Spectrum Management Policy for Wireless Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks

Wireless communication attracts enormous investments, while at the same time user requirements continuously increase. Moreover, evolution in wireless technologies should keep pace with the aforementioned fields, in order to facilitate the integration of innovative services and applications in everyday communication. Ad hoc wireless networks will soon be utilized for public safety, military, sensor, and wireless 802.11 networks. These ad hoc networks will be peer to peer and not include base stations. The communication method used in these networks will likely be dynamic spectrum access cognitive radio.