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In this paper, a new cooperation structure for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks is proposed which outperforms the existing commonly-used ones in terms of energy efficiency. The efficiency is achieved in the proposed design by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-11 Younes Abdi , Tapani Ristaniemi

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) can substantially improve spectral, hardware, and energy efficiency by unifying radar sensing and data communications. In wideband and scattering-rich environments, clutter often dominates weak…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Rang Liu , Peishi Li , Ming Li , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In this paper, we study the spectrum usage efficiency by applying wideband methods and systems to the existing analog systems and applications. The essential motivation of this work is to define the prospective coexistence between analog FM…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-11-20 Demosthenes Vouyioukas

Cognitive radio (CR) is a new paradigm that utilizes the available spectrum band. The key characteristic of CR system is to sense the electromagnetic environment to adapt their operation and dynamically vary its radio operating parameters.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-09-27 Anita Garhwal , Partha Pratim Bhattacharya

The coexistence between active wireless communications and passive RF spectrum use becomes an increasingly important requirement for coordinated spectrum access supporting critical services. The ongoing research and technological progress…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-10 Walaa Alqwider , Aly Sabri Abdalla , Vuk Marojevic

Two-channel modulo analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) enable high-dynamic-range signal sensing at the Nyquist rate per channel, but existing designs quantise both channel outputs independently, incurring redundant bitrate costs. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Wenyi Yan , Zeyuan Li , Lu Gan , Honqing Liu , Guoquan Li

A new perspective on cognitive radio is presented, where the pre-existent legacy service is either uncoded or coded and a pair of cognitive transceivers need be appropriately deployed to coexist with the legacy service. The basic idea…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-09-05 Wenyi Zhang , Urbashi Mitra

Rydberg atomic quantum receivers (RAQRs) have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their ultra-high sensitivity. Although capable of precisely detecting the amplitude and phase of weak signals, conventional RAQRs face…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Huizhi Wang , Tierui Gong , Emil Björnson , Chau Yuen

Hybrid analog/digital precoding offers a compromise between hardware complexity and system performance in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. This type of precoding allows mmWave systems to leverage large antenna array gains that are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Robert W. Heath

The limited radio-frequency spectrum is a fundamental factor in the design of wireless communication systems. The ever increasing number of wireless devices and systems has led to a crowded spectrum and increased the demand for versatile…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-21 Sajjad Taravati , George V. Eleftheriades

This paper analyzes the performance of multicell massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems with variable-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). In such an architecture, each ADC uses arbitrary quantization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Youzhi Xiong , Sanshan Sun , Ning Wei , Li Liu , Zhongpei Zhang

Contactless sensing using wireless communication signals has garnered significant attention due to its non-intrusive nature and ubiquitous infrastructure. Despite the promise, the inherent bistatic deployment of wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Wenwei Li , Jiarun Zhou , Qinxiao Quan , Fusang Zhang , Daqing Zhang

A transient and high sensitivity sensor based on high-Q microcavity is proposed and studied theoretically. There are two ways to realize the transient sensor: monitor the spectrum by fast scanning of probe laser frequency or monitor the…

Because optical systems have huge bandwidth and are capable of generating low noise short pulses they are ideal for undersampling multi-band signals that are located within a very broad frequency range. In this paper we propose a new scheme…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Amir Rosenthal , Alex Linden , Moshe Horowitz

It has been 20 years since the concept of cognitive radio (CR) was proposed, which is an efficient approach to provide more access opportunities to connect massive wireless devices. To improve the spectrum efficiency, CR enables unlicensed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Zhijin Qin , Xiangwei Zhou , Lin Zhang , Yue Gao , Ying-Chang Liang , Geoffrey Ye Li

Cognitive radio (CR) is an effective solution to improve the spectral efficiency (SE) of wireless communications by allowing the secondary users (SUs) to share spectrum with primary users (PUs). Meanwhile, intelligent reflecting surface…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-12 Weiheng Jiang , Yu Zhang , Jun Zhao , Zehui Xiong , Zhiguo Ding

The Modulated Wideband Converter (MWC) is a recently proposed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) based on Compressive Sensing (CS) theory. Unlike conventional ADCs, its quantization reference voltage, which is important to the system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-03-09 Yaming Wang , Laming Chen , Yuantao Gu

The main hurdle in the realization of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) systems from physical layer perspective is the reliable sensing of low power licensed users. One such scenario shows up in the unlicensed use of TV bands where the TV Band…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-02-22 Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeong-O Jeong , Dinesh Datla , Michael Benonis , R. Michael Buehrer , Jeffrey H. Reed

This work proposes a fully distributed improved weighted average consensus (IWAC and WAC-AE) technique applied to cooperative spectrum sensing problem in cognitive radio systems. This method allows the secondary users cooperate based on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-08 Aislan Gabriel Hernandes , Mario Proenca Lemes Junior , Taufik Abrao

Nowadays scarcity of spectrum availability is increasing highly. Adding cognition to the existing Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) infrastructure will help in this situation. As sensor nodes in WSN are limited with some constrains like power,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-04-04 Sumit Kumar , Deepti Singhal , Rama Murthy Garimella