AU - Harada, Hiroshi

AU - Chawdhry, Pravir

AU - Chareau, Jean Marc

AU - Bishop, James

AU - Bavaro, Michele

AU - Anguili, Emanuele

AU - Gao, Yue

AU - Dionisio, Rogerio

AU - Marques, Paulo

AU - Kokkinen, Heikki

AU - Luukkonen, Olli

PY - 2014/10/21

Y1 - 2014/10/21

N2 - TV White Spaces technology is a means of allowing wireless devices to opportunistically use locally-available TV channels (TV White Spaces), enabled by a geolocation database. The geolocation database informs the device of which channels can be used at a given location, and in the UK/EU case, which transmission powers (EIRPs) can be used on each channel based on the technical characteristics of the device, given an assumed interference limit and protection margin at the edge of the primary service coverage area(s). The UK regulator, Ofcom, has initiated a large-scale Pilot of TV White Spaces technology and devices. The ICT-ACROPOLIS Network of Excellence, teaming up with the ICT-SOLDER project and others, is running an extensive series of trials under this effort. The purpose of these trials is to test a number of aspects of white space technology, including the white space device and geolocation database interactions, the validity of the channel availability/powers calculations by the database and associated interference effects on primary services., and the performances of the white spaces devices, among others. An additional key purpose is to undertake a number of research investigations such as into aggregation of TV White Space resources with conventional (licensed/unlicensed) resources, secondary coexistence issues and means to mitigate such issues, and primary coexistence issues under challenging deployment geometries, among others. This paper describes our trials, their intentions and characteristics, objectives, and some early observations.

AB - TV White Spaces technology is a means of allowing wireless devices to opportunistically use locally-available TV channels (TV White Spaces), enabled by a geolocation database. The geolocation database informs the device of which channels can be used at a given location, and in the UK/EU case, which transmission powers (EIRPs) can be used on each channel based on the technical characteristics of the device, given an assumed interference limit and protection margin at the edge of the primary service coverage area(s). The UK regulator, Ofcom, has initiated a large-scale Pilot of TV White Spaces technology and devices. The ICT-ACROPOLIS Network of Excellence, teaming up with the ICT-SOLDER project and others, is running an extensive series of trials under this effort. The purpose of these trials is to test a number of aspects of white space technology, including the white space device and geolocation database interactions, the validity of the channel availability/powers calculations by the database and associated interference effects on primary services., and the performances of the white spaces devices, among others. An additional key purpose is to undertake a number of research investigations such as into aggregation of TV White Space resources with conventional (licensed/unlicensed) resources, secondary coexistence issues and means to mitigate such issues, and primary coexistence issues under challenging deployment geometries, among others. This paper describes our trials, their intentions and characteristics, objectives, and some early observations.

KW - experimentation

KW - field trials

KW - geolocation databases

KW - TV white spaces

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912131765&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/CCS.2014.6933806

DO - 10.1109/CCS.2014.6933806

M3 - Conference paper

AN - SCOPUS:84912131765

SN - 9781479941391

BT - 2014 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Cellular Systems, CCS 2014

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

T2 - 2014 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Cellular Systems, CCS 2014

Y2 - 2 September 2014 through 4 September 2014

ER -