COGNITIVE MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR COMMUNITIES OF WIRELESS DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS

Wireless distributed networks (WDNs), which includes wireless ad hoc networks, have experienced explosive growth in research, development, and commercial deployment. However, the ability to independently deploy and operate a wireless distributed network creates significant challenges in effective service delivery when several networks are deployed in the same area Techniques such as cognitive radio networking address spectrum sharing, but other issues, such as security and quality of service are open problems. We propose a cognitive management architecture for communities of wireless distributed networks to optimize performance and create service guarantees for the community as a whole. In this paper, we describe the management architecture, outline the salient features of the major components, and discuss the research challenges.