Patent ID: 7917110

Claim:
A cognitive radio system comprising: a plurality of terminal devices operable to communicate with one another; a state detecting device that scans a frequency band allocated to a first radio system to detect a first use-state of the frequency band; a first server comprising: a first gathering unit that receives first information relating to the first use-state from the state detecting device; and a second gathering unit; a second server that stores a second use-state of a frequency band allocated to a second radio system, the second server configured to provide second information relating to the second use-state to the second gathering unit; and a notifying unit that notifies a first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices of information of an available channel to communicate with a second terminal device of the terminal devices based on a comparison of the first information and the second information; wherein the first server calculates a reliability of received information received by the first server; wherein the first server calculates the reliability so that the reliability is made higher as a distance between the position of the first terminal device and the position of the second terminal device is shorter; and wherein the calculation is determined by R n = ∑ m = 0 M ⁢ [ G ⁡ ( L n - L m ) × ( 1 τ now - τ m ) × L p ⁡ (  L n - L m  ) ] where G(L n −L m ) is an antenna gain with respect to a direction (L n −L m ), L p (|L n −L m |) is a propagation loss with respect to a distance |L n −L m |, and wherein n:terminal; m:detecting device; M:number of detecting devices; L m :position of detecting devices; L n :position of a terminal; τ m :time on which P m,f,t,c is measured; and τ now :time on which R n is calculated.