Reconfigurable Radio Systems RRS in ETSI

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Reconfigurable Radio Systems(RRS)in ETSI

• Dr Peter Olanders, ETSI TC RRS Chairman
• Presenter Gabrielle Owen

Submission DateJune 27, 2008
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Highlight of Current Activities (1)

• ETSI Board decided to create a Technical
  Committee for Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS)
  in January 2008
• The TC will study the feasibility of
  standardization activities related to
  Reconfigurable Radio Systems encompassing radio
  solutions related to Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  and Cognitive Radio (CR) research topics and
  present the results in the form of feasibility
  reports
• Results within 2 years from start
• Based on these feasibility reports, ETSI Board
  will then decide on possible continuation into
  actual standardization activities.
• TC RRS is also to provide the ETSI main centre of
  expertise in the area of Reconfigurable Radio
  Systems

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Highlight of Current Activities (2)

• At ETSI TC RRS first meeting the chairman was
  appointed, and basic working structure agreed
  upon.
• At the second meeting other officials were
  appointed as
• secretary, vice-chair
• working group chairmen
• Terms of Reference and Work Items were approved
  as well
• ? Actual technical work can start!
• The Working Groups have already had their first
  meetings? work has started!

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Strategic Direction

• The first period, maximum two years, work will
  focus on investigations on where, what and how
  standards in the areas of SDR and CR should be
  developed.
• By collecting and defining the related
  Reconfigurable Radio Systems requirements from
  relevant stakeholders.
• Liaisons with bodies in the area, as IEEE, SDR
  Forum and others working in the field of SDR and
  CR.
• Fuel the gathered information into Feasibility
  Reports and ETSI Guides.

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Challenges

• SDR and CR are truly horizontal activities,
  thereby overlapping most radio systems as public
  broadcast, mobile (cellular) radio and private
  radio systems.
• Public Safety and Defense have specific and very
  clear requirements on specifically SDR, and also
  CR.
• The benefit of standards on SDR for some large
  market segments, as cellular systems, is not
  clear for all actors.
• Full fledged CR does require complex and dynamic
  mechanisms, and thus powerful processing
  capability. Most probably, such CR is very long
  term.
• short term solutions should be considered as well

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Next Steps/Actions

• Current plan is to produce a set of Technical
  Reports addressing a number of item within the
  subject matter like
• System aspects
• Handset SDR Reference Architecture 
• Radio Base Station SDR status, implementations
  and costs aspects, including future possibilities
• Functional Architecture
• Cognitive Pilot Channel (CPC) design
• Public Safety
• glossary to define the terms "Cognitive Radio"
  and "Software Defined Radio" (following up on
  previous ETSI presentation to GSC on the matter).
• On the results contained in these TRs further
  steps/actions will be decided.