Performance Evaluation of TVWS LTE-Based Wireless Broadband Technology in Suburban Non-Line-of-Sight Environments

Many rural and suburban areas still lack broadband Internet access due to economic, technological and geographic challenges. In this paper, we examine the performance of TVWS wireless technology for providing Internet service through practical deployment in a suburban area of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). We conduct outdoor measurements to measure the various performance metrics, including the received signal strength (RSS), signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and data rate. In addition, the collected data are used to evaluate and compare the measured pathloss with some widely used pathloss models.