Unveiling the hidden assumptions of energy detector based spectrum sensing for cognitive radios

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 713-728

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio; cooperative sensing; energy detector; Gaussian approximations; hidden assumptions; noise uncertainty; probability of detection; probability of false alarm; spectrum sensing; test statistics

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE RADIO; ERRORS; RADIO SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

COOPERATIVE SENSING; ENERGY DETECTORS; GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATIONS; HIDDEN ASSUMPTIONS; NOISE UNCERTAINTIES; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARM; SPECTRUM SENSING; TEST STATISTICS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84901239631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2013.081313.00054     Document Type: Article

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