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Presentation 2011-04-22 15:05
IEEE 802.11af Standardization Activities:TV White Space Security Issues
Chin-Sean Sum, Zhou Lan, Chen Sun, Yohannes D. Alemseged, Ha Nguyen Tran, Gabriel Porto Villardi, Hiroshi Harada (NICT) SR2011-16
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) IEEE 802.11af is the IEEE task group (TG) responsible for specifying the physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) amendment in wireless local area network (WLAN) system for operation in the TV white space. TV white space is defined as the spectrum allocated to TV broadcasting services, but is unused by the service locally and temporarily. The main focus of TGaf is to modify the existing 802.11 specification to comply with the regulations related to TV white space utilization, frequency rebanding to meet the TV spectrum and necessary MAC/PHY alterations required by operation in TV white space. One of the main issues discussed in the TGaf is the issue of security in the white space operation. Among other national regulators, in the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required WLAN devices to obtain permission from a primary user Geolocation Database (GDB) before operating in a specific TV channel. In the WLAN configuration, the access point (AP) will be responsible of obtaining the accessible TV channels from the GDB. The connectivity from a WLAN AP to the GDB may be through the wired or wireless medium. It is also mandated that the connectivity to obtain the TV channels to be protected by security means. This indicates the possible employment of existing security standards such as IEEE 802.11i and 802.1X. This article provides a discussion on how these standards are related to the establishment of a secured link between the WLAN devices and the TV primary user GDB.
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(in English) 802.11af / TV white space / security / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 111, no. 13, SR2011-16, pp. 91-96, April 2011.
Paper # SR2011-16 
Date of Issue 2011-04-14 (SR) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee SR  
Conference Date 2011-04-21 - 2011-04-22 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Matsue Terrsa 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Standardization of Software Defined Radio and Cognitive Radio, etc. 
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Conference Code 2011-04-SR 
Language English 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) IEEE 802.11af Standardization Activities:TV White Space Security Issues 
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Keyword(1) 802.11af  
Keyword(2) TV white space  
Keyword(3) security  
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1st Author's Name Chin-Sean Sum  
1st Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
2nd Author's Name Zhou Lan  
2nd Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
3rd Author's Name Chen Sun  
3rd Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
4th Author's Name Yohannes D. Alemseged  
4th Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
5th Author's Name Ha Nguyen Tran  
5th Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
6th Author's Name Gabriel Porto Villardi  
6th Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
7th Author's Name Hiroshi Harada  
7th Author's Affiliation NICT (NICT)
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Date Time 2011-04-22 15:05:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for SR 
Paper # SR2011-16 
Volume (vol) vol.111 
Number (no) no.13 
Page pp.91-96 
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Date of Issue 2011-04-14 (SR) 


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