Regulatory aspects and opportunities of TV white spaces in India

Abstract

Ever increasing demand for communication bandwidth to meet the needs of population across various demography of India is is in the focus of government, operators and technology providers. Need for managing Spectrum as a scarce resource is well understood and explorations for efficient spectrum utilization is a national priority. Dynamic shared and opportunistic spectrum access and schemes for utilization of TV white spaces are of interest to the stake holders. An overview of the digital dividend with cognitive access and related opportunities in the context of India is discussed in this paper.1