World's First TV White Space WiFi Prototype Based on IEEE 802.11af Draft Standard Developed2012-10-17 09:50 by DanielaTags: 802.11af
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, has developed the world's first WiFi prototype in the TV White Space (TVWS) (470 MHz - 710 MHz) based on the IEEE 802.11af draft specification. IEEE 802.11af is currently the only task group (TG) under the IEEE 802.11 working group (WG) for WiFi technologies in the TVWS. The developed system is the first prototype that verifies the physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layer design of the draft specification, following the worldwide trend of prompting the TVWS for wireless communication systems. IEEE 802.11af TG was formed in 2009 under IEEE 802.11 WG. The target is to define modifications to both the 802.11 PHY and MAC layers to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TVWS. The 802.11af has been closely following various regulations in order to prompt the WiFi technologies in TVWS worldwide. It is widely considered as one of the most promising technologies for the TVWS. In September 2012, the 802.11af released its first stable draft standard (Draft 2.0). There are many benefits of 802.11af systems compared with other current WiFi technologies. Firstly, in view of the fact that 802.11af systems operating the TVWS use frequencies below 1 GHz, it would allow for much longer distances to be achieved. Current WiFi systems use frequencies in the ISM bands - the lowest band is 2.4 GHz and the signals are easily absorbed. Secondly, by operating in the TVWS, the usable spectrum is much broader than that of ISM bands when efficiently aggregated. Looking at these benefits, it is widely believed that 802.11af systems offer sufficient advantages to enable a broad market. Read more -here-
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