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ChannelClassificationandSelection
TheSMshallassigntheoperatingchanneltotheMAC/PHYmodulesintheWRAN.TheSMshallalsodefinethebackupchannel(s)andtheircorrespondingpriorities.Therestofthechannelsthatarepotentiallyavailableforoperation,butthatarenotselectedastheoperatingchannelorasbackupchannel(s),maybeclassifiedascandidate,protectedordisallowedchannel(s).Thechannelsmaybeclassifiedusingthefollowingcategories:
Available:
channelsavailableforconsiderationforpotentialWRANoperationatagivenlocationaccordingtheincumbentdatabases,ifsuchdatabasesexist.ChannelsnotdeemedavailablebythedatabasesareprecludedforusebyWRANs.Ifnoincumbentdatabaseexists,allchannelsareconsideredavailable.Availablechannelsarefurtherclassifiedintooneofthefollowingcategories:
∙Disallowed:
channelsthatareprecludedfromusebytheoperatorduetooperationalorlocalregulatoryconstraints.
∙Operating:
thecurrentchannelusedforcommunicationbetweenBSandCPEswithinaWRANcell.Inordertoprotectincumbents,theoperatingchannelshallbesensedatleastevery2secondsforwirelessmicrophoneandIEEE802.22.1wirelessbeacon.
∙Backup:
channelsthathavebeenclearedtoimmediatelybecometheoperatingchannelincasetheWRANneedstoswitchtoanotherchannel.TheBSmaymaintainmultiplebackupchannelsatanygiventimeandshallorderthemaccordingtotheirrelativepriorities.Backupchannelsshallbesensedforincumbentdetectionatleastonceevery6seconds.AchannelcanstayinthebackupchannellistaslongasnoincumbentisfoundonthischanneltowardswhichharmfulinterferencecouldbeproducedbytheWRANtransmission.
∙Candidate:
channelsthatarecandidatestobecomeabackupchannel.ThesearechannelsthattheBSmayrequesttheCPEstosensetoevaluatethepossibilityofelevatingthemtoabackupchannelstatus.Althoughsensingofcandidatechannelscouldbeinfrequent,beforeacandidatechanneliselevatedtobackupchannel,itmustbesensedasincumbent-freeatleastevery6secondsfornolessthan30seconds.IfthefirstchannelinthelistcanbeconfirmedclearofanyincumbentoperationtowardswhichharmfulinterferencecouldbeproducedbytheWRANtransmissionwithintherequiredtimeperiod,thebasestationcanmoveittothebackuplistifneeded.TheconstitutionofthecandidatechannellistreliesontheextratimethattheCPEswillhavetodosensingbeyondwhatisrequiredtoclearthebackupchannellist.
∙Protected:
channelsinwhichtheincumbentortheWRANoperationhavebeendetectedthroughsensing.ProtectedchannelsmaybemovedtothecandidatechannelsetintheeventthattheincumbentortheWRANsystemshavevacatedthechannel.Sensingisneededtodeterminewhethertheincumbentisstillpresentonthechannel,butsensingcouldbeinfrequentinthesechannels.Aprotectedchannelmayalsobecomeabackupchannel,butbeforeaprotectedchanneliselevatedtobackupchannelstatus,itmustbesensedasincumbent-freeatleastevery6secondsfornolessthan30seconds.TheSMshould,whenpossible,identifythetypeofsignaloccupyingeveryprotectedchannel(see9.2.5).
∙Unclassified:
channelsthathavenotbeensensed.ThesechannelsmaybesensedaccordingtotheSMimplementation.Onceanunclassifiedchannelhasbeensensed,itmaybere-classifiedasprotectedorcandidatechanneldependingonthesensingresults.
Fortheabovechannelsetdefined:
“Disallowed”,“Operating”,“Backup”,“Candidate”,“Protected”and“Unclassified”channelsets,andallsetsareexclusivetoeachother,i.e.,achannelcannotbelongtomorethanoneofthesesixsets.However,becauseoftheWRANself-coexistencemechanism,anoperatingchannelforoneWRANsystemcanalsobetheoperatingchannelofanotherWRANsystem(‘coexistence’)orbelongtoitsbackuporcandidatelistasexplainedin6.23.3.1.
Thespecificalgorithmsforselectingtheoperatingchannelanddefininghowthebackupandcandidatechannelsareprioritizedisoutsidethescopeofthisstandardaslongastheseimplementationsmeetthesensingrequirements.However,anyimplementationofthesealgorithmsshalluseasinputcurrentchannelavailabilityinformation(asdescribedin9.2.2).Furthermore,othercriteriamayalsobetakenintoaccountbytheimplementation,suchastrafficrequirements,locationinformation,andcoexistencewithneighboringWRANs.
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10.1.2.1TransitionDiagramforChannelSets
EachchannelontheavailableTVchannellistthatisreturnedfromthedatabaseservice(section9.7.1.8)belongstooneofthepossiblechannelsetsintheBS.Attheendofthequietperiod,dependingontheactivityofincumbentusersandchannelqualityeachchannelmaytransittoothersetsasshownbythestatetransitiondiagramshowninFigure177.Thetransitiondiagramconsistsof5statesand9events.The5statesaredescribedinSection9.2.3.NotethatthesestatesareclassifiedusingspectrumsensingresultsduringWRANinitializationandoperation.Therefore,disallowedandunavailablechannelsareomittedinthisstatetransitiondiagrambecausethosechannelsareclassifiedbyopratororincumbentDB.Possibleeventsforeachstatetransitionaredescribedasfollows:
Event1:
ThechannelintheOperating,Backup,Candidate,orUnclassifiedsetsbecomesamemberoftheProtectedsetifanincumbentappearsintheincumbentdatabaseorisdetectedusingspectrumsensing.
Event2:
IncumbentserviceorotherWRANreleasesthechannel.
Event3:
ThepoorestchannelintheBackupsetbecomesamemberoftheCandidatesetasitsqualityisworsethanthatofanewmemberoftheBackupset.Itcanalsooccurwhenanincumbenthasappearedduringthelast30seconds.
Event4:
ThechannelisreleasedduetotheterminationoftheWRANusageanditsqualityisworsethanthatoftheexistingmembersoftheBackupset.
Event5:
ThechannelbecomesOperatingbyitsnewallocationtotheWRANservice.
Event6:
IfthechannelqualityisbetterthanthatofanexistingmemberoftheBackupset,thenitreplacesthismemberoftheBackupset.Also,allthesechannelssatisfythatnoincumbentappeareddurin