A Hardware Platform for Utilizing TV Bands With a Wi-Fi Radio

Author

Narlanka, Srihari ; Chandra, Ranveer ; Bahl, Paramvir ; Ferrell, John Ian

Author_Institution

Microsoft Res. Microsoft Corp. Redmond, Redmond

fYear

2007

fDate

10-13 June 2007

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

53

Abstract

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently exploring the use of TV bands for unlicensed communication. This step has sparked significant interest in the research and corporate community as it opens up new possibilities for high speed and long range wireless communication. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a complete system that can detect the presence of TV signals, and perform high-speed data communication in an available TV band without interfering with neighboring TV bands. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first known system with all the above capabilities.

Keywords

television broadcasting; wireless LAN; Federal Communications Commission; TV bands; Wi-Fi radio; high-speed data communication; long range wireless communication; Data communication; FCC; Frequency; Hardware; Narrowband; Signal design; TV interference; TV receivers; White spaces; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local & Metropolitan Area Networks, 2007. LANMAN 2007. 15th IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1100-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1100-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LANMAN.2007.4295974

Filename

4295974