Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases
draft-ietf-paws-protocol-13

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PAWS                                                        V. Chen, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                    Google
Intended status: Standards Track                                  S. Das
Expires: January 31, 2015                 Applied Communication Sciences
                                                                  L. Zhu
                                                                  Huawei
                                                               J. Malyar
                iconectiv (formerly Telcordia Interconnection Solutions)
                                                               P. McCann
                                                                  Huawei
                                                           July 30, 2014

            Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases
                      draft-ietf-paws-protocol-13

Abstract

   Portions of the radio spectrum that are allocated to licensees are
   available for non-interfering use.  This available spectrum is called
   "White Space."  Allowing secondary users access to available spectrum
   "unlocks" existing spectrum to maximize its utilization and to
   provide opportunities for innovation, resulting in greater overall
   spectrum utilization.

   One approach to managing spectrum sharing uses databases to report
   spectrum availability to devices.  To achieve interoperability among
   multiple devices and databases, a standardized protocol must be
   defined and implemented.  This document defines such a protocol, the
   "Protocol to Access White Space (PAWS) Databases".

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Conventions and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  Multi-ruleset Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Protocol Functionalities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.1.  Database Discovery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     4.2.  PAWS Version  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     4.3.  Initialization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       4.3.1.  INIT_REQ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       4.3.2.  INIT_RESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.4.  Device Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       4.4.1.  REGISTRATION_REQ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       4.4.2.  REGISTRATION_RESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.5.  Available Spectrum Query  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       4.5.1.  AVAIL_SPECTRUM_REQ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       4.5.2.  AVAIL_SPECTRUM_RESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       4.5.3.  AVAIL_SPECTRUM_BATCH_REQ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       4.5.4.  AVAIL_SPECTRUM_BATCH_RESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
       4.5.5.  SPECTRUM_USE_NOTIFY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       4.5.6.  SPECTRUM_USE_RESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     4.6.  Device Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
       4.6.1.  DEV_VALID_REQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
       4.6.2.  DEV_VALID_RESP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31