Presentations from the UK SPF Cluster 2: Public Sector Spectrum Release (PSSR) - Utilities and 5G

1. Enabling dynamic
spectrum management
(DSM)
Adam Leach, Director of Emerging Technology
@adamhleach

2. About us
We’re responsible for a vital part of today’s UK
internet infrastructure. Building on this expertise,
we’re developing leading-edge technologies to
support the internet of tomorrow.

3. Nominet’s role in DSM
• Led Ofcom trials for TV White
Space (TVWS) by developing
geo-location database and
deployed TVWS network in
Oxford.
• 1st database operator to qualify in
the UK
• Operational database available in
the UK from 1st January 2016

4. 1st commercial network to use
DSM on the Isle of Arran
Commercial deployments in
Llanarth and Inverness

5. DSM worldwide
• Nominet is deploying TVWS in the US
to support Microsoft’s Airband initiative
• Nominet is working with directly with
regulators worldwide who are adopting
TVWS including many countries in
Africa and South America
• Developing database solutions for
3.5GHz in the US for CBRS

6. Nominet has
built a global platform for
dynamic spectrum

7. Benefits of DSM
• Is available today!
• Proven method to protects incumbent
users from interference
• Provides users with efficient and
flexible access
• Can be applied to multiple frequency
bands, each with its own rules
• Provides regulators with flexibility to
adjust rules based on usage data

8. Delivering future-proof networks for
the Utility sector
• Nominet’s DSM solution can:
• Allow access between 406MHz and 430MHz based on time and
location
• Protect incumbent users: Ministry of Defence
• Provide flexible on-demand access to 470MHz to 698MHz (via TV
whitespace) if other frequencies are not available
• Use future proof equipment that can be reused at 700MHz
All that’s needed is Utilities companies to participate in
a trial

9. www.nominet.uk/tvws