Towards Affordable Broadband Communication: A Quantitative Assessment of TV White Space in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMatogoro, Jabhera
dc.contributor.authorMvungi, Nerey H.
dc.contributor.authorAnatory, Justinian
dc.contributor.authorKarandikar, Abhay
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Jaspreet
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-03T09:44:56Z
dc.date.available2017-10-03T09:44:56Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.descriptionConfrence paperen_US
dc.description.abstractA quantitative assessment of TV White Space in Tanzania was conducted to assess the level of spectrum utilization as well as a key milestone towards the use of white space for affordable broadband communication. Two approaches have been used; pollution and protection viewpoints and experimental spectrum measurements based on energy detection principle. The study focused on 470 – 694 MHz UHF spectrum band which is used for digital terrestrial television in Tanzania. It was found that, more than 120 MHz is available as white space in various locations in Tanzania when pollution and protection view point was used and about 184 MHz are available as white space in Dodoma urban using experimental spectrum measurements and almost 100% of the available frequencies are not used in Dodoma rural. Both approaches revealed that there is low spectrum utilization and therefore presents a best case towards development of dynamic spectrum access technologies in Tanzania.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJabhera Matogoro, Nerey H. Mvungi, Justinian Anatory, Abhay Karandikar, Jaspreet Singh, “Towards Affordable Broadband Communication: A Quantitative Assessment of TV White Space in Tanzania”, Proceedings of the 1st EAI International Conference on ICT for Development for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25th -27th Sept. 2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4577
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEAIen_US
dc.subjectWhite Space,en_US
dc.subjectSpectrum Analyzer,en_US
dc.subjectenergy detection principle,en_US
dc.subjectdynamic spectrum accessen_US
dc.titleTowards Affordable Broadband Communication: A Quantitative Assessment of TV White Space in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US
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