Title
Robust Detection With Low-Complexity Sdrs: A Pragmatic Approach
Abstract
The increasing availability of inexpensive software defined radios (SDRs) allows nowadays to implement cognitive radio (CR) functionalities in large scale networks such as the Internet-of-Things and future SG systems. In this work, we focus on the spectrum sensing functionality that must take into account the front-end impairments of low-cost devices. Based on the noise model of a real SDR dongle, we address the problem of robust signal detection in the presence of noise power uncertainty and non-flat noise power spectral density (PSD). In particular, we analyze the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) of different known detectors in the presence of such front-end impairments, to understand the performance attainable in a real-world scenario. Based on the analysis, we propose two frequency-domain detectors that are proven to outperform previously proposed spectrum sensing techniques such as, e.g., eigenvalues-based tests.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/PIMRC.2018.8580886
2018 IEEE 29TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PERSONAL, INDOOR AND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (PIMRC)
Field
DocType
Citations 
Frequency domain,Noise power,Detection theory,Software-defined radio,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Real-time computing,Spectral density,Dongle,Detector,Cognitive radio
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrea Mariani11659.14
Andrea Giorgetti2556.10
Marco Chiani31869134.93