First large TV white spaces trial in South Africa: A brief overview

AA Lysko, MT Masonta, MRO Mofolo… - … Congress on Ultra …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper overviews African first of the really large scale trials of television (TV) white space
(TVWS) technology and white space devices (WSDs) designed to co-use the frequency …

Throughput maximization of hybrid access in multi-class cognitive radio networks with energy harvesting

AF Tayel, SI Rabia, AH Abd El-Malek… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the hybrid interweave/underlay channel access mode is studied for an energy
harvesting (EH) cognitive radio network with multi-class secondary users (SUs). The hybrid …

Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools

MT Masonta, TM Ramoroka… - 2015 IST-Africa …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper uses the example of the television white space (TVWS) project in Limpopo
Province of South Africa to consider benefits of TVWS technology to enable e-Learning …

Network performance analysis of the Limpopo TV white space (TVWS) trial network

MT Masonta, LM Kola, AA Lysko, L Pieterse… - AFRICON …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Television white spaces (TVWS) refers to vacant channels in the ultra-high frequency (UHF)
band between 470 and 690 MHz assigned for television broadcast and can be used …

Joint sensing interval and channel access optimization in energy harvesting hybrid active/passive symbiotic networks

IS Abdelfattah, AF Tayel, AY Zakariya… - Physical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The radio frequency spectrum became crowded because of the huge number of wireless
devices, hence cognitive radio networks (CRNs) should increase the efficiency of spectrum …

Network performance analysis of the television white space (TVWS) connectivity for telemedicine: A case for Botswana

K Ndlovu, ZA Mbero, CL Kovarik… - 2017 IEEE AFRICON, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Television white spaces (TVWS) refers to vacant channels in the ultra-high frequency (UHF)
band between 470 MHz and 698 MHz assigned for television broadcast and can be used …

Comparison of the Modelled Maximum Wireless Link Distance for TVWS and Wi-Fi within South African Regulatory Constraints: Which Technology Wins and In Which …

AA Lysko, CR Burger… - 2019 IEEE 2nd Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The work compares Wi-Fi and television white space (TVWS) technologies for practical
broadband communication links, specifically in rural areas. The paper starts with an …

[PDF][PDF] TV white space broadband for rural communities using solar powered high altitude platform and terrestrial infrastructures

J Lun, D Grace, N Morozs, PD Mitchell, Y Chu… - White Paper …, 2017 - york.ac.uk
This white paper introduces the delivery of low cost, high availability wireless
communications for tropical rural areas, from a meshed network of limited availability high …

Considerations for coexistence: DVB-T2 broadcasting and LTE basestations in 700/800 MHz bands in South Africa

AA Lysko, G Dludla - 2018 IEEE 4th Global Electromagnetic …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work considers coexistence of DVB-T2 and LTE in South Africa. The protection ratios for
protecting DVB T2 transmission against interference from LTE are calculated based to the …

Real-time multi-channel tvws sensing prototype using software defined radio

F Awin, A Younan, D Corral-De-Witt… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel real-time sensing prototype is devised using to identify TV white space (TVWS) over
multiple TV channels instantaneously. The proposed sensing prototype can be tuned to …