Masonta, Moshe TLysko, Albert AMekuria, Fisseha2012-10-292012-10-292012-10Masonta, M.T., Lysko, A.A. and Mekuria, F. 2012. TV white space opportunity for cognitive radio networks. 4th CSIR Biennial Conference: Real problems relevant solutions, CSIR, Pretoria, 9-10 October 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/62354th CSIR Biennial Conference: Real problems relevant solutions, CSIR, Pretoria, 9-10 October 2012In wireless communication networks, radio frequency spectrum is the most important and very expensive resource. The TV digital switchover (DSO) will leave a large portion of the TV frequency bands unused, known as TV white space (TVWS). In order to benefit from the digital dividend brought about by the DSO, regulators from the developed countries are promoting license-exempt cognitive radio (CR) access to TVWS. However, there is a need to understand how much TVWS is available in South Africa, and also to study the feasibility of TVWS for CR technology. In this work we present the ongoing research work on TVWS and CR technology within the Wireless Computing and Networking (WCN) research group at the CSIR Meraka.enRadio frequency spectrumTV white spaceTVWSTV digital switchoverDSOTV frequenciesCRCognitive radioConference PresentationMasonta, M. T., Lysko, A. A., & Mekuria, F. (2012). TV white space opportunity for cognitive radio networks. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6235Masonta, Moshe T, Albert A Lysko, and Fisseha Mekuria. "TV white space opportunity for cognitive radio networks." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6235Masonta MT, Lysko AA, Mekuria F, TV white space opportunity for cognitive radio networks; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6235 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Masonta, Moshe T AU - Lysko, Albert A AU - Mekuria, Fisseha AB - In wireless communication networks, radio frequency spectrum is the most important and very expensive resource. The TV digital switchover (DSO) will leave a large portion of the TV frequency bands unused, known as TV white space (TVWS). In order to benefit from the digital dividend brought about by the DSO, regulators from the developed countries are promoting license-exempt cognitive radio (CR) access to TVWS. However, there is a need to understand how much TVWS is available in South Africa, and also to study the feasibility of TVWS for CR technology. In this work we present the ongoing research work on TVWS and CR technology within the Wireless Computing and Networking (WCN) research group at the CSIR Meraka. DA - 2012-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Radio frequency spectrum KW - TV white space KW - TVWS KW - TV digital switchover KW - DSO KW - TV frequencies KW - CR KW - Cognitive radio LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - TV white space opportunity for cognitive radio networks TI - TV white space opportunity for cognitive radio networks UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6235 ER -