STTR Phase I: Autonomous Cognitive Radios for Smart Communications for First Responders

小企业技术转让（STTR）第一阶段项目旨在开发一种认知无线电系统，为第一响应者提供可靠的无线通信。有效使用无线的能力在紧急事件管理中至关重要，自9/11以来一直是一个主要问题-“互操作性”是关键词。所提出的技术是开发能够根据当前情况的感知需求自主地调整其操作模式的认知通信系统，以提高当前技术的可靠性。 拟议系统的主要能力将是：（1）自主运行和多种模式，（2）根据当前情况和用户需求优化系统资源，（3）最大限度地减少对该地区其他通信系统的干扰，以及（4）促进与现有和未来通信系统的互操作性。我们的目标是开发一个系统架构的建议自主认知无线电系统，设计和开发的认知引擎，建议的系统和开发的概念验证的硬件。这些目标将解决主要的可行性挑战概述。更广泛的影响/该项目的商业潜力是将目前的研究工作下的认知无线电到一个统一的研究工作，基于一个顶级的系统方法，具有明确的未来技术目标。该方法将采取下一步措施，以帮助实现认知和可重新配置的多服务/标准和多频带操作，以及增强的无线频谱和功率效率。此外，所提出的努力将减少硬件复杂性、组件数量，并提供与当今现有技术相比成本更低的系统。商业化工作将集中在向第一响应者社区提供自主认知技术，其中存在对可靠的无线数据，无线语音和无线视频通信的可识别需求，特别是在RF环境透支的杂乱城市环境中，频谱处于溢价状态，并且在RF方面，最好是极端的。最后，作为本科生和研究生培训的一部分，该项目的研究结果将提供给研究和教育机构，以实现更广泛的未来应用和创新。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project seeks to develop a cognitive radio system to provide reliable wireless communications to first responders. The ability to effectively use wireless is critical in emergency incident management and has been a major issue since 9/11 - with "interoperability" being the key phrase. The technology proposed is to develop a cognitive communication system capable of adapting its mode of operation autonomously according to the perceived needs of current situations to improve the reliability of current technologies. The main capabilities of the proposed system will be to: (1) operate autonomously and in multiple modes, (2) optimize the system resources according to the current situation and user requirements, (3) minimize interference to other communication systems in the area, and (4) facilitate interoperability with existing and future communication systems. The objectives are to develop a system architecture for the proposed autonomous cognitive radio system, design and develop the cognitive engine for the proposed system and develop the proof-of-concept hardware of the proposed system. These objectives will address the main feasibility challenges outlined.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to transform current research efforts under the term of cognitive radio into a unified research effort, based on a top-level system approach, with clear future technology objectives. The approach will take the next steps to help realize a cognitive and reconfigurable multi-service/standard and multi-band operation, as well as enhanced wireless spectrum and power efficiency. Furthermore, the proposed effort will reduce the hardware complexity, the number of components, and provide a system at a lower cost in comparison to existing technologies today. The commercialization effort will be focused on delivering the autonomous cognitive technology to the first responder community, where there is an identifiable need for reliable wireless data, wireless voice and wireless video communications, especially in cluttered urban environments where the RF environment is overdrawn, spectrum is at a premium and is, RF-wise, extreme, at best. Finally, as part of the training of undergraduate and graduate students throughout this effort, the findings of this project will be made available to research and educational institutional to enable broader range of future applications and innovations.