认知无线电研究进展及应用前景

 认知无线电被认为是解决频谱资源紧缺、提高频谱利用率的有效途径,成为现代无线通信领域的研究热点之一。在广泛调研的基础上,从频谱政策演进、网络与标准发展等方面综述了近10年来认知无线电的研究进展,展望了认知无线电在智能电网、宽带蜂窝网、公共安全网和医疗体域网等新兴无线通信业务方面的应用前景,并提出认知无线电领域未来的研究方向。

Research Progresses and Application Perspectives in Cognitive Radio

With the rapid growth of wireless communication services, the radio spectrum is becoming increasingly overcrowded. Cognitive radio is regarded as a promising approach to alleviate the spectrum shortage and improve the spectrum utilization. Thus, the cognitive radio recently becomes one of hot research sports in wireless communications area. Based on the extensive investigation, the research progresses made in cognitive radio during the past ten years are reviewed from the aspects of spectrum policy evolution, network structure and standard development, and the related work. The relevant literatures and the famous international research institutes that focus on the field of cognitive radio are listed. Then, the application prospects of cognitive radio are presented. It is shown that cognitive radio could provide spectrum resource for the emerging applications, such as smart grid networks, wideband cellular networks, public safety networks, and medical body area networks. The cognitive radio technology is able to promote the development of these new emerging communication services. In summary, cognitive radio has wide application prospects and is expected to be one of the 5G communication standards. Furthermore, the future research directions in the area of cognitive radio are put forward, which include robust spectrum sensing and cognitive relay networks based on multiple user cooperation. Therefore, a good guidance for the researchers in the field of cognitive radio is provided.