Introduction.

Emerging Issues-Spectrum Management.

Characteristics of Cognitive Radio.
Cognitive Capability.
Reconfigurability.

Advantages of CRN.
Applications of CRN.
Conclusion.
References.

A number of wireless applications have been growing

over the last decade. Most of the frequency spectrum
has already been licensed by government agencies,
such as Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Therefore, there exists an apparent spectrum scarcity

for new wireless applications and services. Hence
dynamic spectrum access techniques were recently
proposed to solve these spectrum inefficiency
problems.

The key enabling technology of dynamic spectrum access

techniques is Cognitive Radio(CR) Technology

Cognitive radio can efficiently utilize the unused spectrum for

secondary usage without interfering a primary licensed user.

This goal can be realized only through dynamic and

efficient spectrum management techniques.
CR networks, however, impose unique challenges due to
the high fluctuation in the available spectrum, as well as
the diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements of various
applications.

In order to address these challenges, each

CR user in the CR network must

Determine which portions of the spectrum are

available: Spectrum Sensing.
Select the best available channel: Spectrum
Decision.
Coordinate access to this channel with other users:
Spectrum Sharing.
Vacate the channel when a licensed user is detected:
Spectrum Mobility.

Cognitive Radio have two main characteristics:

Cognitive Capability.
Reconfigurability.
Cognitive Capability: Identify the unused spectrum at a
specific time or location (Spectrum Holes/ White Spaces)

Reconfigurability: A CR can be programmed to

transmit and receive on a variety of frequencies,
and use different access technologies supported
by its hardware design

In order to provide these capabilities, CR

requires a novel radio frequency (RF) transceiver
architecture. The main components of a CR
transceiver are the radio front-end and the baseband processing unit that were originally proposed for software-defined radio (SDR)

1.

Senses the radio frequensy environment for presence of white spaces

2.

Manages the unused spectrum

3.

Increase the efficiency of the spectrum utilization significantly

4.

Improves the spectrum utilization by neglecting the over occupie

spectrum Channels and filling the unused spectrum channels

5.

Improves the performance of the overall spectrum by increasing the

data Rate on good channels and moving away from the bad channels

6.

Use the unused spectrum for a new business propositions, such as

providing High speed internet in the rural areas and high data rate
network application like video confrencing can be made

7.

Automatically improves and accomplishes its progress and minimize

interference

Spectrum Awareness concept.

Spectrum sharing techniques can help us fill the
regulatory gaps in a particular interference
environment.
A great deal of research still needs to be done on
simulating and explore these intelligent network
ideas.
Cognitive radio technology can solve the problem of
spectrum underutilization.

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