Principles of Cognitive Radio

Ezio Biglieri is an Adjunct Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, University of California, Los Angeles and King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA. Andrea J. Goldsmith is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, California. Larry J. Greenstein is a Research Associate at the Wireless Information Network Laboratory, Rutgers University, New Jersey. Narayan B. Mandayam is a Professor and the Peter D. Cherasia Faculty Scholar at Rutgers University, New Jersey. H. Vincent Poor is the Dean of Engineering and Applied Science and Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, New Jersey.

• 1. The concept of cognitive radio; 2. Capacity of cognitive radio networks; 3. Propagation issues for cognitive radio; 4. Spectrum sensing; 5. Spectrum exploration and exploitation.

'… excellent introductory book on cognitive radio, which is a field of significant technical importance. Thanks to good editing, there are strong cross-references between chapters … Highly recommended.' H. P. E. Stern, Choice