Title
Accumulative Interference Modeling for Distributed Cognitive Radio Networks
Abstract
A Cognitive Radio (CR) network should be able to sense its environment to adapt its communication so that it can utilize unused licensed spectrum without interfering with incumbent users. Properly modeling the expected interference from the entire CR network is there- fore very important to effectively protect these incumbent users. We model the accumulative interference generated from a large-scale CR network and investigate how the CR network density affects the sensing requirements of the CRs to meet an interference constraint. More specifically, our model considers the impact of discrete network topology, the impact of imperfect sensing and the impact of collisions when the CR uses a distributed channel access scheme. We then apply our model to a CR network based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. We show that the collisions occurring frequently in these networks only have a small on the sensing requirements to protect the incumbent network. Index Terms—cognitive radio, opportunistic spectrum access, interference modeling, IEEE 802.11
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.4304/jcm.4.3.175-185
JCM
Keywords
Field
DocType
spectrum,cognitive radio,ieee 802 11,cognitive radio network,network topology,indexing terms
IEEE 802.11,Computer science,Computer network,Communication channel,Network topology,Network density,Interference (wave propagation),Licensed spectrum,Distributed computing,Cognitive radio,Cognitive network
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
4
3
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.55
10
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Timmers11058.05
Sofie Pollin21041113.94
Antoine Dejonghe330930.25
Ahmad Bahai460265.90
Liesbet Van Der Perre51013108.24
Francky Catthoor63932423.30