Measurements and analysis of spectrum occupancy in the 2.3–2.4 GHz band in Finland and Chicago

Author

Hoyhtya, Marko ; Matinmikko, Marja ; Xianfu Chen ; Hallio, Juhani ; Auranen, Jani ; Ekman, Reijo ; Roning, Juha ; Engelberg, Jan ; Kalliovaara, Juha ; Taher, Tanim ; Riaz, Anaum ; Roberson, Dennis

Author_Institution

VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Oulu, Finland

fYear

2014

fDate

2-4 June 2014

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

101

Abstract

This paper presents results from spectrum occupancy measurements in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band at Turku, Finland and Chicago, USA. The band is currently under study in European regulation and standardization for mobile communication systems. We review the recently introduced Licensed Shared Access (LSA) concept as a potential means for making the 2.3-2.4 GHz band available for mobile communications on a shared basis while protecting the rights of the incumbent spectrum users. The spectrum occupancy measurements conducted in one location in Finland show that the use of this band is rather low indicating that there might be potential for mobile communication systems to share this band with the incumbents under the LSA approach.

Keywords

cognitive radio; mobile radio; radio spectrum management; telecommunication traffic; Chicago; European regulation; European standardization; Finland; LSA approach; Turku; USA; cognitive radio; frequency 2.3 GHz to 2.4 GHz; licensed shared access concept; mobile communication systems; mobile data traffic; spectrum occupancy analysis; spectrum occupancy measurement; Antenna measurements; Cameras; Europe; Frequency measurement; Mobile communication; Power measurement; Wireless communication; cognitive radio; spectrum measurement; spectrum occupancy; spectrum sharing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM), 2014 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oulu

Type

conf

Filename

6849668