IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 41

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IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 41

• Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
• http//www.scc41.org/

Report By Joanna Guenin to IEEE-SA Standards
Board 27 September 2007
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Presentation Outline

• Introduction/Update
• Background
• Standards Developing Subgroups
• Accomplishments
• What is SCC41 and why do we care?
• Scope
• Key Drivers
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Next Steps

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Background
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SCC41 Standards Development Subgroups

• P1900.1 WG - Terminology and Concepts for Next
  Generation Radio Systems and Spectrum Management
• P1900.2 WG - Recommended Practice for
  Interference and Coexistence Analysis
• P1900.3 WG - Recommended Practice for Conformance
  Evaluation of Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  Software Modules
• P1900.4 WG - Architectural Building Blocks
  Enabling Network-Device Distributed Decision
  Making for Optimized Radio Resource Usage in
  Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks
• P1900.A SG - Dependability and Evaluation of
  Regulatory Compliance for Radio Systems with
  Dynamic Spectrum Access

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SCC41 Officers

• Co-Chair Stephen Berger, TEM Consulting
• Co-Chair Joanna Guenin, Motorola
• Vice Chair Kalle Konston, Alion Science
• Secretary Bernie Eydt, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Treasurer John Chapin, Vanu

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SCC41 Accomplishments

• Working Groups making strong progress
• P1900.1 in ballot
• P1900.2 passed 1st Sponsor Ballot and currently
  in comment resolution and recirculation
• P1900.3 project issue resolved and PAR submitted
  to change scope
• P1900.4 drawing increasing global participation
• Mixed Entity/Individual process conflicts being
  resolved
• SCC41 Operating Procedures submitted to Audcom
  for informal review
• SCC41 website revamped and team in place to keep
  information accurate and current
• Competent, energetic Management team to move
  SCC41 forward
• Membership growing swiftly, currently at 60
• Drawing strong industry and academic interest and
  participation

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SCC41 Scope

• SCC 41 sponsors standards projects in the area of
  dynamic spectrum access networks and provides
  coordination and information exchange between and
  among standards developing activities of the
  IEEE.
• The scope of this SCC is to develop standards
  related to dynamic spectrum access networks. The
  focus is on improved use of spectrum. New
  techniques and methods of dynamic spectrum access
  require managing interference, coordination of
  wireless technologies and include network
  management and information sharing. IEEE-SA
  Announcement, July 2007.

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Motivations for DySPAN

• Increasing demand for bandwidth and spectrum
• Decreasing supply of spectrum
• Incumbent service providers looking to cut cost
• New entrants looking for growth opportunities
• Governments wanting to offer broadband to the
  masses

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Complex technology, regulatory, business,
standards and legal issues need to be solved to
bring the benefits of these advanced technologies
to fruition

• Regulatory
• FCC Proceedings on Cognitive Radio
• Ofcom Consultation on DySPAN
• European Radio Spectrum Policy Group
• Japans MIC
• Technology Research
• Mitolas work
• WWRF
• DARPA XG
• EU Framework Projects E2R
• Conferences and Symposiums DySPAN, Crowncom,
  Cognets
• Standards
• IEEE 802
• ETSI
• SDR-FORUM
• ITU-R
• Industry Coalitions
• The TVWS coalition

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Rough Technology Timeline
Source Jim Hoffmeyer on Overview of SCC41
CR
Increasing use of software in advanced radios
PBAR
SR
SDR
Increasing Flexibility and Reconfigurability
SCR
Note SDR currently is practical for some
applications such as commercial wireless
basestations, but not for some wireless handsets.
Cost, power, size and weight are critical design
requirements that must be considered when
considering the use of advanced radio
technologies.
CR Cognitive Radio PBAR Policy-Based
Adaptive Radio RFI Request for Information SCR
Software Controlled Radio SDR Software
Defined Radio SR Software Radio
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Standards Development Organizations Landscape
WWRF WG6 Reconfigurability
ETSI TC RRS (Reconfigurable Radio Systems)
IEEE SCC41 Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
ITU-R WP8A 8F
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Relevant Questions

• What are cognitive radio systems?
• What are the closely related radio technologies
  (e.g. smart radio, reconfigurable radio,
  policy-defined adaptive radio and their
  associated control mechanisms) and their
  functionalities that may be a part of cognitive
  radio systems?
• What are the key technical characteristics,
  requirements, performance and benefits are
  associated with the implementation of cognitive
  radio systems?
• What are the potential applications of cognitive
  radio systems and their impact on spectrum
  management?
• What are the operational implications (including
  privacy and authentication) of cognitive radio
  systems?
• What are the cognitive capabilities that could
  facilitate coexistence with existing systems in
  the mobile service and in other
  radiocommunication services, such as broadcast,
  mobile satellite or fixed?
• What sharing techniques can be used to implement
  cognitive radio systems to ensure coexistence
  with other users?
• How can cognitive radio systems promote the
  efficient use of the radio resources?

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Relevant Standards Topics

• Certification of SDRs and CRs
• Regulatory enforcement of spectrum etiquettes
• Opportunistic secondary use of spectrum
• Interference mitigation techniques such as
  Spectrum Sensing, geolocation, beacons
• Cooperative Spectrum sharing/pooling
• Priority and tiered use by public safety and
  primary users
• Spectrum auctions, Spectrum leasing
• Dynamic spectrum allocation
• Cognitive spectrum management
• Policy based cognitive networks
• Security and Privacy
• And many more .

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Challenges Opportunities

• Challenges
• Regulations are pending but not yet in place.
• Many competing standards but also lots of gaps.
• Business cases are difficult in the beginning of
  an emerging technological/regulatory environment.
• Very complex technologies and unproven sciences.
• SCC41 needs strong participation from regulatory,
  research and industry to create robust standards.
  
• Opportunities
• Cognitive Radios has the potential to
  fundamentally change the spectrum allocation
  paradigm.
• Innovations in CR have the ability to implement
  Protocols and Policies beyond traditional
  Communications.
• Many enabling technologies such as SDR, Policy,
  are maturing and products are becoming a reality.
• Global interest in CR Standards are increasing
  and activities are escalating.
• First set of regulations are happening standards
  work feeds regulatory rules.
• IEEE SCC41 is well positioned to play a leading
  role in meeting the standardization requirements
  in next generation radio systems.

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Next Steps for SCC41

• Create Visionary and Practical Technology Roadmap
  to guide new projects
• Identify, Nurture and Grow new standards projects
  with industry and commercial relevance
• Continue to build support infrastructure, e.g.
  Regulatory
• Build relationships with relevant standards and
  industry organizations, e.g. Computer Society
  802, SDR Forum, ETSI
• Recruit industry and research experts
• Make SCC41 the place to do DySPAN standards work!