IEEE Communications Magazine
Feature Topic on Cognitive Radios for
Dynamic Spectrum Access
William Krenik, Alexander M. Wyglinski, Linda E. Doyle
Status Report
TCCN Meeting, IEEE Globecom 2006
November 27, 2006
Topics
• 42 submissions to the feature topic
» Submitted beginning of October 2006
» Submitted manuscripts covered broad
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10 sensing-related papers
2 standardization papers
9 spectrum sharing/access papers
2 cognitive network papers
2 waveform design papers
10 cognitive radio framework papers
3 cognitive radio hardware papers
2 cognitive radio UWB papers
1 spectrum policy paper
Review Process
• Articles selected to appear in FT will
(intentionally) cover a wide range topics
• Reviewers
» Mix of industry, government, academia
» 123 reviews to be conducted
• 3 per submission
• Several reviewers conducting multiple reviews
Author Statistics
• By type of institution:
» Industry: 10%
» Academia: 83%
» Government: 7%
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North America: 54%
Europe: 32%
Asia: 12%
Africa: 2%
Status & Timeline
• Current Status
» All submissions assigned and confirmed
three reviewers each
» Half way through review process
• Timeline
» Reviews due in mid-December 2006
• About a quarter of the reviews are already in
» Acceptance notifications by January 15, 2007
» Camera-ready due March 1, 2007
» Publication of feature topic in May 2007 issue