Wireless service provision in TV white space with cognitive radio technology: A telecom operator's perspective and experience

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Fitch, Michael ^a   Nekovee, Maziar ^a   Kawade, Santosh ^a   Briggs, Keith ^a   MacKenzie, Richard ^a  

^a BRITISH TELECOM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband communication; Cognitive radio; Databases; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Interference; TV; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; COGNITIVE RADIO; DATABASES; IEEE 802.11 STANDARDS; INTERFERENCE; TV; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; DIGITAL TELEVISION; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RADIO;

EID: 79952640195     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2011.5723802     Document Type: Article

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