Medium access control protocols in cognitive radio networks: Overview and general classification

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2092-2124

  Gavrilovska, Liljana ^a   Denkovski, Daniel ^a   Rakovic, Valentin ^a   Angjelichinoski, Marko ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

C MAC cycle; Cognitive radio; control channel management; medium access control; spectrum sensing; spectrum sharing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO; RADIO SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

C-MAC CYCLE; CONTROL CHANNELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; SPECTRUM HETEROGENEITIES; SPECTRUM SENSING; SPECTRUM SHARING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 84913590995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2322971     Document Type: Review

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