CAROUSAL

The aim of CAROUSAL is to design and implement a cognitive radio prototype with an application in the industry in mind, namely with industrial automation as a main field of application. Shifting from wired to wireless already has countless benefits, and the use of cognition gives a clear edge on the wireless solutions already used in automation, as here, high reliability and low data delivery delay are required. CAROUSAL will achieve this goal by combining optimized time-frequency pulses with a cognitive channel access scheme based on prediction of spectral white spaces to avoid collision.