UHF TVWS operation in Indian scenario utilizing wireless regional area network for rural broadband access
Ajit Kumar Singh, Krishna Naik, Suthikshn Kumar · 2016
Rapidly increasing user data base and escalating bandwidth demand has compelled Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to open up new spectrum bands for Long Term Evolution (LTE) access lying in TeleVision White Spaces (TVWS) for auction. But rural areas are not likely to respond to the such large bandwidths open to them. The paper proposes implementing Wireless Regional Area Network based on IEEE 802.22 standard which is designed to cater to rural broadband access demands in India. Suggestions are made to grant licenses for WRAN operation in particular geographic region to number of service providers operating on dynamic basis at lower cost for which suitable pricing model is suggested. Basic operation of IEEE 802.22 standard along with its cognitive features required for dynamic spectrum access is presented and a unique scheme based on the same standard to address rural broadband access is proposed.