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doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0258r1 Submission March 2010 TechnicolorSlide 1 MAC and PHY Proposal for 802.11af Date: 2010-02-28 Name Affiliations Address Phone email Hou-Shin Chen Technicolor Two Independence Way, Princeton,08540 hou- shin.chen@ Wen Gao Technicolor Two Independence Way, Princeton, 08540 609-987-7308 wen.gao@ Authors: doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0258r1 Submission Outline ? PHY Considerations ? MAC Considerations ? Conclusions ? References March 2010 Technicolor2 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0258r1 Submission Characteristics of TV White Space (TVWS) ? The spectrum opportunity of TVWS consists of fragments of different number of available TV channels. – Variable channel bandwidth ? The 802.11af should support the usage of multiple available channels in TVWS. – Multiple contiguous available channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, (optional 8, 16) – Multiple non-contiguous available channels: within 4 consecutive channels ? Use channel numbers specified by regulatory bodies March 2010 3 Technicolor doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0258r1 Submission Why Use Non-contiguous Channels? ? Enjoy benefits of larger bandwidth, as in contiguous cases: – Efficient – larger bandwidth results in higher data rate and a more efficient CSMA system. – Power saving – from information theory, for the same transmission power , larger bandwidth results in higher channel capacity. ? Low additional complexity: – Only one additional filter operation is needed if the multiple non- contiguous channels are within 4 consecutive channels. March 2010 4 Technicolor doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0258r1 Submission OFDM PHYs in Current 802.11 Standards ? OFDM with fixed subcarrier number (clause 17) – 64 subcarriers for 5, 10 and 20 MHz channels. ? OFDM with fixed subcarrier spacing (clause 20) – 64 subcarriers for 20 MHz channel and – 128 subcarriers for 40 MHz channel – (256 subcarriers for 80 MHz channel in 802.11ac under consideration). ? Abbreviations: – FCN – OFDM with Fixed subCarrier Number – FC