Where is Spectrum Sharing Headed?

Speaker:  Dr. Jeffrey H. Reed 

Willis G. Worcester Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Director, Wireless @ Virginia Tech

Date: Thursday, March 22, 2013
Time: 3 PM - 4 PM
Location: Whittemore 457 (4th Floor Conference Room)

Abstract:

Spectrum sharing is the most significant paradigm change for managing spectrum in decades.   In the US, the President’s Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST) recently recommended that nearly 1GHz of federal spectrum be made available for spectrum sharing with commercial systems.  Making this spectrum available could provide a significant boost to innovation and economic growth.  This presentation provides a technical description of the spectrum management approach proposed by PCAST and the new applications it may enable.   Nevertheless, several outstanding research challenges remain on how to best share spectrum.  These challenges are discussed along with potential avenues for exploration.

Speaker:

Dr. Jeffrey H. Reed currently serves as Director of Wireless @ Virginia Tech.  He is the Founding Faculty member of the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology and served as its interim Director when founded in 2010.  His book, Software Radio: A Modern Approach to Radio Design was published by Prentice Hall and he is currently writing two books, one that is a text book on cellular radio systems and the other a text book on SDR and cognitive radio.   These books are expected to be published in 2013.  He is co-founder of Cognitive Radio Technologies (CRT), a company commercializing of the cognitive radio technologies; Allied Communications, a company developing technologies for commercial wireless; and for Power Fingerprinting, a company specializing in security for embedded systems.  2005, Dr. Reed became Fellow to the IEEE for contributions to software radio and communications signal processing and for leadership in engineering education.   He is also a Distinguished Lecture for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.  In 2013 he was awarded the International Achievement Award by the Wireless Innovations Forum.  In 2012 he served on the President’s Council of Advisors of Science and Technology Working Group that examine ways to transition federal spectrum to allow commercial use and improve economic activity.