Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio, and Adaptive Wireless Systems

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.

Dr. Arslan is currently editing a book on Ultrawideband Communications that will be published by Wiley. Professional Activities:

- Editorial board member: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal

- Guest editor for the special issue of "Ultrawideband Communications" in WCMC Journal

- Technical program co-chair for: IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conference 2004/2005, UWB communications and networking workshop in conjunction with BroadNets’05

Symposium Chair for: Ultrawideband (UWB) Communications and Networking Symposium, WirelessCOM’05, IEEE VTC'03 conference: Adaptation of Wireless Systems and Related Parameters Estimation, EEE VTC'03 conference: Channel Estimation and Tracking for Wireless Communication Systems, IEEE VTC'03 conference: Interference Cancellation for Wireless Mobile Radio Systems

- Technical program committee member: IEEE WCNC 2003/2004, IEEE VTC'03, IEEE LCN’04/05, IEEE Globecom’05 conferences, Second International Workshop Networking with UWB (NEUWB2 2005), Workshop on Ultra Wide Band for Wireless Internet (UWB4WI 2005), International program committee member: IASTED Int. Conf. Commun. Systems and Applications