Joint Radio Resource Management and QoS Implications of Software Downloading for SDR Terminals

This paper presents research on advanced spectrum sharing techniques lead in TRUST and focuses on Radio Access Technologies’ (RATs) joint radio resource management (JRRM). This paper provides details on cellular FDD/TDD JRRM and addresses the different sources of traffic (regular asymmetric and download) to be considered in an SDR context. The TRUST research on impact of software downloads on UMTS system resources is introduced and some of the future research topics to be investigated in the TRUST follow-up project SCOUT are presented. I. JOINT RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT