Reconfigurable Radio Systems

Covers the state of the art of the technology and standards for reconfigurable radio systems, from self organizing networks and cognitive radio, through to reconfigurable architectures for networks and terminals

This timely book provides a standards-based view of the development, evolution, techniques and potential future scenarios for the deployment of reconfigurable radio systems. 

After an introduction to radiomobile and radio systems deployed in the access network, the book describes cognitive radio concepts and capabilities, which are the basis for reconfigurable radio systems.  The self-organizing network features introduced in 3GPP standards are discussed and  before IEEE 802.22, the first standard based on cognitive radio, is described. Then the ETSI reconfigurable radio systems functional architecture and the IEEE 1900.4 standard for reconfigurable radio are examined. Finally, the author presents new scenarios and future visions that reconfigurable radio systems may bring.

Key features:-

• Examines the current standards based on cognitive and reconfigurable radio, and analyses future scenarios
• Includes a general overview of radiomobile (i.e. GSM, UMTS, HSPA, LTE) and wireless (i.e. WLAN, WPAN, WiMAX) network architectures
• Features an accompanying website features links and white papers

Maria Stella Iacobucci, Telecom Italia HR Services, Italy
Maria Stella Iacobucci received the Dr. Ing. Degree in electrical engineering from the University of L'Aquila, Italy in 1995. After graduation she was engaged in research on communication theory and coding at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and in 2004 she gained her PhD at the university. From 1997 to 2003 she was with SSGRR (Scuola Superiore Guglielmo Reiss Romoli), the post graduate school in telecommunications of the Telecom Italia holding group in L'Aquila. After that, she was in TILS and is now at Telecom Italia HRS, working in the continuous education field, as lecturer and project manager. Since 1997 she has also taught the course 'Telecommunication networks II' at the University of L' Aquila. Her current interests include radiomobile systems, performance evaluations, wireless PANs, self organizing networks and reconfigurable radio systems. She is co-author of many papers in these fields and holds lectures and tutorials at national and international courses and conferences.