An article on tunable radios for wireless [1] reminded me of disccussions I had with Doug Sicker at Boulder [2]. Had to dig through my wet archives to come up with the term, but it is called Software Defined Radio (SDR [3]) and has a lot to do with moving the protocols and associated tasks into software so the systems can morph and use spectrum/protocols on a more ad hoc basis rather than by a defined 'card' or chipset.
Has a lot of interesting applications and implications -- including security, spectrum management, certification, verification, power, group switching behaviors, etc. Neat stuff.
Also, somewhat related to my research in RFID, wi-fi positioning, and other wireless technologies.
[1] http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=36586
[2] Douglas.Sicker@Colorado.EDU, http://spot.colorado.edu/~sicker/main.html
[3] http://www.sdrforum.org/
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