Quantifying the availability of TV white spaces for cognitive radio operation in the UK

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nekovee, Maziar ^a,b  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT CHANNEL INTERFERENCE; COGNITIVE RADIO; COVERAGE MAP; DIGITAL TV; OPPORTUNISTIC ACCESS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SWITCHOVER; TRANSMIT POWER; TV BAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VHF/UHF; WHITE SPACE;

DIGITAL RADIO; RADIO; RADIO SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 70449360769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCW.2009.5208035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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