TV White Space Communications and Networks

Professor Robert Stewart is the MathWorks Professor of Signal Processing at the University of Strathclyde. Since August 2014 he has been the Chair and Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. His research over the last 20 years has focused on signal processing and communications. Dr. David Crawford is the Manager of the Centre for White Space Communications at the University of Strathclyde and a key member of the team involved in the Isle of Bute White Space trial which represents an important demonstration and test of this important technology. Mr. Andrew Stirling is a spectrum and digital platform visionary at Larkhill Consultancy Ltd., who ran the Cambridge White Spce Trials in 2012--one of the largest commercial tests of white space Wi-Fi to date.

1. TV White Space Developments in the UK

Part I - Technologies for TV White Space Networks 2. TV White Space Spectrum Sharing Using Geolocation Databases

Part II - Policy, Regulation and Standardization Issues 3. Standard and Distributed Spectrum Sensing Technologies for TV White Space Networks 4. TV White Space Developments in the European Union 5. TV White Space Technology for Affordable Internet Connectivity in Developing Countries 6. TV White Space Spectrum Administration

Part III - Commercialisation and Applications Of White Space Networks 7. TV White Space Network Trials 8. Techno-Economic Evaluation for TV White Spaces 9. Applications Of TV White Space Networks And Cognitive Radio Techniques To Satellite Communications