Regulatory implications of commercial-cognitive radios’ ability t...
Regulatory implications of commercial-cognitive radios’ ability to use defense and other government frequencies have upset the U.S. and other countries, said a participant in the ITU-R study group on terrestrial services. The U.S. lacks a policy on cognitive radio,…
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which agencies fear will encroach on their frequencies, the source said. The concerns are over a cognitive radio handset’s ability to tune into a wide range of frequencies, the source said. Regulators taking part in ITU-R probably will say something to the effect that cognitive radio can be used in the International Mobile Telecommunication bands or IMT and specific mobile bands -- but not across a huge swath of spectrum, the source said. A U.S. participant was to discuss cognitive radio at a February ITU-R seminar, but the presentation was killed, because of DoD, NTIA and possibly NASA objections, the source said. Some U.S. agencies resisted the presentation because it took up regulatory issues, the source said. U.S. agencies don’t oppose cognitive radio but don’t want it in their bands, the source said. As the 2011 World Radiocommunication Conference nears, ITU-R participants will “study whether there is a need for regulatory measures related to the application of cognitive radio system technologies,” and “whether there is a need for regulatory measures related to the application of software-defined radio,” according to the preliminary agenda.