In the span of a century, radio technology advanced from spark transmitters, through analog radios based on vacuum tubes to solid state radios to finally software defined radios where most of the transmit and receive functionalities are implemented as programs running on specialized microprocessors. In recent years, cognitive radio emerged, which combines a software-defined radio with an intelligent agent, and promises to deliver a new level of functionality. This new resource addresses cognitive radio design from the perspective of interoperability with an emphasis on waveform configuration for increased flexibility and enhanced performance. The book provides readers with an extensive discussion of the concept of interoperability, as well as discusses some of the languages that could potentially be used for exchanging descriptions of waveforms.
Preface; Glossary;Introduction; Fundamentals of Sampling and Digital Signal Processing; Software Defined Radio; Cognitive Radio; Interoperability and Reconfiguration; Language Issues in the Context of Cognitive Radio; Component-Based Software Development; Ontology-Based Cognitive Radio Reconfiguration; Case Study of an Example Implementation; Conclusions; Appendices.
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Mieczyslaw M. Kokar
Mieczyslaw M. Kokar is a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He earned his Ph.D. in computer systems engineering from Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland.
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Leszek Lechowicz
Leszek Lechowicz has over 15 years of experience in the automated test equipment industry, where he held a variety of technical positions. He currently is with Bin1ATE, LLC as the director of software development. He earned his Ph.D. in computer engineering from Northeastern University, Boston, MA.