Essentials of Cognitive Radio

The key concepts and challenges you need to know about in a quick, practical guide, with minimum mathematics.

Linda E. Doyle (Author)

9780521897709, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 April 2009

250 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.53 kg

'The overall description is very intuitive … It requires no particular knowledge (or mathematical skills) to understand the notions developed in the book. This makes the book very easy to understand, and, thus, accessible to a large public. … As a practical guide on cognitive radio, this book completely fulfills its objective and is very useful for quickly entering into the domain.' Radio Science Bulletin

Do you need to get quickly up to speed on cognitive radio? This concise, practical guide presents the key concepts and challenges you need to know about, including issues associated with security, regulation, and designing and building cognitive radios. Written in a descriptive style and using minimum mathematics, complex ideas are made easily understandable, providing you with a perfect introduction to the technology and preparing you to face its many future challenges.

Acknowledgements
1. A cognitive radio world
2. The essentials - an overview
3. Taking action
4. Observing the outside world
5. Making decisions
6. Security in cognitive radio
7. Cognitive radio platforms
8. Cognitive radio regulation and standardisation
9. Conclusions
About the author
Index.

Subject Areas: Computer networking & communications [UT], Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Electrical engineering [THR]