Deployment of a cellular network in the TVWS: A case study in a challenging environment

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7-12

  Achtzehn, Andreas ^a   Petrova, Marina ^a   Mähönen, Petri ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

coexistence; network planning; spectrum regulations; TVWS

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE CAPACITY; CELLULAR NETWORK; CELLULAR OPERATORS; COEXISTENCE; CONSTRAINT RULE; COVERAGE PREDICTION; GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS; GERMANY; NETWORK PLANNING; PROPAGATION MODELS; SECONDARY SYSTEM; SPECTRUM REGULATION; TVWS;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 80053609744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2030678.2030681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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