PAWS J. Caufield
Internet-Draft Key Bridge
Intended status: Experimental B. Patil
Expires: April 26, 2012 Nokia
October 24, 2011
Protocol to query a White Space Database
draft-caufield-paws-protocol-for-tvws-00.txt
Abstract
Regulatory entities in many countries are making spectrum previously
used by television stations available for secondary use as a result
of the switch from analog to digital. The spectrum in such cases is
still owned by the primary user to whom it is licensed. However
parts of the spectrum may be unused at a given location or time and
hence can be made available for secondary use. In order to use such
spectrum a device has to query a database in order to obtain a list
of available channels or spectrum at a given location and time. This
document specifies a protocol that can be used to query a white space
database by a device.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. The Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. Query Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
9. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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1. Introduction
Regulatory entities in many countries are making spectrum previously
used by television stations available for secondary use as a result
of the switch from analog to digital. The spectrum in such cases is
still owned by the primary user to whom it is licensed. However
parts of the spectrum may be unused at a given location or time and
hence can be made available for secondary use. In order to use such
spectrum a device has to query a database in order to obtain a list
of available channels or spectrum at a given location and time. This
document specifies a protocol that can be used to query a white space
database by a device.
The problem statement, use cases and requirements for the use of
white space spectrum and the associated protocol is captured in the
document: [I-D.ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts].
2. Terminology and Abbreviations
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
This document relies on the terminology specified in
[I-D.ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts].
3. Background
Provide some background material on the PAWS protocol.
4. Problem Statement
Capture the problem statement for the protocol without repeating what
is stated in the PS I-D.
5. The Protocol
Specify the details of the protocol itself here.
6. Query Parameters
Specify in XML the parameters that need to be carried in the request/
response protocol.
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7. IANA Considerations
This document will require actions on the part of IANA to assign
values for the new messages and attributes.
8. Security Considerations
Protocol security and threats need to be specified here.
9. Acknowledgements
List people who have helped improve this contribution.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
10.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts]
Probasco, S., Bajko, G., Patil, B., and B. Rosen,
"Protocol to Access White Space database: PS, use cases
and rqmts", draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts-00
(work in progress), September 2011.
Authors' Addresses
Jesse Caufield
Key Bridge
1600 Tysons Blvd, Suite 450
McLean VA 22102
USA
Email: jesse.caufield@keybridgeglobal.com
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Basavaraj Patil
Nokia
6021 Connection Drive
Irving, TX 75039
USA
Email: basavaraj.patil@nokia.com
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