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Item Spectrum occupancy measurements in the TV and CDMA bands(IEEE, 2015-12-21) Babalola, O.,D.; Garba, E.; Temitope, O.,I.; Bamiduro, A.,S.; Faruk, Nasir; sowande, olugbenga, A.,; Bello, O., W.; Ayeni, A. , A.; Muhammad, M., Y.Continuous demand, by end users, has become an issue with respect to the scarce resources of radio frequency spectrum. In this paper we conducted a 24-hour outdoor measurement of spectrum occupancy, in both rural and urban areas in Kwara State, Nigeria, spanning across the frequency range of 48.5 MHz – 880 MHz. The results obtained show that the mean average duty cycle for TV bands 1-4 and CDMA band in rural and urban locations are 2.58 % and 12.02% and 0.25% and 3.13% respectively. Findings from this measurements show that there is ample opportunity for deployment of cognitive radio for a more efficient utilization of the spectrum.