A Comparison of Geo-Location and Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio

Author

Shellhammer, Stephen J.

Author_Institution

Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A comparison is made between the FCC geo-location and spectrum sensing requirements in the TV white space. Background material on propagation models and conversion between electromagnetic field strength and receive power is provided. The geo-location and spectrum sensing requirements are both converted to field strength where they can be compared, and a typical TV broadcast example is provided to allow comparisons in terms of the physical distances of the protection contour, the geo-location contour and the spectrum sensing contour. Observations are made about the FCC tests of the TV white space prototype devices and the interpretation of those results.

Keywords

cognitive radio; electromagnetic fields; radio spectrum management; television; FCC test; TV white space; cognitive radio; electromagnetic field strength; electromagnetic receive power; geo-location contour; geo-location sensing; spectrum sensing; spectrum sensing contour; Cognitive radio; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic propagation; FCC; Protection; Prototypes; TV broadcasting; Testing; White spaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2009. ICCCN 2009. Proceedings of 18th Internatonal Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4581-3

Electronic_ISBN

1095-2055

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2009.5235307

Filename

5235307