Cognitive Radio Policy and Regulation: Techno-Economic Studies to Facilitate Dynamic Spectrum Access

Part I State-of-the-Art in Policy and Regulation of the Radio Spectrum: Introduction.- International Regulatory Developments.- European Regulatory Developments on CR/SDR (EC, CEPT).- Standardization Developments on CRS (ETSI RRS, IEEE).- Analysis of Radio-Spectrum Market Evolution Possibilities.- National Champions of CR Policy.- Part II Deployment Scenarios for Cognitive Radio: Introduction.- ETSI Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS) and CR Scenarios.- Scenarios for CR Deployment: The Vision of EU Projects.- Classification and Analysis of CR Scenarios.- Taxonomy of Cognitive Radio Use and Applications.- Case Study: Cognitive Radio in Medical Environments.- Part III Technical Approaches for Improved Spectrum Sharing.- Introduction.- Geo-Location Databases.- Cooperative Cognitive Radio Spectrum Sensing and Beam Forming.- Spectrum Aggregation over Non-Contiguous Frequency Bands.- Flexible Multi-Carrier Waveforms for Spectrum Sharing (OFDM vs. FBMC).- Detection of Malicious Users in Cognitive Wireless ad hoc Networks: A Statistical Approach.- Improved Spectral Efficiency and Coexistence with Iterative Waterfilling.- Assessing the Amount of Spectrum that May Be Available for DSA.- Case Studies on Advances in Spectrum Sharing.- Part IV Economic Aspects of CR Policy and Regulation.- Introduction.- Underlying Market Dynamics in the Wireless Communications Sector.- Key Factors Influencing Success and Failure of a Mobile Communications Platform.- Business Market for Dynamic Spectrum Access Technologies.- Business Scenarios for Spectrum-Sensing-Based DSA.- Cognitive Radio: The Need to Align the Regulations with the Technology.- Business Scenarios and Models for Use of Geo-Location Database in TV White Spaces.- Part V Impact Assessment of CR/SDR Regulation.- Introduction.- Methodology of Impact Assessment of CR/SDR Regulation.- Cognitive Radio: Aligning the Regulatory Environment with the Technology, an Actor-Centric Approach.- Business Models, Advices and Cost Analysis for Spectrum Sharing Scenarios.- Introduction of Dynamic Spectrum Management Technologies: The Role of Market Structure and Spectrum Policy.- Stalling Innovation of CR.- CR Policy Analysis: Framework and Implementation.- Part VI Novel Approaches to Spectrum Policy and Regulation for the Age of CR.- Introduction.- Pluralistic Licensing Concept.- ISM-Advanced Band Concept.- Part VII Summary and Recommendations.