SDR-Cognitive.pptVIP

- SDR - -- - COGNITIVE - - - - ONTOLOGICAL - - BILL LUTHER FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. September 2005 SDR DEFINITION* - A RADIO THAT INCLUDES A TRANSMITTER IN WHICH THE OPERATING PARAMETERS OF FREQUENCY RANGE, MODULATION TYPE OR MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER (EITHER RADIATED OR CONDUCTED) OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE TRANSMITTER OPERATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FCC RULES, CAN BE ALTERED BY MAKING A CHANGE IN SOFTWARE WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO HARDWARE COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT THE RADIO FREQUENCY EMISSIONS - (DEMONSTRATED BY THE U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TEN YEARS AGO.) * Title 47 CFR §2.1 - TERMS AND DEFINITIONS (U.S. FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS, SEPTEMBER 2001 AND MARCH 2005) FCC SDR EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION RULES AUTHENTICATION / SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMING MUST BE MET SOFTWARE CHANGES MUST BE AUTHORIZED BY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT GRANTEE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY EACH HARDWARE / SOFTWARE COMBINATION THAT CAN IMPACT THE SDR PARAMETERS MUST BE SPECIFICALLY TESTED, CASE-BY-CASE (NO GENERALIZED TEST PROCEDURES) COMPLIANCE WITH RF RADIATION EXPOSURE LIMITS SOFTWARE THAT DEGRADES PREVIOUSLY-CERTIFIED UNWANTED EMISSION LEVELS REQUIRES EITHER COMPLIANCE WITH A PRE-AGREED CHANGE OR IT MUST BE RECERTIFIED FIRST U.S. COMMERCIAL SDR NOVEMBER 2004, FCC APPROVED THE FIRST - - A GSM BASE STATION - - OF MANY EXPECTED SDR DEVICES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE TERMINAL SOFTWARE IS REMOTELY MODIFIED TO ENABLE A SINGLE BASE STATION TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS DIFFERENT MODULATION FORMATS, AND THEREBY COMMUNICATE WITH HANDSETS USING DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION FORMATS RELATED FCC PROCEEDINGS UNLICENSED DEVICES OPERATING IN THE TELEVISION BROADCAST BANDS LICENSED AND UNLICENSED FIXED AND MOBILE SERVICES OPERATING IN THE BAND 3650 – 3700 MHz (APPROVED MARCH 10, 2005, IN FCC ET DOCKETS 04-151, 02-380, AND 98-237, AND IN WT DOCK