Enabling Affordable Internet Access with Dynamic Spectrum Management and Software Defined Radio

该项目旨在调查如何利用动态频谱接入(DSA)管理和地理位置数据库技术，结合软件无线电(SDR)的实施，在发展中国家大规模建立有效和高效的无线网络，以支持使用共享频谱资源进行负担得起的互联网接入。该项目将寻求发展DSA方法和技术，以全面改善这种类型的频谱共享服务，因此，英国的这些改进将得到我们的国际官方发展援助伙伴的充分分享和支持。该项目将由斯特拉斯克莱德大学的白空间通信中心(CWSC)牵头，与肯尼亚、赞比亚、加纳和马拉维的国际官方发展援助大学合作伙伴(进一步与本国的合作伙伴--包括行业和监管机构)合作。此外，还将获得一些主要行业合作伙伴的支持和投入，其中包括动态频谱访问数据库和云服务合作伙伴：Nominet和微软、生产白空间/数字信号处理器无线电供应商Adaptrum和6Harmonics；英国中小企业互联网服务提供商合作伙伴Cloudnet和百老汇合作伙伴；以及MathWorks和现场可编程门阵列硬件供应商Xilinx提供的通信/SDR软件支持。本提案中的所有关系和合作伙伴都已经是预先存在的、值得信任的、在某些情况下是非常长期的关系，包括以前与所有四个非洲国家的合作伙伴的积极的Strathclyde联系。下面的图1显示了该项目的合作伙伴。CWSC及其合作伙伴在DSA管理方面拥有丰富的专业知识和经验，并在帮助Ofcom制定法规以动态使用电视频段的过程中发挥了重要作用-法规于2015年12月31日生效。该项目将建立在这四个海外国家以前工作的基础上，最终将以改善这些国家实现数字包容的路线的形式带来好处，我们预计随后将对邻国或地区国家产生“连锁反应”。

This project aims to investigate how the use of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) management and geo-location database technology, combined with software defined radio (SDR) implementations may be used to enable effective and efficient wireless networks to be built at scale in developing countries in order to support affordable Internet access using the shared spectrum resource. The project will seek to evolve DSA methods and techniques to generally improve this type of spectrum sharing service, and hence these improvements in the UK, will be fully shared and supported by our international ODA partners. The project will be led by the University of Strathclyde's Centre for White Space Communications (CWSC), working with international ODA university partners in Kenya, Zambia, Ghana & Malawi (further engaging with partners in their countries - both industry and regulators). There will also be support and input from a number of key industry partners including dynamic spectrum access database and cloud services partners: Nominet and Microsoft, production white space/DSP radio vendors, Adaptrum and 6Harmonics; UK SME internet service providers (ISPs) partners Cloudnet and Broadway Partners; and communication/ SDR software support from MathWorks, and FPGA hardware vendors Xilinx. All of the relationships and partners in this proposal are already pre-existing, trusted and in some cases very long term relationships, including previous and active Strathclyde links to partners in all four African countries. Figure 1 below illustrates the partners in this project.CWSC and its collaborating partners have considerable expertise and experience in DSA management, and were instrumental in helping Ofcom as it progressed towards putting regulations in place for dynamic use of White Space spectrum in the TV band - regulations which went 'live' on 31st December 2015. The project will build upon previous work that has taken place in the four overseas countries, and will ultimately lead to benefits in the form of improved routes towards digital inclusion in those countries, and we anticipate followed later by 'ripple effect' to neighbouring or regional countries.