Overview of some standardization activities on Cognitive Radio Patricia MARTIGNE France Telecom R&D patricia.martigne@orange-ftgroup.com 1
A standardization roadmap 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ITU-R 8A Sept.06: ITU-R Question on CR approved 12-20June 2007 WRC Agenda Item 1.4 Preparation of an ITU-R Report/Recommendation for 2010 WRC Regulatory guideline for CR development + possible action point for WRC-11? IEEE P1900.4 (liaison with IEEE 802.21 ) Architecture, and protocols enabling network-device distribution of decision-making for optimization of radio resource usage P1900.4-based devices for 2011 ETSI ETSI Workshop SDR/CR (9/02) Possible new group on SDR/CR? OMG GPP OMA IETF Distributed computing and middleware for reconfigurable equipment Beyond Rel.6 - LTE Equipment management protocols Network capabilities and protocol enhancements 2
Activity on CR in ITU-R 8A New ITU-R Question on "Cognitive radio systems in the mobile service" 1 What is the ITU definition of cognitive radio systems? 2 What are the closely related radio technologies (e.g. smart radio, reconfigurable radio, policy-defined adaptive radio and their associated control mechanisms) and their functionalities that may be a part of cognitive radio systems? 3 What key technical characteristics, requirements, performance and benefits are associated with the implementation of cognitive radio systems? 4 What are the potential applications of cognitive radio systems and their impact on spectrum management? 3
Activity on CR in ITU-R 8A New ITU-R Question (2/2) Next Meeting: 12-20 June 2007, Geneva 5 What are the operational implications (including privacy and authentication) of cognitive radio systems? 6 What are the cognitive capabilities that could facilitate coexistence with existing systems in the mobile service and in other radiocommunication services, such as broadcast, mobile satellite or fixed? 7 What spectrum-sharing techniques can be used to implement cognitive radio systems to ensure coexistence with other users? 8 How do cognitive radio systems promote the efficient use of the radio spectrum? 4
Activity on CR in IEEE P1900 IEEE P1900 from MoA between ComSoc & EMC-S To develop standards dealing with next generation radio and advanced spectrum management IEEE P1900.1 Standard Dictionary of Terms, Definitions and Concepts for Spectrum Management, Policy Defined Radio, Cognitive Radio and SDR IEEE P1900.2 Recommended Practice for Interference and Coexistence Analysis IEEE P1900.3 Recommended Practice for Conformance Evaluation of SDR Software Modules using Formal Concepts and Methods Analysis New Working Group: P1900.4, created in Dec. 2006 Architectural building blocks enabling network-device distributed decision making for optimized radio resource usage in heterogeneous wireless access networks First meeting 6-8 February 2007 NEW 5
IEEE P1900.4 in E 2 R standardization strategy Controlled by a single operator or a Meta-Operator regrouping several Operators Network Management Network Reconfiguration Management 3GPP OMG (Interfaces, HW Architecture) Next Generation WiFi (IEEE 802.11n or similar) Latest Generation WiFi (IEEE 802.11a or similar) 802.xx/3GPP/etc. (air interface) WiMAX Legacy Handset SDR Forum (SDR HW) Terminal Reconfiguration Management Terminal Reconfiguration Management IEEE P1900.4 Radio Enabler of Reconfiguration Management 6
IEEE P1900.4 NRM block (ongoing work) Functionalities for the Network Reconfiguration Management block: Recovery of Context Information Security Issues 7
IEEE P1900.4 TRM block (ongoing work) Functionalities for the Terminal Reconfiguration Management block: Representation definition of feedback information (from terminal to network) Security issues NOTE P1900.4 is targeting specification of functionalities necessary for information conveyance between the network and the user-terminal allowing distribution of decision making with respect to the radio resource usage policies from the network. 8
IEEE P1900.4 RERM block (ongoing work) Functionalities for the Radio Enabler for Reconfiguration Management block: 9
One scenario for CPC At switch on: the terminal does not know the "current" configurations of the various networks, in particular the frequency bands associated to the Radio Access Technologies (RAT) Possible solution: the terminal performs sensing of the spectrum Problem: this may consume a lot of time and power if many bands are to be sensed CPC purpose: To broadcast data allowing a terminal to acquire knowledge of the available RATs in the surroundings, without having to sense the spectrum. Op. #2 UMTS GSM Op#3 WiFi Op. #1 DVB-H??? UMTS GSM City A Op. #3 10
One use case for CPC At the airport, Operator #2: 2 preferred RATs, at frequencies F2.1 and F2.2 respectively Operator #3: 2 preferred RATs, with frequencies F3.1 and F3.2 respectively The mobile is switched on. Op. #2 Op. #3 UMTS: F2.1 GSM : F2.2 WiFi: F3.1 UMTS: F3.2 Op.#2: - UMTS, F2.1 -GSM, F2.2 Op.#3: - WiFi, F3.1 - UMTS, F3.2 CPC RAT selection procedure at the airport in city B Mobile is switched on it listens to the CPC. The mobile, taking into account its user profile for example, chooses the operator #3 and the WLAN technology. It starts its connection on the corresponding frequency indicated by the CPC. 11
Some proposals of work items for ETSI Technical standard on "Cognitive Pilot Channel" CPC concept needs some implementation studies Complementary to P1900.4 work on CPC functionalities and related protocols 12
Some proposals of work items for ETSI Preparation of Harmonized Standards for Cognitive Radio systems What additional essential parameters for cognitive terminals compared to classical radio terminals? What additional essential parameters for cognitive base stations? Elaboration of HS for cognitive radio terminals Elaboration of HS for cognitive radio base stations Elaboration of HS for Radio Enabler 13
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