Radio Engineering: From Software Radio to Cognitive Radio

Software radio ideally provides the opportunity to communicate with any radio communication standard by modifying only the software, without any modification to hardware components. However, taking into account the static behavior of current communications protocols, the spectrum efficiency optimization, and flexibility, the radio domain has become an important factor.
From this thinking appeared the cognitive radio paradigm. This evolution is today inescapable in the modern radio communication world. It provides an autonomous behavior to the equipment and therefore the adaptation of communication parameters to better match their needs.
This collective work provides engineers, researchers and radio designers with the necessary information from mathematical analysis and hardware architectures to design methodology and tools, running platforms and standardization in order to understand this new cognitive radio domain. 

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Cognitive Radio (pages 1–21):
Chapter 2 Cognitive Terminals Toward Cognitive Networks (pages 23–41):
Chapter 3 Cognitive Radio Sensors (pages 43–75):
Chapter 4 Decision Making and Learning (pages 77–105):
Chapter 5 Cognitive Cycle Management (pages 107–140):
Chapter 6 Introduction to Software Radio (pages 141–159):
Chapter 7 Transmitter/Receiver Analog Front End (pages 161–205):
Chapter 8 Transmitter/Receiver Digital Front End (pages 207–247):
Chapter 9 Processing of Nonlinearities (pages 249–269):
Chapter 10 Methodology and Tools (pages 271–297):
Chapter 11 Implementation Platforms (pages 299–321):
Chapter 12 General Conclusion and Perspectives (pages 323–325):