Method and apparatus for cognitive radio policy change
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1. A method of operation of a cognitive radio for acquiring policy related information comprising:
- determining whether a new communication policy for the cognitive radio is to be implemented;
querying a neighbor cognitive radio for the new communication policy, in response to determining that the new communication policy is to be implemented;
verifying whether the new communication policy received from the neighbor cognitive radio is suitable for use by the cognitive radio and operating the cognitive radio with the new communication policy received from the neighbor cognitive radio and communicating the new communication policy to at least one other cognitive radio associated with a group that includes the cognitive radio and the at least one other cognitive radio when the communication policy information is verified as being suitable for use by the cognitive radio;
in response to verifying that the new communication policy received from the neighbor cognitive radio is not suitable for use by the cognitive radio, querying a network node for the new communication policy;
verifying whether the new communication policy received from the network node is suitable for use by the cognitive radio and operating the cognitive radio with the new communication policy received from the network node and communicating the new communication policy to the at least one other cognitive radio associated with the group when the new communication policy received from the network node is verified as being suitable for use by the cognitive radio;
in response to verifying that the new communication policy received from the network node is not suitable for use by the cognitive radio, querying a server node for the new communication policy.
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Abstract
A method of operation of a cognitive radio in a hierarchical group of cognitive radios, the hierarchy of cognitive radios including at least one master cognitive radio that has a higher position in the hierarchy than another of the cognitive radios in the group, consistent with the present invention, involves establishing a first operational policy for the group of cognitive radios; determining that the operational policy is unsuitable for use by at least one member of the group; and the master cognitive radio dictating a change in the operational policy used by the group to a second operational policy for use by the group.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a cognitive radio for acquiring policy related information comprising:
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determining whether a new communication policy for the cognitive radio is to be implemented; querying a neighbor cognitive radio for the new communication policy, in response to determining that the new communication policy is to be implemented; verifying whether the new communication policy received from the neighbor cognitive radio is suitable for use by the cognitive radio and operating the cognitive radio with the new communication policy received from the neighbor cognitive radio and communicating the new communication policy to at least one other cognitive radio associated with a group that includes the cognitive radio and the at least one other cognitive radio when the communication policy information is verified as being suitable for use by the cognitive radio; in response to verifying that the new communication policy received from the neighbor cognitive radio is not suitable for use by the cognitive radio, querying a network node for the new communication policy; verifying whether the new communication policy received from the network node is suitable for use by the cognitive radio and operating the cognitive radio with the new communication policy received from the network node and communicating the new communication policy to the at least one other cognitive radio associated with the group when the new communication policy received from the network node is verified as being suitable for use by the cognitive radio; in response to verifying that the new communication policy received from the network node is not suitable for use by the cognitive radio, querying a server node for the new communication policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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