White Space Communication Advances, Developments and Engineering Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mishra, Amit Kumar (Editor), Johnson, David Lloyd (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Signals and Communication Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Information storage and retrieval.; Electrical engineering.; Economic policy.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; R & D/Technology Policy.

This monograph presents a collection of major developments leading toward the implementation of white space technology - an emerging wireless standard for using wireless spectrum in locations where it is unused by licensed users. Some of the key research areas in the field are covered. These include...

Table of Contents:

• Engineering review of the whitespace radio standards
• Whitespace radio: Lifting the digital divide from Africa
• Measurements of TV bands in Southern Africa
• Channel sounding in TV bands: methodologies and results
• White RHINO: A software defined radio hardware development board to support whitespace communication
• Whitespace measurements round the world by Google.