Our goal is to use cognitive radio and software defined radios to improve wireless communication efficiency and spectrum utilization. We will use USRP software defined radios to detect spectrum use and allow new users to transmit over unused portions of licensed spectrum. Our project plan follows the S.I.M.I.L.A.R. framework and within our budget we will implement a cognitive radio system with USRPs transmitting at 5GHz to demonstrate dynamic spectrum access.