Modeling and Analysis for Spectrum Handoffs in Cognitive Radio Networks

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1499-1513

  Wang, Li Chun ^a   Wang, Chung Wei ^a   Chang, Chung Ju ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio; preemption; preemptive priority; queuing theory; spectrum handoff; spectrum mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008543436     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.155     Document Type: Article

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