Collaborative Research: Wideband Cognitive Radio: Modeling, Algorithm and Testbed

本研究旨在从理论和实现两方面解决宽带认知无线电的基本问题，即宽带频谱的统计信息和相应的系统设计。硬件测试平台将演示所提出的统计建模和算法。该研究的跨学科性质使其适合跨学科合作和教育，可以涉及电气工程，计算机科学和数学方面的研究人员。这项研究为无线通信和机器学习等领域的课程项目提供了基础。这项研究有可能为认知无线电研究界带来新的结果和成果。该研究有可能为宽带认知无线电的研究和实现提供基础模型、算法和测试平台。它也有可能为统计建模、信号处理、通信理论和硬件实现等领域提供新的方法和技术。关于更广泛的影响，拟议的研究还鼓励代表性不足群体的学生积极参与。研究人员与全国黑人工程师协会（NSBE）的田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分会合作，并将定期为NSBE成员提供讲座。通过大学预科研究计划，两名在研究者实验室工作的高中生将参与这个项目，这有助于吸引有天赋的高中生进入工程领域。

The objective of this research is to address fundamental problems in wide band cognitive radio, namely statistical information of wideband spectrum and corresponding system design, from both theoretical and implementation perspectives. A hardware test bed will demonstrate the proposed statistical modeling and algorithms. The interdisciplinary nature of the research lends itself to cross-disciplinary collaboration and education that can involve researchers in electrical engineering, computer science, and math. The research provides the basis for course projects in areas including wireless communications and machine learning.The research has the potential to bring new results and outcomes to the cognitive radio research community. The research has the potential to contribute fundamental models, algorithms, and test beds for the study and realization of wideband cognitive radio. It also has the potential to provide new methodologies and techniques for fields like statistical modeling, signal processing, communication theory, and hardware implementation.With respect to broader impacts, the proposed research also encourages active participation from students of underrepresented groups. The investigators have collaboration with the University of Tennessee Knoxville chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and will periodically provide lectures to NSBE members. Two high school students working in the one of the investigator's laboratory through the Pre-college Research Program and will be involved into this project, which can help to attract gifted high school students into engineering.