TV White Space

Preface xi
 
Abbreviations xiii
 
1. Introduction to Cognitive Radio and Television White Space 1
 
1.1 Spectrum Survey 3
 
1.2 Spectrum Harmonization 3
 
1.3 National Broadband Plan 7
 
1.3.1 The United States 8
 
1.3.2 Canada 8
 
1.3.3 The European Union 9
 
1.3.4 The United Kingdom 9
 
1.3.5 Japan 9
 
1.3.6 South Korea 10
 
1.3.7 Singapore 10
 
1.3.8 Australia 11
 
1.4 Cognitive Radio 11
 
1.5 Television White Space 13
 
1.5.1 TVWS Regulation 15
 
1.5.2 Standardization 16
 
1.5.3 Potential Applications 17
 
1.5.4 Technologies 18
 
1.5.5 Moving Forward 19
 
1.5.6 Features of TVWS 20
 
1.6 Summary 20
 
References 21
 
2. Regulations 23
 
2.1 North America 24
 
2.1.1 The United States of America: FCC 24
 
2.1.2 Canada: Industry Canada 36
 
2.2 Europe 42
 
2.2.1 The United Kingdom: Ofcom 42
 
2.2.2 Europe: CEPT 49
 
2.3 Asia Pacific 52
 
2.3.1 Singapore, IDA 52
 
2.3.2 New Zealand, Radio Spectrum Management 53
 
2.4 Regulation Comparison 53
 
2.4.1 TVWS Frequency Range 53
 
2.4.2 Number of Channels 55
 
2.4.3 Channel Bandwidth 56
 
2.4.4 Types of Devices 56
 
2.4.5 In-Channel and OOB Power Limits 56
 
2.4.6 WSDB Requirements 58
 
References 58
 
3. Standardizations 61
 
3.1 IEEE 802.19.1 62
 
3.1.1 Introduction 62
 
3.1.2 System Architecture 62
 
3.1.3 Entities Operations 64
 
3.1.4 Coexistence Mechanisms and Algorithms 66
 
3.2 IEEE 802.22 70
 
3.2.1 Introduction 70
 
3.2.2 Cognitive Radio Capability 72
 
3.2.3 MAC Sublayer 76
 
3.2.4 Physical Layer 78
 
3.3 IEEE 802.11AF 78
 
3.3.1 Introduction 78
 
3.3.2 Operating Mechanisms for TVWS 80
 
3.3.3 MAC Sublayer 82
 
3.3.4

Ser Wah Oh is the Head of the White Space Communications Department at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of the Singapore White Spaces Pilot Group, co-chair of Singapore TVWS Task Force, and member of Singapore Telecom Standards Advisory Committee. He previously led a team to contribute to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) TVWS field trial in 2008 that helped to shape the TVWS landscape today.
 
Yugang Ma is a Senior Scientist and the Group Leader for White Space Research in the White Space Communications Department at I2R. His research areas cover CDMA, OFDM, UWB, mmWave, TVWS systems, synchronization, interference suppression, positioning, and antenna technologies. Dr. Ma was a Distinguished Engineer of Sony Corporation and has won 8 patent invention awards of Sony Electronics. He is also a member of Singapore TVWS Task Force.
 
Ming-Hung Tao is a Research Scientist in the White Space Communications Department at I2R. Before joining I2R, he was an Assistant Manager at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan. He is an experienced delegate in IEEE (WiMAX) and 3GPP (RAN2) standard meetings. He also has rich experience on developing MAC and network protocols for various wireless technologies including LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and TV White Space.
 
Edward Peh was a Research Scientist in the White Space Communications Department at I2R. He is now working with the Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies, Singapore.