Title
A cooperative localization algorithm exploiting a mobile device in cognitive radio networks
Abstract
In cognitive radio networks (CRNs), the awareness of the environment is fundamental to efficiently avoid harmful interference toward primary users (PUs) and to improve cognitive radio (CR) performance. Thus, estimating the PUs position, rather than just knowing its presence through traditional spectrum sensing, becomes a key challenge. In this paper a novel cooperative localization algorithm (CLA) that uses few CRs is proposed to estimate PU position in harsh channel condition. CLA algorithm exploits a mobile CR (MCR) with unknown positions that collaborates with other fixed CRs to estimate PU position. To this purpose, the MCR exploits the signal strength measurements obtained from PUs through an energy-detection based spectrum sensing. Since channel parameters are not available in CRNs, a channel estimation technique is also applied. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the CLA in comparison to existing cooperative and non-cooperative localization algorithms. The MCR path is generated by the random waypoint model (RWP) and a multichannel scenario with shadow fading is implemented. Results show that the CLA outperforms the existing algorithms, due to its moving path independency and its higher localization accuracy. Moreover, simulation results confirm that CLA is robust to noisy channel conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EuCNC.2014.6882620
Networks and Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
channel estimation,cognitive radio,cooperative communication,mobile radio,spread spectrum communication,RWP,channel estimation technique,cognitive radio networks,cooperative localization algorithm,energy-detection based spectrum sensing,environment awareness,mobile device,multichannel scenario,primary users,random waypoint model,shadow fading,spectrum sensing,RSSI measurements,cognitive radio networks,cooperative localization,mobile cognitive radio
Radio resource management,Computer science,Algorithm,Communication channel,Exploit,Mobile device,Interference (wave propagation),Signal strength,Random waypoint model,Cognitive radio
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sanaz Kianoush1357.81
Anna Vizziello2408.92
Paolo Gamba368292.97