Radio Resource Allocation and Dynamic Spectrum Access (ePub)

We are currently witnessing an increase in telecommunications
norms and standards given the recent advances in this field. The
increasing number of normalized standards paves the way for an
increase in the range of services available for each consumer.
Moreover, the majority of available radio frequencies have already
been allocated. This explains the emergence of cognitive radio (CR)
- the sharing of the spectrum between a primary user and a
secondary user. In this book, we will present the state of the art
of the different techniques for spectrum access using cooperation
and competition to solve the problem of spectrum allocation and
ensure better management of radio resources in a radio cognitive
context. The different aspects of research explored up until now on
the applications of multi-agent systems (MAS) in the field of
cognitive radio are analyzed in this book. The first chapter begins
with an insight into wireless networks and mobiles, with special
focus on the IEEE 802.22 norm, which is a norm dedicated to CR.
Chapter 2 goes into detail about CR, which is a technical field at
the boundary between telecommunications and Artificial Intelligence
(AI). In Chapter 3, the concept of the "agent" from AI
is expanded to MAS and associated applications. Finally, Chapter 4
establishes an overview of the use of AI techniques, in particular
MAS, for its allocation of radio resources and dynamic access to
the spectrum in CR.

Contents

1. Wireless and Mobile Networks.

2. Cognitive Radio.

3. Multi-agent Systems.

4. Dynamic Spectrum Access.

About the Authors

Badr Benmammar has been Associate Professor at UABT (University
Abou Bekr Belkaïd Tlemcen), Algeria since 2010 and was a
research fellow at CNRS LaBRI Laboratory of the University of
Bordeaux 1 until 2007. He is currently carrying out research at the
Laboratory of Telecommunications of Tlemcen (LTT), UABT, Algeria.
His main research activities concern the cognitive radio network,
Quality of Service on mobile and wireless networks, end-to-end
signaling protocols and agent technology. His work on Quality of
Service has led to many publications in journals and conference
proceedings.

Asma Amraoui is currently a PhD candidate; she is preparing a
doctoral thesis on a topic of research that explores the use of
artificial intelligence techniques in cognitive radio networks. She
is attached to the Laboratory of Telecommunications of Tlemcen
(LTT) in Algeria.