March 2015 | Conference Paper
An Overview of the NTIA/NIST Spectrum Monitoring Pilot Program
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Michael G. Cotton et al., “An Overview of the NTIA/NIST Spectrum Monitoring Pilot Program,” in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Smart Spectrum at the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference New Orleans, Lousiana, March 2015.
Michael G. Cotton 
, Michael M. Souryal, Jeffery A. Wepman , Mudumbai Ranganathan, Julie E. Kub, Steve R. Engelking, Yeh Lo, Heather E. Ottke , Raian F. Kaiser, and Douglas J. Anderson
Abstract:
This paper provides an overview of a Spectrum Monitoring Pilot Program within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It provides background, motivation, goals, accomplishments, and plans for future work. We describe the development of a federated Measured Spectrum Occupancy Database (MSOD) architecture that allows organizations to host MSOD instances and contribute data to the overall program. We also describe progress in RF sensor R&D and deployment.
Keywords: spectrum sharing; spectrum occupancy; spectrum monitoring; Measured Spectrum Occupancy Database (MSOD)
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