• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.88-94
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• 2013

본고에서는 TV White Space (TVWS) WPAN 표준 기술 동향을 알아본다. TVWS WPAN의 표준화가 진행중인 IEEE 802.15.4m의 표준화 현황과 현재 진행중인 표준 전송기술 (TVWS-FSK, TVWS-OFDM, TVWS-NB-OFDM), 그리고 표준화 완료 시 적용될 수 있는 응용 분야에 대해서 서술하였다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.160-169
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• 2013

최근 주요국에서 주파수 자원 개방의 일환으로 TV White Space(TVWS) 관련 정책이 추진되고 있으며, Super-WiFi 및 WRAN을 통한 활용 방안이 중점적으로 논의되고 있다. 이는 이동통신 서비스의 주파수 부족 문제 해소 차원 외에도 비면허 및 저대역 주파수를 사용하는 특성으로 인해 신규 서비스의 등장과 다양한 산업이 개발되고 육성되는 기반이 될 수 있다는 점에서 비(非) 통신계 사업자에게는 큰 기회가 되고 있다. 이에 DB 기반의 TVWS 상용 및 시험 서비스가 가시화됨에 따라 주요국에서 등장하는 TVWS 서비스 현황을 살펴보고, TVWS 서비스의 생태계 분석을 통해 향후 국내 시장환경에 적합한 White Space 서비스 도입 방안제시와 함께 DB 운영 및 이용자 측면에서 바람직한 상용화 정책 방향을 모색하고자 하였다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.47-57
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• 2012

본고에서는 DTV (Digital Television) 서비스로의 전환으로 사용 가능한 TV 화이트 스페이스 (TV White Space; TVWS)의 무선통신 기술규격과 위치정보 기반 TVWS DB (Geo-location based TVWS Database)에 대해 전반적인 내용을 소개하였다. 위치정보 기반 TVWS DB는 TVWS가 존재하는 VHF (Very High Frequency)와 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) 대역에서의 1차 우선 보호 서비스인 지상파 방송 서비스와 소출력 방송 중계기, 무선 마이크에 대한 간섭보호를 보증하며, TVWS를 활용하는 TVBD (TV Band Device)의 위치정보를 기반으로 허용가능 전송전력 및 TVWS 채널할당과 같은 핵심 역할을 수행한다. 본 고에서는 이와 함께 위치정보 기반 TVWS DB에 대한 국내외 연구개발 동향 및 시범 서비스 현황에 대해서도 소개하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.454-462
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• 2016

portable white space device(WSD) obeying the Korean regulations of TV white space(TVWS) can cause harmful interference to a digital TV receiver residing at the same pixel around the edge of the digital TV service coverage for the case with a changed propagation environment. In order to solve this problem, we propose a method to allocate the resource of a hybrid WSD based on TVWS geo-location DB with spectrum sensing. Using the received power of digital TV signal through the spectrum sensing, a hybrid WSD can calculate the maximum permitted EIRP based on location probability. Based on the accurate allocation method proposed in this paper, it is possible to satisfy the Korean TVWS regulations and to eliminate the harmful interference to TV receivers nearby the hybrid WSD.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.49 no.8
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• pp.70-76
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a power allocation scheme of the unlicensed user based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in the TV white space (TVWS). Power constraints in TVWS should be satisfied in the time domain. However, because OFDM has high PAPR (peak-to-average power ratio), it is difficult to satisfy power constraints of TVWS in the time domain. Furthermore, the conventional power allocation schemes cannot be generally applied to unlicensed user in TVWS. Therefore, we propose a power allocation scheme to satisfy power constraints of TVWS by reducing PAPR in the time domain. In addition, we analyze the capacity of the unlicensed user based on OFDM in a closed form. Based on the capacity analysis, as the number of subcarriers decreases, the capacity can be enhanced. In simulation results, we show that the capacity of the unlicensed user increases, as the number of subcarriers decreases and the mean of the channel between the transmitter and the receiver of the unlicensed user increases.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.763-771
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• 2013

In this paper, the propagation characteristics for ISM(Industrial Scientific and Medical) and TVWS(TV White Space) in indoor building environment are analyzed in comparison with theoretical and experimental results, the excellent propagation characteristics of the TVWS is confirmed. To this end, signals which have center frequencies of 503 MHz and 2.4 GHz are generated in building propagation environment. Through that, received power strength is measured according to the location and measured path loss is analyzed. Theoretical path loss is calculated using Hata, Extended Hata, Extended Hata SRD, ITU-R P.1238 and reliability for channel model in indoor environment is analyzed.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

In this paper, we consider a channel selection method for the coexistence of heterogeneous systems in the TV white space (TVWS). First, we define the target heterogeneous system structure. Then, under the defined system structure, we discuss how the heterogeneous systems share the TVWS channels. Specifically, the heterogeneous systems having different bandwidths cannot use the TVWS channels due to the lack of wideband channels when only narrowband channels are remained. Hence, in order to minimize the blocking from the different bandwidth problem, we propose a channel selection method for the narrowband systems to firstly occupy the narrowband channels rather than the wideband channels. The proposed narrowband-first channel selection is shown to enhance the spectral efficiency of the TVWS, especially in the IEEE 802.19.1 wireless coexistence system.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.1077-1086
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• 2015

This paper presents a general-purpose design scheme of a filter bank (FB)-based radio frequency (RF) transceiver that operates across the entire ultra-high frequency (UHF) TV band from 470 MHz to 698 MHz and complies with the TV white space (TVWS) regulatory requirements. To this end, an intermediate frequency (IF) band-pass filter (BPF) with a sharp skirt characteristic is considered as a solution for handling the incoming signals from a baseband modem. Specifically, an FB-based BPF structure with four ceramic resonator filters that effectively rejects unwanted signals is proposed to extract a desired signal in the TV band. Achievable data rates of a cognitive radio system (CRS) employing the proposed FB-based RF transceiver at the application layer are investigated in both wired and wireless environments. The service coverage of the CRS network is measured according to several modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) of the CRS. The results show that the coverage of a wireless network in a nearly open area can be extended by more than 9.3 km in the TVWS. Experimental results also confirm that the proposed FB-based RF transceiver is adequate for utilization in TVWS applications.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.167-179
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• 2018

This paper proposes an IEEE 802.15.4m compliant TV white-space orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (TVWS)-(OFDM) radio frequency (RF) transceiver that can be adopted in advanced metering infrastructures, universal remote controllers, smart factories, consumer electronics, and other areas. The proposed TVWS-OFDM RF transceiver consists of a receiver, a transmitter, a 25% duty-cycle local oscillator generator, and a delta-sigma fractional-N phase-locked loop. In the TV band from 470 MHz to 698 MHz, the highly linear RF transmitter protects the occupied TV signals, and the high-Q filtering RF receiver is tolerable to in-band interferers as strong as -20 dBm at a 3-MHz offset. The proposed TVWS-OFDM RF transceiver is fabricated using a $0.13-{\mu}m$ CMOS process, and consumes 47 mA in the Tx mode and 35 mA in the Rx mode. The fabricated chip shows a Tx average power of 0 dBm with an error-vector-magnitude of < 3%, and a sensitivity level of -103 dBm with a packet-error-rate of < 3%. Using the implemented TVWS-OFDM modules, a public demonstration of electricity metering was successfully carried out.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.34-38
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose an active tunable bandpass filter (BPF) for efficient spectrum sensing in the TV White Space (TVWS) band. By designing a narrow bandwidth, it is possible to improve the sensing probability. The basic circuit configuration involves switching the PIN diode compromising capacitor bank to change the capacitance of the LC resonant circuit. To cover the whole TVWS band effectively, we add a varactor diode, and the bandwidth is set to 25-MHz. We improve the insertion loss by using the active capacitance circuit. The tunable BPF in the TVWS band with a 20-MHz interval is designed to have 11 channels with a bandwidth of 25 MHz and a low insertion loss of 1.7-2.0 dB.