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TV White Spaces: A Pragmatic Approach

ICTP Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2013), viii, 180 pp.

ISBN 978-9295003-50-7

CC BY-NC-ND

1 Introduction, 1
ADVOCACY
2 Geo-Database Management of White Space vs. Open Spectrum / Robert Horvitz, 7
3 Regulatory Issues for TV White Spaces / Ryszard Struzak and Dariusz Wiecek, 19
4 Spectrum and Development / Steve Song, 35
5 New cognitive radio technologies, white spaces and the digital dividend in the Brazilian context / Carlos A. Afonso, 44
6 Policy-Based Radios / Timothy X Brown and Jon M. Peha, 51
7 TV White Spaces: Managing Spaces or Better Managing Inefficencies? / Cristian Gomez, 67
8 The role of TV White Spaces and Dynamic Spectrum in helping to improve Internet access in Africa and other Developing Regions / Mike Jensen, 83
TECHNOLOGY
9 White Space Broadband on the Isle of Bute, Scotland / David Crawford, 93
10 Cognitive Radio and Africa / Linda E. Doyle, 109
11 Weightless Standard / Alan Woolhouse, 121
12 Overview of White Space Standards / Ermanno Pietrosemoli, 131
13 Green Power for Rural Communications / Sebastian Büttrich, 143
14 Low Cost Spectrum Measurements / Marco Zennaro and Andrés Arcia-Moret, 161