Lysko, Albert A2017-01-172017-01-172016-07Lysko, A.A. 2016.Work in television white spaces (TVWS) and dynamic spectrum and a bit on antennas (conference presentation).SA IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Conference 2016 Book of Abstracts, 28-29 July 2016, Stias Conference Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 28 − 29, 2016, pp 76http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8911SA IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Conference 2016 Book of Abstracts, 28-29 July 2016, Stias Conference Centre, Stellenbosch, South AfricaThere is a need for work around improving frequency spectrum utilization efficiency to support the South African government targets of 100% broadband by 2020, with tough specifications stated by the National Broadband Policy “South Africa Connect” (2014), e.g. each school needs Internet connectivity of at least 10 Mbps. The research and development in the Meraka research group at CSIR includes work on smarter antennas for wireless networking as well as advancing the spectrum management to move from its current static approach towards dynamic spectrum management. The work on smart antennas covers both physical beamswitching antenna design and development of algorithms to control the direction of the beam in a wireless mesh network. Several prototypes have been developed and demonstrated an increase in the throughput and reduction in latency 2-3 times on average, in a busy network scenario.enAntennasParasitic arrayWireless mesh networksTVWSTelevision white spacesDynamic spectrumConference PresentationLysko, A. A. (2016). Work in television white spaces (TVWS) and dynamic spectrum and a bit on antennas (conference presentation). IEEE publications. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8911Lysko, Albert A. "Work in television white spaces (TVWS) and dynamic spectrum and a bit on antennas (conference presentation)." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8911Lysko AA, Work in television white spaces (TVWS) and dynamic spectrum and a bit on antennas (conference presentation); IEEE publications; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8911 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Lysko, Albert A AB - There is a need for work around improving frequency spectrum utilization efficiency to support the South African government targets of 100% broadband by 2020, with tough specifications stated by the National Broadband Policy “South Africa Connect” (2014), e.g. each school needs Internet connectivity of at least 10 Mbps. The research and development in the Meraka research group at CSIR includes work on smarter antennas for wireless networking as well as advancing the spectrum management to move from its current static approach towards dynamic spectrum management. The work on smart antennas covers both physical beamswitching antenna design and development of algorithms to control the direction of the beam in a wireless mesh network. Several prototypes have been developed and demonstrated an increase in the throughput and reduction in latency 2-3 times on average, in a busy network scenario. DA - 2016-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Antennas KW - Parasitic array KW - Wireless mesh networks KW - TVWS KW - Television white spaces KW - Dynamic spectrum LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 T1 - Work in television white spaces (TVWS) and dynamic spectrum and a bit on antennas (conference presentation) TI - Work in television white spaces (TVWS) and dynamic spectrum and a bit on antennas (conference presentation) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8911 ER -