Software Defined Radios From Smart(er) to Cognitive /

• Main Authors: Pollin, Sofie (Author), Timmers, Michael (Author), Van der Perre, Liesbet (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Signals and Communication Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Solid state physics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Solid State Physics.

Mobile users need a variety of multimedia services, in very diverse geographical environments. The growing number of communication options within and across wireless standards is accommodating the growing volume and heterogeneity in wireless demands. On the other hand, advancement in radio technolog...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Serving Many Mobile Users in Various Scenarios: Radios to Go Smart(er) and Cognitive
• 2. Emerging Standards for Smart Radios: Enabling Tomorrow's Operation
• 3. Cognitive Radio Design and Operation: Mastering the Complexity in a Systematic Way
• 4. Distributed Monitoring for Opportunistic Radios
• 5. Coexistence: the Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
• 6. Anticipative Energy and QoS Management: Systematically Improving the User Experience
• 7. Distributed Optimization of Local Area Networks
• 8. Close
• Bibliography.