Spectrum Occupancy Evaluations at 2.35-2.50 GHz ISM Band in a Hospital Environment

Muhammad Virk; Risto Vuohtoniemi; Matti Hämäläinen; Juha-Pekka Mäkelä; Jari Iinatti

9th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Spectrum Occupancy Evaluations at 2.35-2.50 GHz ISM Band in a Hospital Environment

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.256965,
    author={Muhammad Virk and Risto Vuohtoniemi and Matti H\aa{}m\aa{}l\aa{}inen and Juha-Pekka M\aa{}kel\aa{} and Jari Iinatti},
    title={Spectrum Occupancy Evaluations at 2.35-2.50 GHz ISM Band in a Hospital Environment},
    proceedings={9th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2014},
    month={11},
    keywords={spectrum occupancy measurements interference modeling frequency band occupancy spectrum resource occupancy wban ism band dynamic spectrum access interference analysis co-existence},
    doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.256965}
}

Muhammad Virk
Risto Vuohtoniemi
Matti Hämäläinen
Juha-Pekka Mäkelä
Jari Iinatti
Year: 2014
Spectrum Occupancy Evaluations at 2.35-2.50 GHz ISM Band in a Hospital Environment
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.256965

Muhammad Virk¹^,*, Risto Vuohtoniemi¹, Matti Hämäläinen¹, Juha-Pekka Mäkelä¹, Jari Iinatti¹

1: University of Oulu

*Contact email: mvirk@ee.oulu.fi

Abstract

In this paper we describe an overhauled, robust approach for spectrum occupancy evaluations (SOE) at industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band in a hospital environment for interference free, dynamic spectrum access (DSA). A novel bandwidth and center frequency estimation algorithm is presented in order to distinguish among various coexisting systems. Different results are inferred by processing data obtained from a day long measurement campaign including channel occupancies, frequency band occupancy, and spectrum resource occupancies.

Keywords: spectrum occupancy measurements interference modeling frequency band occupancy spectrum resource occupancy wban ism band dynamic spectrum access interference analysis co-existence

Published: 2014-11-21
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.256965