Cognitive radio for smart grids: Survey of architectures, spectrum sensing mechanisms, and networking protocols

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 860-898

  Khan, Athar Ali ^a   Rehmani, Mubashir Husain ^a   Reisslein, Martin ^b  

^a Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); Cognitive radio network (CRN); Communication architecture; Smart grid (SG)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SMART POWER GRIDS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK (CRN); COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS (CRNS); COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INTERFERENCE MITIGATION; SMART GRID; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 84957989726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2015.2481722     Document Type: Review

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