Long-term measurements of spectrum occupancy characteristics

2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-89

  Harrold, Timothy ^a,b   Cepeda, Rafael ^b   Beach, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR SYSTEM; CHANNEL OCCUPANCY; COGNITIVE RADIO; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DUTY CYCLES; IN-CHANNELS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT CHANNELS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SINGLE LOCATION; SPECTRUM ACCESS; SPECTRUM HOLES; TIME OF DAY;

SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960686715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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