Tag Archives: cognitive radio

Senseless efforts?

Listening to presentations at the recent Crowncom 2012 conference on “Cognitive Radio” gave some interesting insigths. On the positive note, there  now seems to be a much better understanding among industry, regulators and academia on what is the role of secondary spectrum … Continue reading

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White space devices: will they come?

On 2nd May 2012, I was at BNetzA (German regulator) office in Mainz, Germany to attend the workshop on CR and SDR organized by COST-TERRA and ECC. The workshop was held to discuss efficient use of spectrum in general rather … Continue reading

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What’s going on with dynamic spectrum access?

Here, I try to summarize lessons from IEEE DySPAN 2011. The conference provided a rare and valuable place where academic researchers, industry leaders, and influential regulators mingle and talk to each other. In the last day of the conference, a … Continue reading

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IEEE DySPAN 2011: keynote speech by Victor Bahl (day 3)

I had a little chat with my acquaintances participating in the conference, and they agreed that the highlight of the DySAPN 2011 is really in keynote speeches and panel discussions although paper presentations are also interesting. Victor Bahl is a … Continue reading

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IEEE DySPAN 2011: keynote by Jon M. Peha (day 2)

Long lasting conference banquet last night delayed my posting about the DySPAN day 2 :) DySAPN 2011 continued with interesting discussions in the second day. A particular interest to me was the keynote speech given by Jon Peha (assistant director, … Continue reading

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IEEE DySPAN 2011: keynote speeches (day 1)

DySPAN 2011 started with three keynote speeches, which are in my very personal opinion the highlight of the day 1. It seemed that organizing committee made great effort to have good speakers, and their effort payed off. A plain summary … Continue reading

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IEEE DySPAN 2011, a tutorial on dynamic spectrum market (day 0)

I’m in Aachen, Germany to participate in IEEE DySPAN 2011 conference. It’s arguable DySPAN has gained a status of flagship conference in the field of dynamic spectrum access. While the main event commences tomorrow, I arrived here this noon to … Continue reading

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Conference on Advances in Cognitive Radio 2011

COCORA 2011, the first International Conference on Advances in Cognitive Radio was held a few days ago in Budapest Hungary. This was an inaugural event dealing with various aspects, advanced solutions and challenges in cognitive (and collaborative) radio networks. It … Continue reading

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