Collaborative wideband sensing for cognitive radios: An overview of challenges and solutions

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 60-73

  Quan, Zhi ^c   Cui, Shuguang ^a   Poor, H Vincent ^b   Sayed, Ali H ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Broadband networks; Chromium; Cognitive radio; Cognitive radio network; Collaboration; Collaborative wideband sensing reliability; Detectors; Diversity reception; Frequency allocation; Primary signal detection; Sensors; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio; Spatial diversity; Spectrum allocation; Telecommunication network reliability; Transmission parameter adaptability; Wide frequency band; Wideband; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHROMIUM; DETECTORS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; NETWORK LAYERS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RELIABILITY; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK; COLLABORATION; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SPECTRUM ALLOCATION; TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS; WIDE FREQUENCY BANDS; WIDE-BAND; WIDEBAND SENSING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 85032752314     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.929296     Document Type: Review

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