The CORAGE project (Cognitive Radio Generation) has the main objective of conducting a feasibility analysis and developing IMS service simulators in security and emergency environments over a cognitive radio network, using the new IMT2000 wireless communication standards. If the feasibility analysis yields satisfactory results, quasi-real tests will be conducted.
The project aims to analyze new technologies, known as IMT2000, which encompass all the new wireless terrestrial/satellite transmission standards, and their suitability for providing IMS Security services in the new spectrum bands designated after the last World Radiocommunication Conference. Once these technologies are analyzed, the requirements for a hybrid receiver capable of using them with the necessary service quality will be defined, and network and receiver simulators will be developed.
The essential R&D lines for this project mainly involve three large sets of technologies: those related to LTE, those related to Wimax, and all those related to IMS. The following R&D lines stand out in this context:
- Validation of spectral monitoring systems that determine spectrum usage.
- Study of the suitability of IMT2000 wireless technologies for emergency and security services in the new frequency bands allocated by the ITU. Methods for reducing interference to facilitate the coexistence of cognitive radios.
- Turning the Spanish industry into a key player in the evolution of infrastructures toward Next Generation Networks, especially in the wireless and security technologies sectors.
The most recent frequency allocation carried out at the international level during the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva will be used as a reference. This will have significant implications for the allocation of the Spanish frequency spectrum from 2015 onwards.
