Allocating spectrum: Towards a commons future

2012 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DYSPAN 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  El Moghazi, Mohamed ^a   Whalley, Jason ^a   Irvine, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRS; ITU; Spectrum commons; white spaces

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM (CRS); CRS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNIONS; ITU; SPECTRUM COMMONS; SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT; WHITE SPACE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 84876043344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DYSPAN.2012.6478110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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