Resource Allocation for Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks: A Survey

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1249-1276

  El Tanab, Manal ^a   Hamouda, Walaa ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio; dynamic resource allocation; underlay spectrum sharing

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; RADIO SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS; TAXONOMIES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ALLOCATION POLICIES; COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS (CRNS); DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS; SPECTRUM UTILIZATION; UNDERLAY COGNITIVE RADIOS; UNDERLAY SPECTRUM SHARING;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 85020410223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2016.2631079     Document Type: Review

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