Opportunistic Spectrum Sharing and White Space Access: The Practical Reality

Author: Oliver Holland (Author)

Edition: 1st

Language: English

Publisher: Wiley

ISBN-13: 978-1119057307

Publication Date: June 15, 2015

Description: This book details the paradigms of opportunistic spectrum sharing and white space access as effective means to satisfy increasing demand for high-speed wireless communication and for novel wireless communication applications. It addresses practical considerations and solutions in various parts.

In Part I, the book delves into the hardware platforms and software architectures necessary for realizing flexible and spectrally agile transceivers for spectrum sharing implementation issues.

Part II focuses on practical mechanisms supporting spectrum sharing, including spectrum sensing for opportunistic spectrum access, machine learning and decision making capabilities, aggregation of spectrum opportunities, and spectrally-agile radio waveforms.

Part III covers the ongoing work on policy and regulation for efficient and reliable spectrum sharing. It includes major recent steps forward in TV White Space (TVWS) regulation and associated geolocation database approaches, as well as policy management aspects and novel licensing schemes supporting spectrum sharing.

In Part IV, the business and economic aspects of spectrum sharing are considered. The book discusses spectrum value modeling, issues around disruptive innovation pertinent to opportunistic spectrum sharing and white space access, and a business benefits assessment of the novel spectrum sharing regulatory proposal, Licensed Shared Access (LSA).

Finally, Part V presents deployments of opportunistic spectrum sharing and white space access solutions in practice. It includes work on TVWS system implementations, standardization activities, and development and testing of systems according to the standards.