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COGNITIVE RADIO TECHNOLOGY : An Analysis of Potential BenefitsGroup 4
MT5009 ANALYZING HI-TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES
1
cog·ni·tive/ˈkɒgnɪtɪv [kog-ni-tiv] –adjective
1. of or pertaining to cognition.
2. of or pertaining to the mental processes of
perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as
contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
ra·di·o/ˈreɪdiˌoʊ/ [rey-dee-oh] - noun
1. wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches
broadcast by radio.
2. an apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio
broadcasts.
Group Members
Albert SalimA0026151W
Ho Kai Hong A0076866L
Wong SeongYin
A0076890R
StefanusYudanto
A0076858J
Tan How Boon, Jason A0077139X
COGNITIVE RADIO TECHNOLOGY 2
CONTENT
Radio-communication 101 and spectrum usage
Cognitive Radio – What‟s the big deal?
Cognitive Radio – Where are we today?
Cognitive Radio – So what‟s next? 3
1 Radio-communication 101 and
spectrum usage
4
CURRENT PARADIGM - SPECTRUM
Radio waves can travel quite a distance and, are able to disturb other
communications services resulting in interference
This makes the radio spectrum a scarce natural resource
Assign licenses to users.
Gives an exclusive right to operate on a specific
frequency in a specific location or geographic area
Compliance of spectrum users with the license
obligations is monitored and enforced.
Provides us with technical standards,
Recommendations and procedures to
solve the above mentioned problem.
Thus, avoiding interference seems to be a question of proper
planning and coordination, and using the right equipment.
5
EVOLUTION OF RADIO
1.Hardware driven radios:
Transmit frequencies, modulation type and
other radio frequency (RF) parameters are
determined by hardware and cannot be
changed without hardware changes.
2. Digital radios:
A digital radio performs part of the signal
processing or transmission digitally, but is not
programmable in the field
3. Software Defined Radios:
All functions, modes and applications can
be configured and reconfigured by
software
6
RADIO SPECTRUM: THE UNSEEN GOLD
Common Frequency Band
AM radio - 535 kHz to 1.7 kHz
Short wave radio - bands from 5.9 to 26.1 MHz
Television stations - 54 to 88 MHz for channels 2 - 6
FM radio - 88 to 108 MHz
Television stations - 174 to 220 MHz for channels 7 - 13
Other Frequency Uses• Garage door openers - Around 40 MHz
• Standard cordless phones: Bands from 40 to 50 MHz
• Baby monitors: 49 MHz
• Radio controlled airplanes: Around 72 MHz
• Radio controlled cars: Around 75 MHz
• Wildlife tracking collars: 215 to 220 MHz
• Cell phones: 800 to 900 MHz
• Air traffic control radar: 960 to 1,215 MHz
• GPS: 1.227 & 1.575 GHz
• Deep space radio communications: 2.290 to 2.3 GHz 7
RADIO SPECTRUM PLAN
“Radio Spectrum Master Plan”, Annex 1, Page 14, IDA RSMP v2.1 April 2008, IDA Website
Mobile Services
•Public Cellular Mobile
•Public Radio Paging
•Mobile Data
•Trunked Radio
•Wireless Broadband
Fixed Services
•Point to point fixed links
•Fixed wireless access
•High Altitude Platform Stations
•Other fixed services
Broadcasting Services
•Digital Broadcast
•Analog Broadcast
Short Range Devices
•Radio Local Area Networks
•Ultra wideband8
EXISTING SPECTRUM UTILISATION
“Spectrum-Sharing Research and Policy Formulation in Asia-Pacific”, Presentation by IDA CTO Dr Tan
Geok Leng
Your Operator pays
SGD 20 million for 10 MHz of
3G Spectrum!
BUT
9
I’m an
M1 user...
Ooopss...
SO WHAT IF….
11No
Scarcity
Lower cost
for operators
Lower phone
bills for you??
All Available!
2 Cognitive Radio – So what‟s the big deal?
12
VALUE PROPOSITION
Efficient Spectrum Utilization
Higher Accessibility
Greater Ease of Use
Better Adaptability
Improved Interconnectivity
Increased Scalability
Improved Reliability
User uses single device to access various networks and services. User
indicates his needs and CR scans for the services available and presents
the options to the user.
I wish to
watch a
movie
Satellite services
Cellular services
WiFi services
other servicesBroadcasting services
Would you like
mobileTV ?
Would you like
InternetTV ?
Would you like
SatTV ?
Would you like
BroadcastTV ?
IMPROVEMENT IN ACCESSIBILITY
14
IMPROVEMENT IN EASE OF USE
Device is aware of user‟s goals and priorities, and capable of
autonomously adjusting its operation to simplify the tasks and relieve
user from burden of manual intervention.
A home Wifi network is now
available, I‟d switch over since this
is „lower cost / higher user
preference‟
Cellular services
WiFi services
15
IMPROVEMENT IN ADAPTABILITY
Device adapts automatically to local environment. When user
roams across borders, the device performs self-adjustment to stay
in compliance with local radio operations and emissions
regulations.
16
IMPROVEMENT IN INTERCONNECTIVITY
Cognitive radio enables ease of communications among multi-
terminal / multi-frequency communication devices.
17
IMPROVEMENT IN SCALABILITY
Devices communicate in the form of collaboration among neighbor
devices via a series of hops. The network can potentially scale to
large numbers of users.
18
Hello
HiCR enables users to communicate
with each other directly without
transmitting over infrastructure
HiCR enables users to communicate with each
other in the form of collaboration among
neighbor devices via a series of hops
IMPROVEMENT IN RELIABILITY
CR‟s self-configuring mesh wireless networks avoid disruption or
failure by re-routing around node failures or congestion areas,
thereby enabling more robust and reliable communications.
19
Spectrum Utilization
Accessibility Ease of Use Adaptability Interconnectivity Scalability Reliability
VALUE PROPOSITION
20
Low
High
Improvement in
key components
(Integrated Circuit
& Antenna) Diffusion
• Declining Price• Increasing Performance• Reducing Size
Valu
e
Price, Performance, Size
Sources:
S.Wang, L.Xie, H.Liu, B.Zhang, H.Zhao. ACRA: An Autonomic and Expandable Architecture for Cognitive Radio Nodes 978-1-4244-7555-1/10 2010 IEEE
I.Filippini, E.Ekici, M.Cesana - Minimum Maintenance Cost Routing in Cognitive Radio Networks 978-1-4244-5113-5/09 2009 IEEE
P.Carbonne, T.Hain, Market Assessment Report On selected Cognitive Radio Systems value propositions ICT-2007-216248 2009 End-to-End Efficiency
Cognitive Radio Definitions and Nomenclature Approved Document SDRF-06-P-0009-V1.0.0 2008 SDR Forum
Cognitive
Radio
Traditional
Radio
3 Cognitive Radio – Where are we today?
21
THE RADIO ARCHITECTURE TODAY
22
Impedance
SynthesizerCoupler DAC
Tunable Antenna
Power
Amplifier
Antenna
Control Unit
(ACU)
0
1
Antenna Control Signal
Impedance Synthesizer Control Signal
ADC
Key
Component
Key
Component
0
1
COGNITIVE RADIO SOFTWARE
CR Software Functions
Wideband Frequency Sensing
Security
Policy and configuration databases
Self-configuration
Mission-oriented configuration
Adaptive algorithms
Distributed collaboration
23
Source “Future Directions for Cognitive Radio”, P Pawełczak, Cognitive radio defying Spectrum Management, 2008 W. Lemstra & V. Hayes
TECHNOLOGY ENABLER
24
CR Software Functions
Security
Wideband Frequency Sensing
Policy and configuration databases
Self-configuration
Mission-oriented configuration
Adaptive algorithms
Distributed collaboration
Source “Future Directions for Cognitive Radio”, P Pawełczak, Cognitive radio defying Spectrum Management, 2008 W. Lemstra & V. Hayes
CouplerUp
Con.Power
Amplifi
er
Antenna
Control
Unit
(ACU)
0
1
AD
C Feedback Information
IC Chip
Development
Improvement criteria
• Performance
• Price
• Size
CURRENT COGNITIVE RADIO PROTOTYPE
25
XILINX®
VIRTEX®
- 6XC6VLX240T
TM
DTX01975842837
57628485789
25
Souce: Harnessing FPGAs for Beamforming Software Radio Systems. Rodger Hosking (February 2011).
From http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/9204?start=1
Wideband
Frequency
Sensing
Self
Configuration
Adaptive
Algorithm
2.75 billion
transistors
240,000
reconfigurable
logic cells
MOVING TOWARDS COMMERCIALIZATION
FPGA
• Field Programmable Gate Array
• Designed to be configured by the customer or designer
• Flexibility in complex design
ASIC
• Application Specific Integrated Circuit
• Customized for a specific use
• Cost effective
COST ANALYSIS
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Tra
nsis
tor
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un
t
Tra
nsis
tor
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ce (
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Average transistor price Forecast Average Transistor Price
Transistor Count Forecast Transistor Count
Estimated chip
price (2010):
$ 110
Sources:
• The Singularity is Near. Ray Kurzweil, (2005)
• .http://www.xilinx.com/
• http://www.altera.com/
• http://www.isuppli.com/
Average chip
price in
commercial
wireless device
(2010):
$25
2010 transistor
cost:
$4 x 10^-8
Approx. 2017
transistor:
$9.1 x 10^-9
2017Min. threshold of performance
Max. threshold of price
2.75 billion transistors
SIZE DOES MATTER!
28
2006
Nallatech/Fidelity
Comtech
Microsoft-funded prototype
cognitive radio
2017 and beyond
Future CR Device
Concept
2010
Pentek Model 71620
Xilinx Virtex-6
35 mm
Apple
iPhone 4
Infineon
X-Gold 618
8 mm
Source: http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800528084_499488_NP_ec0ab0fd.HTM
TRADITIONAL PATCH ANTENNA
29
Microstrip antenna is a printed antenna, consists of a flat "patch" of
metal, mounted over a larger sheet of metal ground plane.
Materials:
Conducting layers:
- Copper foil
Insulating layers for dielectric (coated):
- epoxy resin prepreg
Dielectric material:
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)
- FR-4 (Woven glass and epoxy)
- CEM-1 (Cotton paper and epoxy)
- CEM-3 (Woven glass and epoxy)
The improvement of microstrip antenna is mainly done by modify the
patch design and use in array
TRADITIONAL ANTENNA OF MOBILE DEVICE
3030
Characteristic – customizable, small size and effective integration with
transceiver chips on circuit boards U shape with different voltage
settings to tune frequency band.
Limitation:
Narrow frequency range,
Limited selectable bands
Principles and Applications of The Folded Inverted Conformal Antenna (FICA) Technology – Marco Maddaleno, Timoteo Galia,
Motorola, Conferge 2005
KEY COMPONENT OF COGNITIVE RADIO -
ANTENNAS
Cognitive radio requires 2 antennas :
“Sensing antenna” – wide-band antenna which continuously monitors the frequency spectrum for activity
“Reconfigurable antenna” – narrow-band antenna which dynamically tune to a specific range within the frequency spectrum to perform data transfer.
Source: Implementation of a Cognitive Radio Front-End Using Optically Reconfigurable Antennas - Y. Tawk,
M. Al-Husseini, S. Hemmady, A. R. Albrecht, G. Balakrishnan, C. G.Christodoulou
Logic Flow Cycle:
1. Sense -> Sensing antenna
2. Analyze
3. Decide
4. Tune in -> Reconfigurable antenna
METHOD OF IMPROVEMENT FOR
COGNITIVE RADIO ANTENNAS
Microstrip antennas with both the sensing and
reconfigurable antenna structure incorporated together
on the same substrate.
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• Size: Relatively small in size using flat
"patch“.
• Price: Relatively easy and cheap to
fabricate (use etching and
photolithography)
• Performance
• Sensing Antenna – improve the width of
frequency spectrum sensing band
• Reconfigurable Antenna – increase the
number of selectable frequency bands
PatchSubstrate
Grounding
SENSING ANTENNA –
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Sensing Antenna design contributes to improvement in the width of
sensing frequency range.
33
Improved design with fractal shapes yields wider sensing range of 2–11 GHz
A normal design yields sensing range of 4-9 GHz
RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA –
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
A New Reconfigurable Antenna Design for Cognitive Radio - Y. Tawk, and C. G. Christodoulou, Member, IEEE
2 selectable frequency bands
Number of selectable frequency bands can be increased by having more
rotatable positions
5 selectable frequency bands
Source: Implementation of a Cognitive Radio Front-End Using Rotatable Controlled Reconfigurable Antennas - Y. Tawk, Student Member,
IEEE, J. Costantine, Member, IEEE, K. Avery, Member, IEEE, and C. G. Christodoulou, Fellow Member, IEEE
2 rotatable positions
5 rotatable
positions
34
RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA –
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Source: Implementation of a Cognitive Radio Front-End Using Optically Reconfigurable Antennas - Y. Tawk1, M. Al-Husseini3, S.
Hemmady1, A. R. Albrecht2, G. Balakrishnan2, C. G. Christodoulou1
2 switches
Number of selectable frequency bands can be increased by having more
control switches
3 selectable frequency bands
3 switches
8 selectable frequency bands
POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COGNITIVE RADIO
Integrated Circuits
Reduction in scale of transistors increases speed, reduces cost & size of
Cognitive Radio systems.
36
Antennas
Improvements in antennas enable Cognitive Radio systems to monitor and utilise
wider spectrum range.
Sensing Antenna
Width of sensing frequency range can be further improved with better design.
Reconfigurable Antenna
Number of selectable frequency bands can be further increased by having
more rotatable positions or/and control switches.
HOWEVER... HERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL LIMITS
Integrated Circuits processor performance improvement may be unable
to keep up with the algorithmic complexity required for Cognitive Radio
to utilize very high frequency spectrum.
37
Improvements are limited by Shannon‟s Law: C=B*log(1+S/N)
C = information capacity; B = bandwidth; S = signal power; N = noise
To modulate at frequency of 1024 Hz, the Cognitive Radio systems have to sample the
waveform at twice that rate and the ICs to perform this won‟t be available for 100 years.
Source: Silicon Architectures for Wireless Systems Jan M. Rabaey BWRC University of California @ Berkeley Wireless Research Center
Performance of CR driven by
Moore‟s Law (Improvements in
IC)
BUTimpeded by Shannon‟s Law
(error free wireless transmission)
4 Cognitive Radio – So what‟s next?
38
CRITERIA FOR CR OPPORTUNITY GENERATION
Enable New Wireless Applications Opportunities
Develop new
conclusions from these
experiences
Abilities to interpret data
as knowledge
To make decisions
• context; goals; constraints
CR Enabled
Capabilities Meeting the
threshold for
Performance,
Size, & Price
Resolve to all
Challenges for
implementation
Industry
Wide
Support
Worldwide
Regulators
Intervention
39
THE CHALLENGES FOR CR
• Major policy change for Spectrum Management
Regulators
• No defined international standards for interworking and co-existence
Standard
• Larger extent of exposure of spectrum to potential hacking
Security40
• Major revamp in network infrastructure due to change in operating models
Network
• Inertia for adoption
• Network Externalities Effect
Customer
• Size, weight, and cost
Device
Security
Application
Developers
Material
Providers
Material
Science R&D
Firm
Application
Developers Many
More ...
CR STAKEHOLDERS
Equipment
Manufacturers
Wireless
Services
Providers
Electronics
Manufacturer
Software
Application
Developers
Distributors
Software
Testing
Laboratory
Content
Providers
Semi-
conductor
Firm
Chipset
Manufacturer
41
Technology Enabler
TV White Space
Sensor Network
Enabled CR
Ubiquitous Radio Access
Operators and Manufacturers
Nomadic Broadband
Service
Cognitive Pilot
Channel Manager
Consumers
Ambient Technology
Seamless Mobility
Experience
Resilient Emergency
Services
OPPORTUNITIES AT A GLANCE
CPC
Nolan, K. E. and Ambrose, E. and Doyle, L. E. and O'Mahony, D. 'Cognitive radio: value creation and value migration' in Proceedings of the Software-Defined
Radio Technical Conference and Product Exposition (SDR Forum 2006), Orlando, Florida, USA, 13-17 November 2006.
Markku Lähteenoja and Pål Grønsund, “Business case proposal for a Cognitive Radio Network based on Wireless Sensor Network”, Telenor ASA
42
NEW MARKET SEGMENT
Co
nsu
me
r A
pp
lica
tio
ns
CR
En
terp
rise
Ap
plic
atio
ns
43
Smart Home
Rural Agriculture
Peer-to-Peer Gaming
CONCLUSIONS
Today‟s spectrum management is still based on the same principles as set
out at the time of the crystal radio. This results in highly ineffective use
of spectrum.
Cognitive Radio systems offer a huge potential to increase
spectrum efficiency.
In our study, we looked at the possible geometric scaling effects and
the threshold of both hardware and software of CR, and also the
opportunities of CR becoming the next disruptive technology in spectrum
management.
A market based approach can be a good addition to reach the goal of more
efficient spectrum usage. This means access to spectrum is based
on actual market demand44
THANK YOU
45
BACKUP SLIDES
46
MOBILE COMMUNICATION 101
Cell size vs Spectrum vs Mobile coverage
47
possible radio coverage of the cell
idealized shape of the cell
cell
use of several carrier
frequencies
not the same frequency in
adjoining cells
cell sizes vary from some 100
m up to 35 km depending on
user density, geography,
transceiver power etc.
hexagonal shape of cells is
idealized (cells overlap,
shapes depend on
geography)
if a mobile user changes cells
handover of the
connection to the neighbor
cell
COGNITIVE RADIO TECHNOLOGY 101
Under the current radio frequency paradigm model, it is very difficult to
make the unused spectrum available.
What is required is a dynamic spectrum management model
Cognitive Radio, as a technology, is a tool to realize this goal
Cognitive radio, a special class of software
defined radio‟s, defies this principle as a
cognitive radio monitors the use of the spectrum
and selects an unused part for its transmission.
This capability provides a new solution in
addressing the issue of spectrum scarcity. 48
MORE INFORMATION ON COGNITIVE RADIO
The Cognitive Radio is reconfigurable and built on the software-
defined radio (SDR).
They are controlled by powerful microprocessors which have been
programmed to analyze a number of the radio channel parameters.
The key feature of a Cognitive Radio is its ability to recognize the
unused parts of spectrum that is licensed to a primary user and
adapt its communication strategy to use these parts while
minimizing the interference that it generates to the primary user.
The term Cognitive Radio was first suggested by Mitola
in 1999.
He defines CR as a radio driven by a large store of a
prior knowledge, searching out by reasoning ways to
deliver the service the users want.
49
COGNITIVE RADIO “SIMPLY”It knows where it is
It knows what services are
available, for example, it can
identify then use empty
spectrum to communicate
more efficiently
It knows what services
interest the user, and knows
how to find them
It knows the current degree
of needs and future
likelihood of needs of its user
Learns and recognizes
usage patterns from the user
50
THEN WHAT ARE SDRS?
Allows the adoption of new communication technologies by means of simple software upgrades, rather than replacing expensive hardware.
Reduces the cost of upgrading and allows immediate compatibility to be achieved among devices used by different agencies and organizations.
This has the possibility of more flexibly managing spectrum by time, frequency, space, power and coding of the transmitted wave form.
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
Whitespace Technology
Cognitive radio is a subset
of SDRs51
GROWING INTEREST IN COGNITIVE RADIO
Statistics of Google search
engine responses for CR
(Cognitive Radio), DSA
(Dynamic Spectrum Access)
and OSA (Opportunistic
Spectrum Access) phrases
in terms of number of www
pages found
52
COGNITIVE RADIO COMPONENTS
53
Wideband Frequency Sensing
Self-configuration
Policy and configuration databases
Mission-oriented configuration
Adaptive algorithms
Distributed collaboration
Security for dynamic application
Hardware Software
Impedance Synthesizer
RF Power Sensor & Detector
Analog-Digital Converter (ADC)
Antenna Control Unit (ACU)
Software
Modules
Antenna
Tuning Unit
(ATU)
CHALLENGES – HW DEVELOPMENT
Key Components Main Objectives Challenges
Impedance Synthesizer To provide a complex-conjugate matching capability for a wide range of antenna impedances
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
To convert the analog signal to a digital signal with high sampling rate and resolution with large dynamic range for use in the ACU
Antenna-Control Unit (ACU)
To reconfigure the antenna and impedance synthesizer such that the matching state is optimum by generating the required switch control signals by using high speed processor
The prominent feature of the ATU is an automatic feedback tuning
system with a digital control circuitry to maintain an optimum antenna
matching condition.
•Efficient RF hardware re-configurability
•Efficient control of RF hardware with a short detection time.54
CHALLENGES – SW COMPLEXITY
55
Wideband Frequency
Sensing
Measuring which frequencies are used, estimating the
location of transmitters and receivers, and determining signal
modulation.
Policy and configuration
databases
Determine which frequencies can be used in which locations
and to constrain the operation of the radio to stay within
regulatory or physical limits.
Self-configurationEach module should be self-describing and the radio should
automatically configure itself for operation from the available
modules.
Mission-oriented
configuration
Meet a wide set of operational requirements such as
operation within buildings, operation over long distances, and
operation while moving at high speed.
Adaptive algorithmsAble to sense its environment, adhering to policy and
configuration constraints, and negotiating with peers to best
utilize the radio spectrum.
Distributed collaborationAble to exchange current information on their local
environment between themselves on a regular basis.
SecurityAuthenticate, authorize and protect information flows of
participants.
CHALLENGES – IMPLEMENTATION
COMPLEXITY
Current implementation stage is the designers are able
to address the CR software in FPGA chip:
Future challenge: to improve its level of automation and
produce low cost device is it possible?56
Processor Subsystem:
-Execute software runtime system
-Execute low intensity computations
-Processed on software level
Customizable Processor Subsystem:
-Execute high intensity computations
-Need to be reconfigured at run-time
-Processed on hardware level
OUR FOCUS ON HW ANALYSIS
57
Embedded Device Characteristic
ASIC
Application
Specific
Integrated
Circuit
Customized for a particular use,
rather than intended for
general-purpose use.
Does not versatile
enough, and can only be
used to create single-
purpose devices
ASSP
Application
Specific
Standard
Products
Implements a specific function
(off-the-shelf components)
Does not versatile
enough, and can only be
used to create single-
purpose devices
PLDProgrammable
Logic Device
Electronic component used to
build reconfigurable digital
circuits
Physically big, slow,
power hungry, and
expensive to be
implemented for complex
functions
FGPA
Field
Programmable
Gate Array
Integrated circuit designed to be
configured by the customer or
designer after manufacturing
(field-programmable)
Allow flexibility in
complex design
compares to PLD
KEY CHALLENGE – MAJOR
POLICY CHANGE
Improve overall
available network and
spectrum capacity
Speed of Adoption
Government Policies
58
•Implementation
Complexity
•Mismatch with
existing regulations
•Inertia for adoption
•Control and
management
difficulty
CR: A SOLUTION TO MOBILE CONSUMPTION?
TV WHITE SPACE TECHNOLOGY
TV bands are sparsely used today and arevery suitable for long range, low powerwireless networks
White space uses CR to utilise the scarcespectrum
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Carlos Cordeiro, “Cognitive Radios: Present and Future Directions”, Wireless Communications and Networking (WiCAN),
Philips Research North America, 2006
NORMADIC BROADBAND SERVICE
Sensor Network aided Cognitive Radio Services
Markku Lähteenoja and Pål Grønsund, “Business case proposal for a Cognitive Radio Network based on Wireless Sensor
Network”, Telenor ASA
3 Components
Sensing architecture
Communication architecture
Fusion centre
Business Model
Rent spectrum usage from existing provider, utilise “available” spectrum
Provide complementary services
AMBIENT TECHNOLOGY
RESILIENT COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
During emergencies or when part of communications
infrastructure is damage, CR‟s self-configuring, ad-hoc
mesh wireless networks avoid disruption or failure by re-
routing around node failures or congestion areas, thereby
enabling more robust and reliable communications.
MARKET SEGMENT - RURAL
Use of lower frequency range significantly improves the coverage. This reduces
the cost of communications in the less densely populated, underserved, remote,
and rural areas.
Agri-sensors deploy out in the farm to
measure data (humidity, soil moisture, air &
soil temperature, wind speed, rainfall ) and
then transmit data for diagnose and
alert/advice farmers on action to take.
Telemedicine devices transfer medical info of
rural patients - data, images and live audio
and video feeds to urban doctors to offer
medical and treatment advice.
Telemedicine
Market in Brazil,
Russia, India,
China (BRIC) is
expected to reach
$418.4 million by
2014
Souce: http://www.singularity.com/charts/page64.html
Souce: Virtex-6 FPGAs Push the Performance Envelope (2009).
From http://www.pentek.com/pipeline/18_2/Virtex6.cfm