System and method of exploiting location awareness to improve wireless cognitive radio
First Claim
1. A method of exploiting location awareness to improve communication performance in a wireless cognitive radio system, the system having at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information and at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information, the method comprising:
- determining absolute position information for the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information;
receiving digital topographical data related to the absolute position information;
classifying the environment of the cognitive radio system based on the absolute position and the topographical data;
matching the classified environment with corresponding statistical parameters to identify propagation characteristics of the system;
disseminating the propagation characteristics of the system to the at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information; and
improving the communication performance of the cognitive radio system by adapting the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information and the at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information according to the propagation characteristics.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for exploiting location awareness to improve the communication performance in a wireless cognitive radio system. The invention includes determining the absolute position information for the cognitive radio system, receiving digital topographical data related to the absolute position information, classifying the environment of the cognitive radio system based on the absolute position and the topographical data, matching the classified environment with corresponding statistical parameters and improving the communication performance of the cognitive radio system by adapting the cognitive radio system according to the corresponding statistical parameters.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of exploiting location awareness to improve communication performance in a wireless cognitive radio system, the system having at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information and at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information, the method comprising:
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determining absolute position information for the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information; receiving digital topographical data related to the absolute position information; classifying the environment of the cognitive radio system based on the absolute position and the topographical data; matching the classified environment with corresponding statistical parameters to identify propagation characteristics of the system; disseminating the propagation characteristics of the system to the at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information; and improving the communication performance of the cognitive radio system by adapting the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information and the at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information according to the propagation characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for exploiting location awareness to improve communication performance in a wireless cognitive radio system, the system comprising at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information having a location sensor to determine the absolute position information for the cognitive radio system capable of obtaining it'"'"'s its location information;
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at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information; a topographical database to provide digital topographical data related to the absolute position information for the cognitive radio system capable of obtaining its location information; a cognitive engine to classifying the environment of the cognitive radio system based on the absolute position for the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information and the topographical data, and to match the classified environment with corresponding statistical parameters to identify propagation characteristics of the system; and an information dissemination protocol to disseminate the propagation characteristics of the system to the at least one cognitive radio incapable of obtaining its own location information and incapable of having its location information determined by the at least one cognitive radio capable of obtaining its location information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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