Methodological aspects of spectrum occupancy evaluation in the context of cognitive radio

2009 European Wireless Conference, EW 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 199-204

  López Benítez, Miguel ^a   Casadevall, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE RADIO; DIVERSE LOCATIONS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

RADIO;

EID: 76349085420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EW.2009.5357973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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