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Is wireless broadband provision to rural communities in TV whitespaces viable? A UK case study and analysis
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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:57 authored by Santosh Kawade, Maziar NekoveeMaziar NekoveeIn this paper we quantitatively investigate the feasibility of rural broadband provisioning TV whitespaces from the perspective of a fixed-line operator. We consider a hybrid architecture where wireless broadband to not-spots is provided using point-to-multipoint whitespace links at the end of the existing fixed-line infrastructure connectivity points, such as an Exchange or a Cabinet. Our techno-economical studies incorporate real whitespace availability; population density and the location of Exchanges in the UK, along with costs related to infrastructure, backhaul, and sites, which were often overlooked in previous studies. The study findings indicate the provision of rural broadband in TVWS spectrum is a technically and commercially highly feasible solution. This is because our proposed solution not only eliminates the cost of the spectrum, by using whitespaces, but also other dominant costs, i.e. site procurement, build and backhaul costs can be greatly reduced by reusing existing infrastructure. Our modeling and analysis methodology is applied to UK but could be extended elsewhere.
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- Published
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2012 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access NetworksPublisher
IEEEExternal DOI
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Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DYSPAN), 2012Event location
Bellevue, WA, USAEvent type
conferenceEvent date
16-19 Oct. 2012ISBN
978-1-4673-4447-0Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
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- Advanced Communications, Mobile Technology and IoT (ACMI) Publications
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2019-09-24Usage metrics
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