Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks

This book gives comprehensive and balanced coverage of the principles of cognitive radio communications and networks, with details of their implementation, including the latest developments in the standards and spectrum policy. Case studies and descriptions of platforms and test beds, together with sample code, give hands-on knowledge of how cognitive radio systems can be implemented. Extensive treatment is given to the 802.22 and 802.16h (WiMAX) standards. Written by leading academic and industrial people in the field, this book gives communications engineers, R&D engineers, researchers and graduate students a complete reference on the design and implementation of cognitive radio systems and networks.

Offers comprehensive coverage of the principles of cognitive radio communications, cognitive networks, and details of their implementation, including the developments in the standards and spectrum policy. This book gives a treatment to several standards, including IEEE 802.22 for TV White Spaces and IEEE SCC41.

Inhalt

When radio meets software; Radio frequency spectrum and regulation; Digital communication fundamentals for cognitive radio; Spectrum sensing and identification; Spectrum access and sharing; Agile transmission techniques; Reconfiguration, adaptation, and optimization; Fundamentals of communication networks; Cognitive radio network architectures; User cooperative communications; Information theoretical limits on cognitive radio networks; Cross-layer optimization for multihop cognitive radio networks; Defining cognitive radio; Cognitive radio for broadband wireless access in TV bands: The IEEE 802.22 standards; Cognitive radio network security; Public safety and cognitive radio; Auction-based spectrum markets in cognitive radio networks; GNU radio for cognitive radio experimentation; Cognitive radio platforms and testbeds; Cognitive radio evolution; Appendices: GNU radio experimentation