Document Type
Article
Publication Title
IEEE Access
Abstract
The analysis presented in this paper indicates that the FM radio spectrum is underutilized in the areas of the continental United States that have a population of 100000 or less. These locations have vacant FM radio spectrum of at least 13 MHz with sufficient spectrum spacing between adjacent FM radio channels. The spectrum spacing provides the required bandwidth for data transmission and provides enough bandwidth to minimize interference introduced by neighboring predicted and unpredicted FM radio stations and other low-power short-range Internet of Thing (IoT) devices. To ensure that low-power short-range IoT devices maintain reliable communications vacant radio spectrum, such as the FM radio spectrum in these areas, will need to be used through cognitive radio. © 2016 IEEE.
First Page
6681
Last Page
6691
DOI
10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2616113
Publication Date
2016
Recommended Citation
Otermat, D.T., Kostanic, I., Otero, C.E. Analysis of the FM Radio Spectrum for Secondary Licensing of Low-Power Short-Range Cognitive Internet of Things Devices (2016) IEEE Access, 4, art. no. 7587389, pp. 6681-6691.