The Commission has issued a Notice of Public Rulemaking regarding service rules for advanced wireless services (cognitive radio technologies). These technologies can enable a radio device and its antenna to adapt its spectrum use in response to its operating environment. The technology provides a variety of options for a radio device/antenna to identify available spectrum that is unusable under current conditions.

Workshop

6/2/03
Cognitive Radio Workshop Presentations. Workshop was Held on May 19, 2003.
Remarks from Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: [Word | Acrobat]
All Presentations (file size ~10 M): [Zip File ]
Individual files:
Cognitive Radio - Bruce Fette, Ph.D [Powerpoint]
Cognitive Radio - Bill Lane, Ph.D [Powerpoint]
Public safety presentation - Mike Marcus Ph.D[Powerpoint]
Beyond the Outer Limits - Preston Marshall [Powerpoint]
Frequency Agile Spectrum Access Technologies - Mark McHenry [Powerpoint]
Spectrum Access and the Promise of Cognitive Radio Technology- Lauren Van Wazer [Powerpoint]

5/19/03
Remarks Of Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, Workshop On Cognitive Radio Technologies, Office Of Engineering And Technology, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, May 19, 2003.
[Word | PDF]
Cognitive Radio Technologies Workshop [Real Audio]
News Release & Agenda - 5/16/03 [Word | Acrobat]
News Release - 4/25/03 [Word | Acrobat]

Rulemaking Releases

3/10/05
FCC Adopts Rule Changes for Smart Radios.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order : Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/30/03
The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order that sets forth proposals and seeks comment on the use and applications for cognitive "smart" radio systems.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
News Release: [PDF | Word | TXT]
Chairman Powell's Statement: Word | Acrobat
Commissioner Copps' statement: Word | Acrobat
Commissioner Martin's statement: Word | Acrobat
Commissioner Adelstein's statement: Word | Acrobat

5/16/03
The Office of Engineering and Technology will host a Workshop on Cognitive Radio Technologies on May 19, 2003.
[PDF | Word | TXT]

5/02/03
Commission Docket Created in Connection with OET Workshop on Cognitive Radio Technologies.
[PDF | Word | TXT]

4/25/03
Office of Engineering & Technology to Host Workshop on Cognitive Radio Technologies.
[PDF | Word]

Additional Information

3/31/03
Additional Spectrum for Unlicensed Devices Below 900 MHz and in the 3 GHz Band.
[PDF | Word | Text]

11/27/00
Promoting Efficient Use of Spectrum Through Elimination of Barriers to the Development of Secondary Markets, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 00-402).
[PDF | Word]