Tutorial on the P802.22.2 PAR for:

“Recommended Practice for the Installation

and Deployment of IEEE 802.22 Systems”

Carl R. Stevenson,WK3C Wireless LLC

Gerald Chouinard,Communications Research Centre, Canada

Winston Caldwell,FOX Broadcasting

Scope of the PAR

The document recommends best

engineering practices for the

installation and deployment of IEEE

802.22 systems to help assure that

such systems are correctly installed

and deployed.

Purpose

To provide detailed technical

guidance to installers, deployers, and

operators of IEEE 802.22 compliant

systems to help assure that such

systems are correctly installed and

deployed.

Need for a Recommended Practice

Correct installation and deployment of IEEE

802.22 compliant systems are important to

assure that those systems will maximally

achieve their design goals in terms of

system performance, reliability, and non-

interference to incumbent licensed systems

with which they will share the TV broadcast

bands.

Stakeholders

Stakeholders are installers,

operators, users, and manufacturers

of IEEE 802.22 systems.

How it all started!

The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, May 25, 2004, proposing to allow unlicensed radio transmitters to operate in the broadcast television spectrum at locations where that spectrum is not being used.

Fixed/Access

Transmitter power limit: 1 W

Transmitter antenna gain limit: 6 dBi

An incumbent database is required.

Geo-location technique is required using either a GPS or professional installation.

Transmission of a unique identifier is necessary.

Spectrum sensing approach is postulated.

IEEE 802 Standards ProcessIEEE

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802.11

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802.15

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802.16

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802.11g54 Mbit/s

802.11b11 Mbit/s

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802.15.1Bluetooth

802.15.3High rate

802.11n100 Mbit/s

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802.16dFixed

802.16eMobile

802.20WMANMobile

802.11jRelay

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802.15.4Zigbee

Wi-Fi Wi-MAX

802.18Regulatory

Matters

802.18 SG1Use of VHF/

UHF TVbands by LEequipment

IEEE 802 Standards ProcessIEEE

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802.15

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802.11g54 Mbit/s

802.11b11 Mbit/s

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802.15.1Bluetooth

802.15.3High rate

802.11n100 Mbit/s

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802.16dFixed

802.16eMobile

…802.20WMANMobile

802.22

WRAN

802.22.1Enhanced

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802.22.2Recommended

Practice802.11jRelay

…

802.15.4Zigbee

Wi-Fi Wi-MAX

802.18Regulatory

Matters

IEEE 802.22 Functional Requirements(primarily related to incumbent protection)

1 W transmitter power with a maximum of 4 W EIRP.

Fixed point-to-multi-point access only.

Base station controls all transmit parameters and characteristics in the network.

Base station is professionally installed and maintained.

Location awareness for all devices in the network

Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) antenna is to be installed outdoors at least 10 m above ground.

CPE cannot transmit unless it has successfully associated with a base station.

Base station uses an up-to-date database augmented by distributed sensing to determine channel availability.

IEEE 802.22

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Existing RF spectrum usageMain markets

(Test conducted with antenna at a height of 22.1 metres above the ground in the rural sector west of Ottawa, Canada)

Broadband IP-based communications below1 GHz Spectrum Occupancy

Low UHF

Rural Broadband: - Cable-modem / ADSL

- WiFi hot-spots in ISM bands

- Higher power, lower frequency

broadband access system

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CPE Mock-up(RF based on low-cost UHF-TV tuners)

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Ethernet to computer

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WRAN System Capacity and Coverage

Typical WRAN service model

RF channel bandwidth 6 MHz

Typical spectrum efficiency 3 bit/(s*Hz)

Channel capacity 18 Mbit/s

Per subscriber capacity (forward) 1.5 Mbit/s (peak min.)

Per subscriber capacity (return) 384 kbit/s (peak min.)

Over-subscription ratio 50:1

Subscribers per forward channel 600

Minimum viable operation

Minimum number of subscribers 90

Initial penetration 5 %

Potential full penetration

Potential number of subscribers 1,800

Number of person per household 2.5

Population per coverage area 4500

Type of operation USA Other?

WRAN base station EIRP limit 4 Watts 100 Watts (?)

WRAN user terminal EIRP limit 4 Watts 4 Watts (?)

Coverage radius 16.7 km 30.7 km

Minimum population density 5.1 person/km2 1.5 person/km2

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FCC Definition of „Rural‟

Alternate channels interference case

<= DTV <= WRAN

Saturation of DTV receiver from WRAN transmission => control of transmit power(Co-channel and

1st adj. channel=> keep-out distances)

DTV station

Characteristics of 802.22 WRAN:

30 km23 km

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QPSK

16-QAM64-QAM

Max throughput per 6 MHz:

4.2 Mbit/s downstream

384 kbit/s upstream

Max throughput per 6 MHz:

23 Mbit/s

Minimum service availability:

location= 50%

time= 99.9%

Base station power: 4 W (USA)

Antenna height: 75 m

User terminal (CPE) power: 4 W

antenna height: 10 m

CPE keep-out distance:Co-channel: 3 km

Adjacent channel: 70 m

BS keep-out distance:Co-channel: 31 km

Adjacent channel: 1 km

Cognitive Radio

Allows spectrum sharing on a negotiated or opportunistic basis.

Adapts a radio’s use of spectrum to the real-time conditions of its operating environment.

Offers the potential for more flexible, efficient, and comprehensive use of available spectrum.

Reduces the risk of harmful interference.

Cognitive Radio Techniques(as per the NPRM)

1. Database/Geo-Location: Determine whether the unlicensed device is outside the protected contour of a licensed station using a database with a geo-location device.

2. Control Signal: Receive a control signal from an established incumbent service indicating which channels are available or are occupied in the area.

3. Sensing: Sense the RF environment to a certain threshold to detect whether a TV channel is in use.

1- Problems with the Proposed Database/Geo-Location Technique

(as per the NPRM)

Databases can have mistakes and can be inaccurate.

Databases are not updated instantaneously with real-time changes in the RF environment.

GPS does not operate well indoors (CPE antenna has to be outdoors anyway).

Solution: Databases/geolocation techniques could be used for first assessment of channel availability but need to be supplemented by sensing.

2- Problems with the Proposed Control

Signal Technique (as per the NPRM)

Control signals indicating available channels from different sources may overlap and cause confusion.

Control signals indicating occupied channels from different sources may overlap and cause confusion.

No incentives for incumbent services to provide control signals for unlicensed operation.

Solution: control signal provided by the base station

3- Problems with Sensing(as per the NPRM)

The detectable RF environment changes dramatically with minor changes in location of the sensing device due to multi-path, fading, or shadowing.

The “hidden node” problem occurs when a sensing device is being shadowed by either a man-made structure or terrain and cannot accurately detect what TV channels are occupied.

Solution: collaborative sensing from a number of CPEs and data fusion/centralized control at the base station, augmented by geolocation/database.

IEEE 802.22 Work Plan

Steps Deadline

Formation of the 802.22 WG Jan 05

Functional Requirements definition & Call for proposals

Sept 05

Proposals / Contributions Nov 05 & Jan 06

Consolidation of proposals March 06

Standard drafting process starts

May 06

Sponsor ballot / Comments resolution process

March 07

Standard approved and delivered to industry

January 08

Need for Recommended Practice

Recommended Practice is needed to help operators make best use of the spectrum while protecting incumbents

Installation and deployment requirements to protect incumbents need to be well understood

Typical WRAN deployment and installation need to be explained to new potential operators

Capabilities and limitations of the 802.22 standard need to be known

Impact of departure from typical operation needs to be understood

What theRecommended Practice

may cover:

Best practices for base station siting and installation:

Site selection and frequency selection based on local TV channel usage

Use of computer based coverage prediction tools and databases to identify potential coverage area and potentially affected incumbents

Transmit antenna and power constraints for given location

Co-existence with neighbour WRAN operators

Best practices for Base Station operation and performance verification:

Continuous monitoring of the interference environment Normal sensing reporting Special sensing request to CPEs and reporting Data fusion and automatic and/or manual frequency channel

control

Interface with the incumbents for interference resolutionSmooth increase of service provision by using multiple channels Load balancing Fall-back scheme in case of interference and insufficient

channels

Monitoring of key operational and performance parameters

Best practices for CPE installation and control:

Verification of physical location (at registration, GPS, relative position among CPEs)

Verification of the installation (10 m high antenna, right azimuth, fixed installation: remote, visual)

Instruction to new subscribers (installation and antenna alignment, problem identification, network access)

Guidance on serving subscribers near the edge of the coverage versus system loading and interference potential

Best practices for interference avoidance:

Optimizing collaborative sensing based on a number of well positioned CPEs relative to an incumbent operation

Techniques for improved coexistence among WRAN operators in the same area

Best practices for Part 74 device protection

How to maximize the sensing capability of BS and CPEs for wireless microphones and the limitations

Use of enhanced detection schemes (TG1)

Means for the operator to avoid interference

Channel switch in the local vicinity based on location information

Conclusions

802.22 sees a compelling need to develop such a Recommended Practice

The PAR was everwhelmingly approved by the 802.22 WG members

Licensed incumbents wholeheartedly support the development of this Recommended Practice

802.22 wants to proceed and will be seeking EC approval to submit the PAR to NesCom