{"id":3431,"date":"2023-11-06T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deqepub.org\/ejees\/?post_type=journal_article&#038;p=3431"},"modified":"2025-06-17T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:13:40","slug":"enabling-wireless-rural-broadband-usage-via-tv-white-spaces-in-delta-state-university-of-science-and-technology-ozoro-delta-state","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/deqepub.org\/ejees\/journal_article\/enabling-wireless-rural-broadband-usage-via-tv-white-spaces-in-delta-state-university-of-science-and-technology-ozoro-delta-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling Wireless Rural Broadband Usage Via TV White Spaces in Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><strong>Adigwe, W.<sup>1<\/sup>, Igbologe, O.<sup>2*<\/sup>, <\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"#\">Asibeluo, U. N.<sup>3<\/sup>, Odoh, F. E.<sup>4<\/sup> &amp; Idama, O.<sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/strong><br><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Computer Science, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Nigeria<br><sup>2 3 4<\/sup>Department of Electrical Engineering, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Nigeria<br><sup>5<\/sup>Department of Computer Engineering, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadband high speed internet access has all but become a requirement in today\u2019s connected world as it provides a variety of channels of data over a single communication medium. But in rural areas, access to key spectrum is difficult due to financial limitations and unavailability of internet access resources; TV white space (TVWS) which is an emerging technology that utilizes the unused UHF, VHF band on a secondary basics without causing harm or interference on the primary users has a promising potentials of extending broadband internet access to rural environment. Therefore, this research work has examine the UHF TV spectrum occupancy in three selected environs around the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State, using to determine the free and occupied channels. Result shows that within the Ughelli environs for bands within (474-874mhz), a total number of 50 channels are available with 14 occupied representing 28% while 72% are free; and for the Asaba environs, 22 channels of the 50 available channels representing 44% are occupied leaving the other 56% free; and for the Ubulu-ukwu environs,25 of the 50 available channels representing 50% are occupied while others are free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords: <\/strong>Wireless Rural Broadband Usage; TV White Spaces; Delta State University of Science and Technology; Internet Access<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/deqepub.org\/ejees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/EJEES-7.3-32-39.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Enabling Wireless Rural Broadband Usage Via TV White Spaces in Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a69c6522-a4e9-4d37-a132-b6a8174ad513\" href=\"https:\/\/deqepub.org\/ejees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/EJEES-7.3-32-39.pdf\">Enabling Wireless Rural Broadband Usage Via TV White Spaces in Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/deqepub.org\/ejees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/EJEES-7.3-32-39.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a69c6522-a4e9-4d37-a132-b6a8174ad513\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","journal_article_cats":[173],"class_list":["post-3431","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","journal_article_cat-vol-7-no-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Enabling Wireless Rural Broadband Usage Via TV White Spaces in Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State - European Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Broadband high speed internet access has all but become a requirement in today\u2019s connected world as it provides a variety of channels of data over a single communication medium. 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Result shows that within the Ughelli environs for bands within (474-874mhz), a total number of 50 channels are available with 14 occupied representing 28% while 72% are free; and for the Asaba environs, 22 channels of the 50 available channels representing 44% are occupied leaving the other 56% free; and for the Ubulu-ukwu environs,25 of the 50 available channels representing 50% are occupied while others are free.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/deqepub.org\/ejees\/journal_article\/enabling-wireless-rural-broadband-usage-via-tv-white-spaces-in-delta-state-university-of-science-and-technology-ozoro-delta-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enabling Wireless Rural Broadband Usage Via TV White Spaces in Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Broadband high speed internet access has all but become a requirement in today\u2019s connected world as it provides a variety of channels of data over a single communication medium. 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