Cognitive Radio and Networking for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks ― Recent Advances and Visions for the Future

Combining expert European opinion from academia and industry, this overview of the latest developments in cognitive radio and networking technology considers a host of topics including air interfaces for spectrum-sharing and the evolving regulatory framework.

Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto is Full Professor of Telecommunications at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Since 2000, she has been active in fostering the development of ultra-wide-band (UWB) radio communications in Europe and has participated in several pioneering EU projects on UWB communications. Her main research focus in the past decade has been on medium access control and management in wireless networks, as well as energy-efficient routing and location-based optimization of medium access control and routing functions. Faouzi Bader is Senior Research Associate at the Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (Supelec) in Rennes, France. Jocelyn Fiorina is Full Professor of Telecommunications at Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (Supelec) in Paris, France. Andrea Fabio Cattoni is Associate Professor of Electronic Systems at Aalborg University, Denmark.