**DA 03-1480**

**May 2, 2003**

**Commission Docket Created**

**In Connection With**

**OET Workshop on Cognitive Radio Technologies**

**ET Docket No. 03-108**

On April 25, 2003, the Office of Engineering and Technology, announced
that it will host a public workshop on Cognitive Radio Technologies on
May 19, 2003, in the Commission Meeting Room, in preparation for
initiating a rulemaking proceeding. Cognitive radio technologies can
enable a radio device and its antenna to adapt its spectrum use in
response to its operating environment. As set out in the Spectrum Policy
Task Force Report, they constitute one set of leading edge technologies
that promise more efficient use of spectrum.

The goals of the workshop are: (1) to inform Commission staff and
interested parties, including various spectrum users, about the
potential capabilities and state of development of various cognitive
radio technologies, in the short and long term, and (2) to identify
potential changes to the Commission's technical rules, policies,
procedures, or practices that could help facilitate the economic
development of such technologies.

We request that interested parties wishing to submit comments on these
topics at this point in the process do so in newly created ET Docket No.
03-108. Written comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS) as an electronic file via the Internet at
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>. In completing the transmittal
screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service
mailing address, and ET Docket No. 03-108. Parties may also submit an
electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To obtain filing instructions for
e-mail comments, commenters should send an e-mail to <ecfs@fcc.gov>, and
should include the following words in the body of the message: "get form
\<your e-mail address\>." A sample form and directions will be sent in
reply. Additional information on ECFS is available at
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>.

Filings may also be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail). The Commission's contractor,

Vistronix, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered
paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts
Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002. The filing hours at
this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be
held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be
disposed of before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail
(other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be
sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal
Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be
addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554. All filings
must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

For further information please contact the Office of Engineering and
Technology, Dr. Mike Marcus, (202) 418-2418, email
<Mike.Marcus@fcc.gov>, or James Miller, (202) 418-7351, TTY (202)
418-2989, email <James.Miller@fcc.gov>.

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