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Current data networking technology limits a network’s ability to adapt, often resulting in sub-optimal performance. Limited in state, scope, and response mechanisms, the network elements (consisting of nodes, protocol layers, policies, and behaviors) are unable to make intelligent adaptations. Communication of network state information is stifled by the layered protocol architecture, making individual elements unaware of the network status experienced by other elements. Any response that an element may make to network stimuli can only be made in the context of its limited scope. The adaptations that are performed are typically reactive, taking place after a problem has occurred. In this chapter, we advance the idea of cognitive networks, which have the promise to remove these limitations by allowing networks to observe, act, and learn in order to optimize their performance.

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Thomas, R.W., Friend, D.H., DaSilva, L.A., MacKenzie, A.B. (2007). Cognitive Networks. In: Arslan, H. (eds) Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio, and Adaptive Wireless Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5542-3_2

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