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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 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, 
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 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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