Abstract :
The ongoing revolution in computing and communications technology has changed many of the foundational assumptions of today´s network architectures. The challenges of the increasingly complex networking environment - particularly wireless networking - make novel approaches to operations, control, and management of radios and networks imperative. In this talk, a multi-layered approach to solving wireless networking problems using cognition will be discussed. By incorporating collaborative sensing, control and management, and learning at multiple layers and on different time scales, wireless networks can be made to adapt to the dynamics caused by radio communications and mobility. This approach will be illustrated through cognitive examples at the radio layer, at the network layer, and at the management and control tier.
