White space: Definitional perspectives and their role in exploiting spectrum opportunities

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 319-331

  Akhtar, Fayaz ^a   Rehmani, Mubashir Husain ^a   Reisslein, Martin ^b  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio network; Spectrum hole; Spectrum opportunity; White space

Indexed keywords

WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK; DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESSES (DSA); FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM HOLES; SPECTRUM OPPORTUNITY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY; WHITE SPACE;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 84960418981     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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