System and method to support communication between non-cognitive radios and cognitive radios

A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to support communication between a cognitive communication device and a non-cognitive communication device, the instructions comprising:

• identifying a transmission parameter of a communication signal received from a first communication device, wherein the transmission parameter is associated with processing of the communication signal by at least one of a physical layer and a network interface layer;
• determining if the first communication device is a cognitive communication device;
• selecting the identified transmission parameter for communicating with the first communication device if the first communication device is determined to be non-cognitive;
• selecting a transmission method to send the communication signal from the network interface layer to an application, wherein the communication signal includes information used at the application;
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• causing the communication signal to be sent to the application using the selected transmission method.

A communication device, the communication device comprising:

• a receiver, the receiver receiving a communication signal from a first communication device;
• an application, the application receiving at least a portion of the received communication signal;
• a computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising identifying a transmission parameter of the received communication signal, wherein the transmission parameter is associated with processing of the communication signal by at least one of a physical layer and a network interface layer implemented at the device;
• determining if the first communication device is a cognitive communication device;
• selecting the identified transmission parameter for communicating with the first communication device if the first communication device is determined to be non-cognitive;
• selecting a transmission method to send the communication signal from the network interface layer to the application;
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• causing the communication signal to be sent to the application using the selected transmission method;
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• a processor for executing the computer-readable instructions, the processor executing the instructions to support communication with the first communication device.