Spectrum Highways: Rules of the Road for Collaborative Radio Frequency Spectrum Sharing among Cooperating Spectrum-Dependent Systems

Abstract

This report defines a novel dynamic spectrum access technique that uses the highway metaphor as the basis for design and applications. As described in this report, a spectrum highway consists of a band of spectrum over a geographical area that is subdivided into smaller bands called lanes and those lanes support access to any number of spectrum-dependent systems (SDSs). The devices that comprise the SDS follow rules that govern their selection of spectrum highways and lanes and the way devices contend for access using signaling. With this construct, signaling is very effective at arbitrating access. This signaling differentiates access based on the precedence of the contenders and resolves contention. These highways support spectrum use in very congested and dynamic spectrum environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1157099

Entities

People

  • John A. Stine

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • 4G Wireless Networks
  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Clocks
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Directional Antennas
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Frequency Agility
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Load Monitoring
  • Multiple Access
  • Multiplexing
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radio Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Standards
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Time Division Multiple Access
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Science
  • Radio communications and signal processing.