A comparative study of spectrum awareness techniques for cognitive radio oriented wireless networks

Physical Communication

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-170

  Umar, Raza ^a,b   Sheikh, Asrar U H ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blind sensing; Cognitive radio; Cooperative detection; Spectrum sensing; Transmitter detection

Indexed keywords

SPECTROSCOPY;

BLIND SENSING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COOPERATIVE DETECTION; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC SPECTRUM ACCESS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; SPECTRUM SENSING; WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 84887817080     PISSN: 18744907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phycom.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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