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Flexible and Dynamic Use of Spectrum: The Cognitive Radio Approach

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In the future, the increasing and continuous demand of services anytime and anywhere and, therefore, the mandatory globalization of mobile and wireless communications for next generation networks services will require a more and more efficient use of the scarce radio spectrum resources. The traditional communication systems which imply an a priori association of the frequency band, the service assigned to it and the technology used, need to become much more flexible, efficient and easy-to-use dynamic systems able to cope with the requirements and constraints of the environment and the users. A Cognitive Radio (CR) approach can be considered as a promising and suitable solution to solve this problem. The CR technologies are able to modify this current communication paradigm because they define a system able to sense the electromagnetic environment (spectrum sensing), detect the spectral resources actually occupied in a given temporal interval and in a given location, and use the free bands (holes) for its own communication.

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Del Re, E., Gorni, G., Ronga, L.S., Suffritti, R. (2011). Flexible and Dynamic Use of Spectrum: The Cognitive Radio Approach. In: Prasad, R., Dixit, S., van Nee, R., Ojanpera, T. (eds) Globalization of Mobile and Wireless Communications. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0107-6_12

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