Global spectrum observatory network setup and initial findings

Proceedings of the 2014 9th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications, CROWNCOM 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 79-88

  Taher, Tanim ^a   Attard, Ryan ^a   Riaz, Ali ^a   Roberson, Dennis ^a   Taylor, Jesse ^a   Zdunek, Kenneth ^a   Hallio, Juhani ^b   Ekman, Reijo ^b   Paavola, Jarkko ^b   Suutala, Jaakko ^c   Roning, Juha ^c   Matinmikko, Marja ^d   Hoyhtya, Marko ^d   Mackenzie, Allen ^e  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

big data; dynamic spectrum sharing; spectrum management; Spectrum Occupancy measurements; spectrum usage trends

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; COGNITIVE RADIO; OBSERVATORIES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARING; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT; SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM OCCUPANCIES; SPECTRUM USAGE;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904965611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.crowncom.2014.255402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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