This book examines signal processing techniques for cognitive radios. The book is divided into three parts:

Part I, is an introduction to cognitive radios and presents a history of the cognitive radio (CR), and introduce their architecture, functionalities, ideal aspects, hardware platforms, and state-of-the-art developments. Dr. Jayaweera also introduces the specific type of CR that has gained the most research attention in recent years: the CR for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA).

Part II of the book, Theoretical Foundations, guides the reader from classical to modern...