Grant: Engage Grants Program
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Securing Geo-Spatial Databases in TV White Spaces
FY 2012-13
Summary
Due to the rapid increase in wireless communication services such as mobile phones, more and more radio
spectrum is required. However, most of the useful radio spectrum had already been allocated using fixed and
long term spectrum assignment, which makes it very difficult to find vacant bands. After the transition from
analog television transmissions to digital television transmissions, large amounts of frequencies in VHF and
UHF bands have been freed up. To determine the unutilized frequencies, the most prominent approach is to use
a geospatial database that keeps track of all registered and used frequencies. The objective of this project is to
study the communication channels between the mobile devices and the database to identify potential threats
and alsobuild a threat model for the geo-spatial database to help identify potential vulnerabilities such as SQL
injection, buffer overflow, and Denial of Service (DoS).
Program
Engage Grants Program
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
430474-2012
Name nom
ElKhatib, Khalil
Department département
Business and Information Technology, Faculty of
Organization id
19222
Institution établissement
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2012
Competition year année de concours
2012
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1553
Committee name en
Ontario Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour l'Ontario
Area of application code
800
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information and communication services
Area of application fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Research subject code
2700
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Information technology
Research subject fr
Technologie de l'information
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Securing Geo-Spatial Databases in TV White Spaces
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Due to the rapid increase in wireless communication services such as mobile phones, more and more radio
spectrum is required. However, most of the useful radio spectrum had already been allocated using fixed and
long term spectrum assignment, which makes it very difficult to find vacant bands. After the transition from
analog television transmissions to digital television transmissions, large amounts of frequencies in VHF and
UHF bands have been freed up. To determine the unutilized frequencies, the most prominent approach is to use
a geospatial database that keeps track of all registered and used frequencies. The objective of this project is to
study the communication channels between the mobile devices and the database to identify potential threats
and alsobuild a threat model for the geo-spatial database to help identify potential vulnerabilities such as SQL
injection, buffer overflow, and Denial of Service (DoS).
