CogRaN-Sat 2015 - First International Workshop on "Cognitive Radios and Networks for Spectrum Coexistence of Satellite and Terrestrial Systems"

Cognitive radio systems pose some of the most important challenges in the ICT world in terms of tackling spectrum scarcity and enabling ubiquitous broadband access. Although their application in terrestrial context has been studied in depth in the last years, their applications in satellite or hybrid satellite/terrestrial environments is still largely unexplored due to technical and regulatory issues. More specifically, in the technical domain, the wide coverage areas enabled through satellite communications limit the flexibility of spatially reusing the spectrum in conjuction with terrestrial systems. Furthermore, from a regulatory perspective, the heterogeneous adoption of terrestrial spectrum directives by national authorities complicates the coexistence of terrestrial deployments with internationally operating satellite systems. In this direction, a holistic techno-regulatory approach is needed in order to set the foundations for enginnering and deploying cognitive systems that enable the coexistence of satellite and terrestrial services.
The First International Workshop on “Cognitive Radios and Networks for Spectrum Coexistence of Satellite and Terrestrial Systems” (CogRaN-Sat) will be held in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2015. CogRaN-Sat provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry and government to present their latest research findings in cognitive radio and networking technologies with a particular attention to satellite communications.
In this workshop, we explore fundamental questions regarding the modern approach to cognitive radio networks, taking into account the advantages of modern communication systems and architectures.
Areas of Interest
The areas of interest for the Workshop on “Cognitive Radios and Networks for Spectrum Coexistence of Satellite and Terrestrial Systems” (CogRaN-Sat) include, but are not limited to, the following:
Spectrum awareness techniques such as sensing and databases
Cognitive Radio Reconfiguration techniques
Spectrum management policy and strategy for cognitive networks
Cognitive MAC protocols
Hybrid Satellite Communications
Heterogeneous networking
Software Defined Cognitive Radio Platforms
Cognitive Communication Security
MAC/Network protocols
Physical layer techniques
Data base sytems
Dynamic Carrier Allocation techniques
Cognitive Beamforming techniques
Localization techniques
Regulatory aspects
Standardization aspects
Demo and field trials
The purpose of this workshop is to stimulate the study of new solutions for cognitive radio techniques in satellite environments.