Channel assignment algorithms in cognitive radio networks: Taxonomy, open issues, and challenges

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 795-823

  Ahmed, Ejaz ^a   Gani, Abdullah ^a   Abolfazli, Saeid ^a   Yao, Liu Jie ^a   Khan, Samee U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel Assignment Algorithms; Cognitive Radio Networks; Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks; Spectrum Assignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO; RADIO SYSTEMS; SPECTROSCOPY; TAXONOMIES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT; COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK; DYNAMIC CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT; DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS; DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS NETWORKS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; SPECTRUM ASSIGNMENT;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 84962146863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2363082     Document Type: Article

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