SenseLess: A database-driven white spaces network

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-203

  Murty, Rohan ^a   Chandra, Ranveer ^b   Moscibroda, Thomas ^c   Bahl, Paramvir Victor ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH ASIA   (China)

Author keywords

mobile computing; Networking; white spaces; wireless

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL OCCUPANCY; CONTENT DISSEMINATION; DATABASE SERVICE; GROUND TRUTH; ITS EFFICIENCIES; NETWORKING; RF-SPECTRUM; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM SENSING; WHITE SPACE; WHITE-SPACE DEVICE;

MOBILE COMPUTING; RADIO; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84555187531     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.241     Document Type: Article

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