Cognitive Radio Enablers (CPC and beyond, context awareness)

Issues to be addressed

r     Identification and definition of Cognitive Radio Enablers

r     SOTA analysis

r     Identify related research activities

r     Topics for standardisation in relevant bodies

r     Common approach towards standardisation

Initial Description

Cognitive Radio Enablers comprises all required communication means to facilitate operation and

management of Cognitive Radio Networks i.e. defining the required information and information

provision mechanisms to be exchanged between related network entities.

This includes means for gathering and provisioning of context information such as the CPC.

The main goal of the CPC is to support cognitive radio network management in heterogeneous

wireless environment between network and user terminals. In this view, the CPC is the "Radio

 Enabler" of the cognitive network management process.

The CPC is anticipated to be a combination of two components called Out-band CPC and the

In-band CPC:

Þ    Out-band is a Physical channel outside the component radio access technologies

Þ    In-band refers to logical channel within the component radio access technologies

As radio enabler, CPC is also anticipated to have both downlink and uplink components.