The IEEE 1900.6™ Working Group (WG) is announcing a Call for Participation to develop IEEE P1900.6a™ Standard for Spectrum Sensing Interfaces and Data Structures for Dynamic Spectrum Access and other Advanced Radio Communication Systems Amendment: Procedures, Protocols and Data Archive Enhanced Interfaces.

Following the publication of IEEE 1900.6™-2011 Standard, Spectrum Sensing Interfaces and Data Structures for Dynamic Spectrum Access and Other Advanced Radio Communication System, on April 22nd 2011, the IEEE 1900.6 WG started to develop a draft standard P1900.6a, the amendment to IEEE 1900.6-2011 Standard.

Scope: This Amendment to IEEE 1900.6-2011 standard adds procedures, protocols, and message format specifications for the exchange of sensing related data, control data, and configuration data, between spectrum sensors and their clients. In addition, it adds specifications for the exchange of sensing related and other relevant data, and specifies related interfaces between the data archive and other data sources.

Purpose: This amendment provides specifications to allow integrating IEEE 1900.6 based distributed sensing systems into existing and future dynamic spectrum access radio communication systems. It enables existing legacy systems to benefit, so as to widen the potential adoption of IEEE 1900.6 interface as an add-on to these systems, and to claim standard conformance for implementation of the interface. In addition, it facilitates the sharing of spectrum sensing data, and other relevant data, among IEEE 1900.6 based entities and external data archives.

So far, the WG has identified, but is NOT limited to, the following technical issues that need to be addressed in the draft standard:.

1. Proposal to adopt legacy sensing hardware with IEEE 1900.6 compliant Sensors, DCN 6-11- 0030-02-0000
2a. IEEE P1900.6a Functional Requirements Green Cognitive Radio, 6-11-21-02-0000
2b. Local link proximity and channel awareness for energy saving in IEEE 1900.6, 6-11-0039-00-0000
3. Proposal to include spectrum sensing protocol in IEEE 1900.6a, DCN 6-11-0037-02-0000
4. IEEE 1900.6a: Sensor Location Information, DCN 6-11-0043-00-0000
5. IEEE P1900.6a: Data sources identification, DCN 6-11-0044-01-0000
6. IEEE P1900.6a: Communication service extension, DCN 6-11-0045-00-0000

For the latest update and detail information, please access document DCN 6-11-0049-00-0000 and its revisions.

Further contributions to identify new technical issues, as well as resolutions to the identified technical issues, are welcome.

All interested parties are hereby invited to participate in the IEEE 1900.6 WG. Your active participation and contribution will be instrumental in developing a quality standard.

To access a required document, you need to add IEEE 1900.6 to your activity at the IEEE-SA MyProjects website.

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To obtain meeting information, click here.

The next face-to-face meeting of the IEEE 1900.6 WG will be held March 26-29, 2012, in Osaka, Japan (coinciding with the DySPAN-SC plenary meeting). More information can be found on the DySPAN Google calendar.

The IEEE 1900.6 WG is sponsored by the Standards Committee of the IEEE Communications Society and is part of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) Committee. All information related to the DySPAN Committee and the IEEE 1900.6 WG can be found on the IEEE DySPAN Standards Comittee (DySPAN SC) homepage.

If you are interested in participating in the IEEE 1900.6™ WG, or have any questions related to the working group, please contact, Chen Sun, WG Acting Chair, at csun@ieee.org

 

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