Controlled Out-of-Band Device-to-Device Communication in Cellular Networks Using a Backup Channel in Television White Space

Saifur Rahman, Syed Luqman Shah, Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal +4

In this article, we address the problem of spectrum scarcity in cellular networks (CNs). We propose a backup channel (BuC) for cellular users (CUs) located in the same macro-cell u…