Opportunistic spectrum access in fading channels through collaborative sensing

Journal of Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-82

  Ghasemi, Amir ^a   Sousa, Elvino S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio; Collaborative sensing; Opportunistic access; Spectrum sensing

Indexed keywords

FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; FREQUENCY BANDS; LEGACY SYSTEMS;

COLLABORATION SCHEMES; COLLABORATIVE SENSING; INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS; OPPORTUNISTIC ACCESS; OPPORTUNISTIC SPECTRUM ACCESS; SPECTRUM SENSING; SPECTRUM UTILIZATION; USER COLLABORATIONS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 46649107735     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.2.2.71-82     Document Type: Article

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