RT Conference Proceedings T1 Spectrum occupancy and hidden node margins for cognitive radio applications in the UHF band A1 Alonso, Miren A1 Lázaro, Irati A1 Murroni, Maurizio A1 Angueira, Pablo A1 Vélez, Manuel A1 Morgade, J. A1 Sánchez, Mikel A1 Prieto, Pablo AB This paper presents the study of the spectrum occupancy in the UHF frequency band (470-870MHz) in Bilbao area, Spain. The study has been performed at three different sites and at different height to determinate the hidden node margin, the main problem of the cognitive radio. The objective of the paper is to determinate by signal power measuring if the cognitive device will be able to detect and distinguish the empty and occupied channel to carry out the communication. The results from the spectrum measurements taken in all the sites have been analyzed and compared to the official spectrum regulation. The study reveals that the spectrum occupancy is minimum, thus there are a lot of white spaces in this band. SN 9783642304187 SN 1867-8211 YR 2012 FD 2012 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1924 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1924 LA eng NO Alonso , M , Lázaro , I , Murroni , M , Angueira , P , Vélez , M , Morgade , J , Sánchez , M & Prieto , P 2012 , Spectrum occupancy and hidden node margins for cognitive radio applications in the UHF band . in Mobile Multimedia Communications - 7th International ICST Conference, MOBIMEDIA 2011, Revised Selected Papers . Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering , vol. 79 LNICST , pp. 84-88 , 7th International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications, MOBIMEDIA 2011 , Cagliari , Italy , 5/09/11 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30419-4_9 NO conference DS TECNALIA Publications RD 29 jul 2024