Prototype of 802.

11af based
White Space WiFi

Hiroshi Harada, Ph.D

Director, Smart Wireless Laboratory, NICT
Chair, IEEE Dyspan Standards Committee (IEEE 1900.x)
Board, Wireless Innovation Forum and WhiteSpace Alliance
Email: harada@nict.go.jp
Oct. 10, 2012
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Current status of preparation for WS

communication systems in Japan
Topics
WSDB

Coexistence

RAN

LAN

PAN/Sensor
NW

Current Status
Co-existence guideline between TV services and one-seg broadcasting has been decided
Usage of WSDB is under consideration in the MIC.
NICT has developed an original WSDB based on FCC, OFCOM, and MIC
The developed WSDB by NICT was licensed to a company (ISB corporation)
The company demonstrated the WSDB at Super Wi-Fi Summit (FCC based one) on Oct.
2012 and the DB will be opened to users as trial one
Coexistence mechanism between secondary users was proposed to 802.19.1 and it is now
in the latest draft document
802.19.1 draft compliant WS coexistence DB was developed by NICT and its feasibility
studies are on-going
IEEE802.22 based radio equipment has been developed by several Japanese companies
and NICT (will be released early 2013.)
The specification is discussed in White Space Alliance as WAVE 1.
Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications based on 802.22 has been
started. NICT provides chairperson for the project
IEEE802.11af based white space LAN prototype was developed by NICT
Coexistence DB between 802.11af based systems was developed by NICT
Feasibility study will be finished by early 2013
IEEE 802.15.4g based and Japanese original WS personal area network was proposed in
802.15.4m
NICT provides vice-chairperson and technical editor for the project
The proposals is now in the latest draft document
IEEE 802.15.4m based WS sensor NW is developing

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Standardization
MIC
White space
alliance

802.19.1

802.22/22b

802.11af

802.15.4m

NICT developed WS prototype

802.11af based system

Internet

Three times higher

throughput was
achieved if APs are
registered in the
database (RLSS)

Router

1 SegTV
transmitter

items
Frequency
Bandwidth
Transmission rate
Transmission
power and mask

470-770MHz (TVWS) / 2.4GHz

5/10/20MHz(2.4 GHz)
6 MHz (TVWS)
Maximum 54 Mbps

MAC
Antenna gain

UHF band: 0dBi 2.4GHz band:2dBi

Subcarrier
modulation

1seg transmitter
NOT registered
in the database
(RLSS)

20dBm, meet FCC regulation

OFDM (48 carriers for data,, 4 carriers for pilot)
OFDM (802.11af compliant, non HT duplicate
mode
BPSK/QPSK/16QAM/64QAM (2.4 GHz)
BPSK (TVWS)
IEEE 802.11 compliant

Modulation

value

11af AP #

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1seg transmitter
registered in the
database (RLSS)

Prototype setup

TVWS Database, RLSS, AP and Stations are implemented

TVWS Database

Protection rules of primary users of FCC

Primary user only digital TV transmitter

IETF PAWS based on HTTP implemented for talking to

database
RLSS

802.11af draft D1.05 implemented

RLQP implemented for talking to RLSS

AP and STAs

MAC: 802.11af D1.05 implemented

PHY: 802.11a re-band to Japanese digital TV bands

11af STA #

Router
11af STA #

FCC WSDB

Internet
1 SegTV transmitter
4

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Demonstration Scenario #1
Before using RLSS

11af
20MHz

seg
broadcasting

Channel situation
CH

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

57

58

59

60

61

62

11af STA #

FCC WSDB

11af
1
seg

After using RLSS

Channel situation
CH

55

56

1
seg

11af STA #

FCC WSDB

54

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11af

Demonstration Scenario #2
Before using RLSS
11af #1
20MHz

11af #3
10MHz

11af #2
5MHz

11af STA #

Channel situation
11af STA #

CH

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

58

59

60

61

62

11af #1
20MHz
11af
#2
20MHz
11af #3
20MHz

FCC WSDB
11af AP #

After using RLSS

Channel situation
CH

1seg
TV transmitter

11af STA #

55

56

57

seg
5MHz

11af STA #

FCC WSDB
6

54

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20MHz
10MHz

Database Access Delay

Query Request
AP #1
WSDB

Query Response

AP #2

RLQP-CAQ/CSM/NCC Request

First AP
Request time stamp
Response time stamp
WSDB access time
Second AP
Request time stamp
Response time stamp
WSDB access time

Query time
1275.68440036
1275.921320024
237
Query time
1994.710346232
1994.961237445
251

ms

ms

AP #1
WSDB

RLSS

RLQP-CAQ/CSM/NCC Response

AP #2

First AP
Request time stamp
Response time stamp
WSDB access time
Second AP
Request time stamp
Response time stamp
WSDB access time

CAQ time
5278.008337173
5278.273092987
265
CAQ time
5283.590365567
5283.954002189
364

CSM time
5278.295025518
5279.552251872
1257
CSM time
5283.976146346
5284.232544091
256

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NCC time
5278.273547428
5278.294752149
21
NCC time
5283.954498924
5283.975946712
21

Ms

ms

Throughput
Under Scenario #1
Frequency: 731MHz
TX power of 802.11AP and STA:2dBm
TX power of 1seg transmitter:-40dBm
Throughput of 802.11 (measured by Iperf): 10.7Mbps (20MHz)

1seg transmitter registered in the database

1seg transmitter NOT registered in the database

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Throughput (cont)
Under Scenario #2
NCC(Network Channel Control) is implemented to distribute BSSs
(Basic Service Set) to different channels and avoid 1seg transmitter
Frequency: 726-760MHz
TX power of 802.11AP and STA:2dBm
Throughput of 802.11 (measured by Iperf)
Without RLSS:
2.98Mbps (20MHz)
With RLSS:
10.7Mbps (20MHz)

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