Measures of the spectrum utilization

Author

Hafez, R.H.M. ; Chan, G.K.

Author_Institution

Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

277

Abstract

In this paper, we summarize the known definitions of the spectrum utilization and discuss their applicability to existing radio services and their practical usefulness. An important parameter that limits the full utilization of the available radio spectrum is the non-uniformity of the user density. We illustrate that when users are clustered in small areas, the available spectrum resources in that area actually shrink. This leads to viewing the spectrum availability as a random process that changes with time and space. The randomness of the spectrum availability is rooted in the randomness in the topology and demography of the service area

Keywords

cellular radio; personal communication networks; radio spectrum management; available radio spectrum; available spectrum resources; demography; nonuniformity; radio services; random process; service area; spectrum utilization; topology; user density; Availability; Demography; Government; Interference; Measurement units; Radio frequency; Radio spectrum management; Radio transmitters; Random processes; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686579

Filename

686579