This book discusses in-depth the concept of distributedartificial intelligence (DAI) and its application to cognitivecommunicationsIn this book, the authors present an overview of cognitivecommunications, encompassing both cognitive radio and cognitivenetworks, and also other application areas such as cognitiveacoustics. The book also explains the specific rationale for theintegration of different forms of distributed artificialintelligence into cognitive communications, something which isoften neglected in many forms of technical contributions availabletoday. Furthermore, the chapters are divided into four disciplines:wireless communications, distributed artificial intelligence,regulatory policy and economics and implementation. The bookcontains contributions from leading experts (academia and industry)in the field.Key Features:* Covers the broader field of cognitive communications as awhole, addressing application to communication systems in general(e.g. cognitive acoustics and Distributed Artificial Intelligence(DAI)* Illustrates how different DAI based techniques can be used toself-organise the radio spectrum* Explores the regulatory, policy and economic issues ofcognitive communications in the context of secondary spectrumaccess* Discusses application and implementation of cognitivecommunications techniques in different application areas (e.g.Cognitive Femtocell Networks (CFN)* Written by experts in the field from both academia andindustryCognitive Communications will be an invaluable guide forresearch community (PhD students, researchers) in the areas ofwireless communications, and development engineers involved in thedesign and development of mobile, portable and fixed wirelesssystems., wireless network design engineer. Undergraduate andpostgraduate students on elective courses in electronic engineeringor computer science, and the research and engineering communitywill also find this book of interest.