Research Article
Minimum Separation Distance Calculations for Incumbent Protection in LSA
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-40352-6_10, author={Markku Jokinen and Marko M\aa{}kel\aa{}inen and Tuomo H\aa{}nninen and Marja Matinmikko and Miia Mustonen}, title={Minimum Separation Distance Calculations for Incumbent Protection in LSA}, proceedings={Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks. 11th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2016, Grenoble, France, May 30 - June 1, 2016, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={CROWNCOM}, year={2016}, month={6}, keywords={Minimum separation distance Exclusion zone Protection zone Licensed Shared Access (LSA)}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-40352-6_10} }- Markku Jokinen
Marko Mäkeläinen
Tuomo Hänninen
Marja Matinmikko
Miia Mustonen
Year: 2016
Minimum Separation Distance Calculations for Incumbent Protection in LSA
CROWNCOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40352-6_10
Abstract
In this paper, we consider minimum separation distance calculations from the perspective of a real-life Licensed Shared Access (LSA) system in the 2.3 GHz band in Europe. In the LSA system, an LTE network shares spectrum resources with incumbent users, such as programme making and special events (PMSE) users, which need to be protected from harmful interference. Plenty of potential resources are available, in case the incumbent activity is occasional or localized. The sharing scenario requires realistic separation distances to be calculated to protect the incumbents. The minimum separation distances were calculated using methods presented in the ECC report on compatibility studies on 2.3 GHz band, but by using the parameters from the real-life LSA test network. With this work, we bridge the gap between theoretical research for incumbent protection and practical LSA deployment. In the process of defining new separation distances, discrepancies were found in the original example calculations.