The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) invites all interested parties to actively participate in the working group (WG) effort for IEEE P802.22.3™ Standard for Spectrum Characterization and Occupancy Sensing.
Scope
This Standard defines a Spectrum Characterization and Occupancy Sensing (SCOS) System. It specifies measurement parameters and device behaviors. It includes protocols for reporting measurement information that enable coalescing the results from multiple such devices. The standard leverages interfaces and primitives that are derived from IEEE 802.22™ 2011, and uses any on-line transport mechanism available to achieve the control and management of the system. Interfaces and primitives are provided for conveying value added sensing information to various spectrum sharing database services. This standard specifies a device operating in the bands below 1 GHz and a second device operating from 2.7 GHz to 3.7 GHz.
Need for the Project
Recently, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the United States and other regulators such as OfCom UK, have broadened their horizons for cooperative spectrum sharing approaches in order to optimize spectrum utilization. For example see the PCAST Report (See §8.1). FCC/ NTIA are in the process of opening new spectrum bands that specifically require multi-levels of regulated users (e. g. primary, opportunistic etc.) to share the spectrum.
There is emphasis on greater spectrum efficiencies, spectrum sharing and spectrum utilization, which requires not only database driven configuration of the radios, but systems that can provide spectrum occupancy at a particular location and at a particular time.
Stakeholders for the Standard
Manufacturers and users of semiconductor, personal computer, wireless devices and sensors, consumer electronic devices, mobile devices, wireless Internet service providers etc.
Upcoming Meetings
The best way to get involved in the project is to attend a face-to-face or virtual meeting. The next meeting of IEEE P802.22.3 will be held via teleconference on 6 January 2016 at 9 AM EST. There is also a face-to-face meeting at the Sands Venetian Hotel in Macau, China 13-16 March 2016.
Dial-In Instructions for 6 January Meeting:
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