Impact of Cognitive Radio on Future Management of Spectrum

TL;DR

This paper explores how cognitive radio technology could revolutionize spectrum management by enabling more dynamic, efficient, and autonomous spectrum access models in the future.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of both near-term opportunistic spectrum access and long-term self-regulating models involving cognitive radios.

Findings

Cognitive radio can improve spectrum utilization efficiency.

Different models of spectrum management are discussed for future implementation.

Implications for policy and technology development are considered.

Abstract

Cognitive radio is a breakthrough technology which is expected to have a profound impact on the way radio spectrum will be accessed, managed and shared in the future. In this paper I examine some of the implications of cognitive radio for future management of spectrum. Both a near-term view involving the opportunistic spectrum access model and a longer-term view involving a self-regulating dynamic spectrum access model within a society of cognitive radios are discussed.