Addressing the feasibility of cognitive radios: Using testbed implementation and experiments for exploration and demonstration

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Cabric, Danijela ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Cognitive radio; Cognitive radio system; Field programmable gate arrays; Multiple antenna operation; Multiple network interaction; Noise; Protocol; Protocols; Radio spectrum management; Real time systems; Real time high speed signal processing; Receivers; Research testbed platform; Sensors; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio; Spectrum sensing technique; Wireless scenario

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK LAYERS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADIO SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TESTBEDS;

HIGH-SPEED SIGNAL PROCESSING; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; MULTIPLE NETWORKS; NOISE; RADIO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH TESTBED; SPECTRUM SENSING TECHNIQUES; WIRELESS SCENARIOS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 85032751919     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.929367     Document Type: Article

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