Configuring a network of devices to operate within a television whitespace spectrum

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to configure a node to communicate on a television white space (TVWS) spectrum of frequencies, by performing the steps of:

• receiving a request for at least one operating parameter from a first node that resides at a first location in a network;
• retrieving one or more entries associated with the first location from a first database, wherein each of the one or more entries reflects a quality of service metric for a TVWS channel at the first location;
• determining the at least one operating parameter for the first node based on the one or more entries, wherein the at least one operating parameter indicates a first TVWS channel;
• and
• transmitting the at least one operating parameter to the first node, wherein the first node is configured to perform future communication operations over the first TVWS channel according to the at least one operating parameter.

A system for configuring a node to communicate on a television white space (TVWS) spectrum of frequencies, including:

• a processing unit configured to:
• receive a request for at least one operating parameter from a first node that resides at a first location in a network,
• retrieve one or more entries associated with the first location from a first database, wherein each of the one or more entries reflects a quality of service metric for a TVWS channel at the first location,
• determine the at least one operating parameter for the first node based on the one or more entries, wherein the at least one operating parameter indicates a first TVWS channel, and
• transmit the at least one operating parameter to the first node, wherein the first node is configured to perform future communication operations over the first TVWS channel according to the at least one operating parameter.

A computer-implemented method for configuring a node to communicate on a television white space (TVWS) spectrum of frequencies, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for a first TVWS channel from a first node that resides at a first location in a network;
• retrieving one or more entries associated with the first location from a first database, wherein a given entry included in the one or more entries reflects a quality of service metric associated with a given TVWS channel computed by a given node residing at the first location and configured to communicate on the given TVWS channel;
• determining the first TVWS channel for the first node based on the quality of service metrics associated with the one or more entries;
• and
• transmitting the first TVWS channel to the first node, wherein the first node is configured to perform a communication operation over the first TVWS channel.