The IESG has received a request from the Protocol to Access WS database WG (paws) to consider the following document: - 'Protocol to Access White Space (PAWS) Database: Use Cases and Requirements' <draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts-12.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-02-15. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract Portions of the radio spectrum that are assigned to a particular use but are unused or unoccupied at specific locations and times are defined as "white space." The concept of allowing additional transmissions (which may or may not be licensed) in white space is a technique to "unlock" existing spectrum for new use. An obvious requirement is that these additional transmissions do not interfere with the assigned use of the spectrum. One approach to using white space spectrum at a given time and location is to verify spectrum availability with a database that manages spectrum sharing and provides spectrum-availability information. The IETF has undertaken to develop a Protocol to Access Spectrum Database [1] for such a management database. This document describes a number of possible use cases of white space spectrum and technology as well as a set of requirements for the database query protocol. The concept of white spaces is described along with the problems that need to be addressed to enable white space spectrum for additional uses without causing interference to currently assigned use. Use of white space is enabled by querying a database that stores information about spectrum availability at any given location and time. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1614/
