Our research to date demonstrates such a team-based
coordinated-system approach. Our work in creating a CE at
the core of our radio systems is supplemented by work on
supporting technologies such as spectrum sensing and
REMs, which provide the core with environmental awareness.
Work on reconfigurable, multiband, multimode radio
hardware provides the CE with greater ability to actuate its
environment, a key characteristic of autonomous systems. By
using game theory to understand the interactions of these
autonomous agents and networking to design protocols to facilitate these interactions, we begin to address the interactions
of these new cognitive devices with each other and
with the world around them. Through early investigations of
security and verification, we help to assure the acceptance of
the new technology by both end users and regulators.