Spectrum Occupancy Measurements in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band: Guidelines for Licensed Shared Access in Finland

Marko Höyhtyä; Marja Matinmikko; Xianfu Chen; Juhani Hallio; Jani Auranen; Reijo Ekman; Juha Röning; Jan Engelberg; Juha Kalliovaara; Tanim Taher; Ali Riaz; Dennis Roberson

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Spectrum Occupancy Measurements in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band: Guidelines for Licensed Shared Access in Finland

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@ARTICLE{10.4108/cogcom.1.2.e2,
    author={Marko H\o{}yhty\aa{} and Marja Matinmikko and Xianfu Chen and Juhani Hallio and Jani Auranen and Reijo Ekman and Juha R\o{}ning and Jan Engelberg and Juha Kalliovaara and Tanim Taher and Ali Riaz and Dennis Roberson},
    title={Spectrum Occupancy Measurements in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band: Guidelines for Licensed Shared Access in Finland},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cognitive Communications},
    volume={1},
    number={2},
    publisher={ICST},
    journal_a={COGCOM},
    year={2015},
    month={5},
    keywords={cognitive radio, spectrum measurement, spectrum occupancy, spectrum sharing},
    doi={10.4108/cogcom.1.2.e2}
}

Marko Höyhtyä
Marja Matinmikko
Xianfu Chen
Juhani Hallio
Jani Auranen
Reijo Ekman
Juha Röning
Jan Engelberg
Juha Kalliovaara
Tanim Taher
Ali Riaz
Dennis Roberson
Year: 2015
Spectrum Occupancy Measurements in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band: Guidelines for Licensed Shared Access in Finland
COGCOM
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/cogcom.1.2.e2

Marko Höyhtyä¹^,*, Marja Matinmikko¹, Xianfu Chen¹, Juhani Hallio², Jani Auranen², Reijo Ekman², Juha Röning³, Jan Engelberg⁴, Juha Kalliovaara⁵, Tanim Taher⁶, Ali Riaz⁶, Dennis Roberson⁶

1: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Oulu, Finland
2: Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland
3: University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
4: Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, Helsinki, Finland
5: University of Turku, Turku, Finland
6: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

*Contact email: marko.hoyhtya@vtt.fi

Abstract

This paper presents results from spectrum occupancy measurements in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band at Turku, Finland. The band is currently under study in European regulation and standardization for mobile communication systems. We review the recently introduced Licensed Shared Access (LSA) concept as a potential means for making the 2.3-2.4 GHz band available for mobile communications on a shared basis while protecting the rights of the incumbent spectrum users. The spectrum occupancy measurements conducted in one location in Finland show that the use of this band is rather low indicating that there might be potential for mobile communication systems to share this band with the incumbents under the LSA approach. Based on the obtained knowledge about the use of the studied band in Finland we create a set of guidelines for LSA to make the operation efficient both from the technical and economic viewpoint.

Keywords: cognitive radio, spectrum measurement, spectrum occupancy, spectrum sharing

Received: 2014-07-12
Accepted: 2014-11-08
Published: 2015-05-28
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/cogcom.1.2.e2

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