Abstract-The potential of VHF/UHF band as a candidate for secondary spectrum access, so called "TV white spaces", has been intensively investigated in recent years. However, the impact of the accumulated interference from multiple secondary users on different adjacent channels has not been well studied thus far, let alone the effect of combined interference from both co-channel and adjacent channels. This paper presents a framework for assessing secondary spectrum reuse opportunities for portable and mobile devices that comply with geo-location database concepts. The opportunity is evaluated in terms of the maximal number of secondary users that can access the "TV white space" simultaneously. Particular emphasis is given to the protection of TV receiver from harmful aggregate interference originated from not only the secondary users outside the TV coverage on the same channel but also those close to the TV receivers operating on different adjacent TV channels. An optimization problem is solved to maximize the number of secondary users admitted to the available TV channels at different locations. Through in-depth analysis of the interference characteristics of the optimal solution, it is identified that the cumulative effect of adjacent channel interferences has the dominant impact on TV reception, particularly for the case of secondary devices with limited transmit power. This suggests the possibility to achieve near-optimal exploitation of TV-bands for secondary reuse without explicit coordination of co-channel interference from the secondary users deployed over a wide geographical area.
Abstract-TV White space, where secondary systems can be deployed inside the TV coverage area and utilize the geographically unoccupied TV channels, is considered as a promising solution to relieve the spectrum shortage. To utilize this spectrum, the secondary users must ensure the protection of TV reception from harmful interference on both co-channel and adjacent channels. In this paper, we propose an analytical approach to determining the permissible transmit power for short-range secondary users under aggregate adjacent channel interference constraint in TV white space. This approach employs statistical interference modeling which considers random deployment of secondary users, antenna gain pattern, shadow fading, and the cumulative effect of interference from multiple adjacent channels. Numerical results show that the proposed scheme permits significantly higher transmit power than the existing deterministic method does, while at the same time, it keeps the required level of TV protection. Therefore, considerable potential for the shortrange secondary access to TV white space is expected with our approach.
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