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603 POINT OF VIEW Powering Sustainable Mobility: Roadmaps of Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles By C. C. Chan, Y. S. Wong, A. Bouscayrol, and K. Chen

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COGNITIVE RADIO PART 1: PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES

Edited by S. Haykin, J. H. Reed, G. Y. Li, and M. Shafi
612 Extending the Reach of Cognitive Radio

By P. F. Marshall | INVITED PAPER | Research into cognitive radio systems, aware of their environment and capable of self-adjustment, has shown promising results; programs for large-scale cognitive wireless systems are being explored.
626 Cognitive Radio Architecture Evolution

608 SCANNING THE ISSUE 774 SCANNING OUR PAST Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Joseph Slepian By J. E. Brittain FUTURE SPECIAL ISSUES/SPECIAL SECTIONS

By J. Mitola, III | INVITED PAPER | Systems for automatic selection of radio bands and operating modes are evolving to meet user needs at specific times and places.
642 Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Radios: Metrics, Utility Functions, and Methodology

By Y. Zhao, S. Mao, J. O. Neel, and J. H. Reed | INVITED PAPER | Understanding the interdependent nature of the metrics used at the node, network, and application levels and their interactions with radio and network processes in different environments is essential to the development and tuning of cognitive radio networks.
660 Cognitive Radio and Networking Research at Virginia Tech

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By A. B. MacKenzie, J. H. Reed, P. Athanas, C. W. Bostian, R. M. Buehrer, L. A. DaSilva, S. W. Ellingson, Y. T. Hou, M. Hsiao, J.-M. Park, C. Patterson, S. Raman, and C. R. C. M. da Silva | INVITED PAPER | A large research team with a wide range of expertisefrom ICs and reconfigurable computing to wireless networkingworks to achieve the promise of cognitive radio.
689 Language Issues for Cognitive Radio

By M. M. Kokar and L. Lechowicz | INVITED PAPER | Computer languages that may be useful for expressing cognitive radio concepts are identified and evaluated in this tutorial paper.
708 Sharing Spectrum Through Spectrum Policy Reform and Cognitive Radio

By J. M. Peha | INVITED PAPER | Policy management, by regulators and license-holders, is important for implementing the best means for dynamically sharing the limited and precious communications spectrum.
720 Spectrum Access Games and Strategic Learning in Cognitive Radio Networks for Delay-Critical Applications

By M. van der Schaar and F. Fu | INVITED PAPER | This interactive framework aims at efficient use of the communications spectrum by allowing users to compete, within limitations, for network resources.

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On the Cover: Our cover is an artists depiction of an intelligent transceiver equipped with the advanced transmission and reception capabilities of Cognitive Radio.

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SPECIAL ISSUE: COGNITIVE RADIO PART 1: PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES 741 Interference Analysis of TV-Band Whitespace

By G. L. Stber, S. M. Almalfouh, and D. Sale | INVITED PAPER | Testing is underway to explore opening up the use of TV broadcast bands to wireless networks without interfering with TV digital receiver reception.
755 A Framework for Cognitive WiMAX With Frequency Agility

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By A. E. Leu, B. L. Mark, and M. A. McHenry | INVITED PAPER | Capacity improvements may be achieved by using cognitive radio techniques in wireless mobile networks that conform to the WiMAX standard.

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