Today¿s wireless services have come a long way since the roll out of the conventional voice-centric cellular systems. The demand for wireless access in voice and high rate data multi-media applications has been increasing. New generation wireless communication systems are aimed at accommodating this demand through better resource management and improved transmission technologies. This book discusses the cognitive radio, software defined radio, and adaptive radio concepts from several perspectives.

Today's wireless services have come a long way since the roll-out of conventional voice-centric cellular systems. The demand for wireless access in voice and high rate data multi-media applications has been increasing. New generation wireless communication systems are aimed at accommodating this demand through better resource management and improved transmission technologies. This book is both an introductory technology survey/tutorial for beginners and an advanced mathematical overview intended for technical professionals in the communications industry, and technical managers and researchers in both academia and industry. The author investigates cognitive radio and cognitive networks from a broad aspect of wireless communication system enhancement with special emphasis on better spectrum utilization. Coverage includes applications of cognitive radio, SDR and cognitive radio architectures, spectrum efficiency and soft spectrum usage, adaptive wireless system design, measurements and awareness of various parameters including interference temperature and geo-location information.

Preface. Chapter 1: Introducing Adaptive, Aware, and Cognitive Radios; Bruce Fette. Chapter 2: Cognitive Networks; Ryan W. Thomas, Daniel H. Friend, Luiz A. DaSilva, Allen B. MacKenzie. Chapter 3: Cognitive Radio Architecture; Joseph Mitola III. Chapter 4: Software Defined Radio Architectures for Cognitive radios; H. Arslan, H. celebi. Chapter 5: Value-Creation and Migration in Adaptive and Cognitive Radio Systems; Keith E. Nolan, Francis J. Mullany, Eamonn Ambrose, Linda E. Doyle. Chapter 6: Codes and Games for Dynamic Spectrum Access; Yiping Xing, Harikeshwar Kushwaha, K.P. Subbalakshmi, R. Chandramouli. Chapter 7: Efficiency and Coexistence Strategies for Cognitive Radio; Sai Shankar N. Chapter 8: Enabling Cognitive Radio Through Sensing, Awareness, and Measurements; H. Arslan, S. yarkan. Chapter 9: Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Applications; H. Arslan, T. Yucek. Chapter 10: Location Information Management Systems for Cognitive Wireless Networks; H. Arslan, H. Celebi. Chapter 11: OFDM for Cognitive Radio: Merits and Challenges; H. Arslan, H. A. Mahmoud, T.Yucek. Chapter 12: UWB Cognitive Radio; H. Arslan, M.E. Sahin. Chapter 13: Applications of Cognitive radio; H. Arslan, S. Ahmed. Chapter 14: Cross¿layer Adaptation and Optimization for Cognitive Radio; H. Arslan, S. Yarkan. Index.