Title
Applying generalized urn models to cognitive radio networks
Abstract
In this paper the capability of a cognitive radio network to discover available frequency channels in the spectrum licensed to a primary user (e.g., digital TV) is analyzed. We rely on cooperative sensing where fusion of individual sensing outcomes is based on the r-out-of-k decision rule. The study is carried out assuming the point of view of a tagged network of cognitive devices that is surrounded by other uncoordinated transmitters competing for accessing the same portion of the spectrum. The contributions of this work are the following. First, the introduction of a three-state model of the wireless channel. Second, modeling the sensing process by means of the general framework provided by urn occupancy problems accessed in non-uniform fashion. Third, the evaluation of the number of available channels in the presence of interference limiting spectrum availability. Finally, the proposal of a cognitive protocol to mitigate the interference. Results are given for a specific case of interest where all networks are supposed ECMA-392 standard compliant.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ICC.2013.6654963
Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
cognitive radio,cooperative communication,decision theory,interference suppression,protocols,wireless channels,ECMA-392 standard compliant,cognitive devices,cognitive protocol,cognitive radio networks,cooperative sensing,digital TV,frequency channels,generalized urn models,interference limiting spectrum availability,interference mitigation,nonuniform fashion,primary user,r-out-of-k decision rule,tagged network,three-state model,uncoordinated transmitters,urn occupancy problems,wireless channel,Cognitive radio,three-state channel,urn models,white spaces
Radio resource management,Decision rule,Wireless,Computer science,Communication channel,Computer network,Digital television,Interference (wave propagation),Cognitive network,Cognitive radio
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1550-3607
0
0.34
References 
Authors
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Leonardo Goratti133437.38
Gianmarco Baldini246549.94
Mine Çaglar300.68
Alberto Rabbachin418517.03