Patent Document ID: 20090124208
Application ID: 12189682
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A cognitive communications system, comprising: a Data Plane including Physical (PHY) and Media Access Control (MAC) Layers operatively coupled to one another; a Management Plane having a Management Information Base (MIB) for interfacing with each of the MAC and PHY Layers and storing primitives used to configure the system, and one or more modules for interfacing the MIB to at least one of a Station Management Entity (SME) and a Network Control and Management System (NCMS) for controlling operation of the system; and a Cognitive Plane having at least one of a Spectrum Manager (SM), a Spectrum Sensing Function (SSF), and a Geolocation (GL) Function for interfacing with the MIB and determining whether additional resources including a spectrum are available to enable communication; wherein each of the planes is distinct from one another.