Masonta, Moshe TKola, LMLysko, Albert APieterse, LVelempini, M2016-01-262016-01-262015-09Masonta, M.T. et al. 2015. Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network. In: IEEE Africon 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-17 September 2015http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=7331923http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8369IEEE Africon 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-17 September 2015Television white spaces (TVWS) refers to vacant channels in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band between 470 and 690 MHz assigned for television broadcast and can be used opportunistically by secondary users (SUs). Research has shown that when the spectrum allocation is managed appropriately, SUs can co-exist on the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum band with licensed networks. This paper introduces the Limpopo TVWS trial network, which provides a point-to-point Internet connectivity to five rural secondary schools. A set of 24 hours RF monitoring results of the TVWS trial network are presented which shows the behaviour of white space devices with respect to incumbent TV band services. The network performance results with respect to average throughput, average latency, and jitter are also presented. The performance results show that good throughput for each link which is in the magnitude of 4 to 8 Mbps and latency of less than 10 ms for typical packet sizes ranging from 32 to 1500 bytes are achievable.enTelevision white spacesTVWSVacant channelsRadio frequencyConference PresentationMasonta, M. T., Kola, L., Lysko, A. A., Pieterse, L., & Velempini, M. (2015). Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8369Masonta, Moshe T, LM Kola, Albert A Lysko, L Pieterse, and M Velempini. "Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8369Masonta MT, Kola L, Lysko AA, Pieterse L, Velempini M, Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network; IEEE; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8369 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Masonta, Moshe T AU - Kola, LM AU - Lysko, Albert A AU - Pieterse, L AU - Velempini, M AB - Television white spaces (TVWS) refers to vacant channels in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band between 470 and 690 MHz assigned for television broadcast and can be used opportunistically by secondary users (SUs). Research has shown that when the spectrum allocation is managed appropriately, SUs can co-exist on the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum band with licensed networks. This paper introduces the Limpopo TVWS trial network, which provides a point-to-point Internet connectivity to five rural secondary schools. A set of 24 hours RF monitoring results of the TVWS trial network are presented which shows the behaviour of white space devices with respect to incumbent TV band services. The network performance results with respect to average throughput, average latency, and jitter are also presented. The performance results show that good throughput for each link which is in the magnitude of 4 to 8 Mbps and latency of less than 10 ms for typical packet sizes ranging from 32 to 1500 bytes are achievable. DA - 2015-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Television white spaces KW - TVWS KW - Vacant channels KW - Radio frequency LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network TI - Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8369 ER -