The IEEE TCCN Recognition Award was decided by the TCCN Award Committee at the previous Globecom 2010 in Miami. The awarding ceremony will be held at the IEEE DySPAN 2011 in Aachen, which will be chaired by Prof. Petri Mähönen (TCCN Recognition Award Committee Chair). At the awarding ceremony, the “TCCN Recognition Award” plaque will be presented to Prof. Joseph Mitola III with citation as “…For his pioneering contributions to and continuing leadership of the cognitive radio field…“.