ETSI works to standardise Reconfigurable Radio Systems

A Radio Resource Media Group article describes the work of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) on the standardisation of Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS).

Such systems aim to automatically share spectrum with existing Primary Users. It seems inevitable they will raise the noise floor in any spectrum that they use.

The Radio Resource article says:

Faced with increasing global data traffic volumes, regulators have started to consider allowing wireless data devices to operate as secondary users on spectrum bands that traditionally have been dedicated solely to their primary users.

Network operators are building composite wireless networks to provide access to multiple services. Typical user devices may contain several radios, and it is becoming increasingly vital to coordinate the operation of these different radios and systems to minimize cost and make efficient energy use of the overall radio communications capacity.
Creating effective, standardized RRS solutions is an essential foundational task in this fast-moving revolution.

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http://mccmag.com/newsArticle.cfm?news_id=4919

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