Abstract
The book reviewed is, Cognitive Radio: Interoperability through Waveform Reconfiguration (Lechowicz, L. and Kokar, M.M.; 2015) contains ten chapters and three appendices. Cognitive radio, which combines a software-defined radio (SDR) with an intelligent agent, promises to deliver a new level of functionality. The two authors started this study while in graduate school and continued through their doctoral research. Chapter 1 opens the text by describing the interoperability of communicating systems, with a focus on the physical layer of the protocol stack of dynamic interoperability, in which the rules that define the replies to particular types of messages are introduced during the system’s operation. Also addresses some of the following topics: fundamentals of sampling and digital signal processing; software defined radio; cognitive radio; interoperability and reconfiguration; AND ontology-based cognitive radio reconfiguration. The final chapter includes a summary of the main intent of the book: reconfiguration of waveforms on the fly, which also applies to emergency response cases. This book adeptly gathers all the research and development work done in the past few years and paves the way for future research. For radio engineers who wish to pursue cognitive radio design or research, this book can serve as a guiding resource.
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