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In a cognitive radio scenario we consider a single secondary user (SU) accessing a multi-channel system. The SU senses the channels sequentially to detect if a primary user (PU) is occupying the channels, and stops its search to access a…
In this paper, we consider the power allocation (PA) problem in cognitive radio networks (CRNs) employing nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique. Specifically, we aim to maximize the number of admitted secondary users (SUs) and…
We consider an opportunistic cognitive radio (CR) system in which secondary transmitter (SUtx) is equipped with a reconfigurable antenna (RA). Utilizing the beam steering capability of the RA, we regard a design framework for integrated…
This paper considers non-cooperative and fully-distributed power-allocation for secondary-users (SUs) in spectrum-sharing environments when normalized-interference to each secondary-user is uncertain. We model each uncertain parameter by…
This work studies distributed compression for the uplink of a cloud radio access network where multiple multi-antenna base stations (BSs) are connected to a central unit, also referred to as cloud decoder, via capacity-constrained backhaul…
We consider a set of secondary transmitter-receiver pairs in a cognitive radio setting. Based on channel sensing and access performances, we consider the problem of assigning channels orthogonally to secondary users through distributed…
Collaborative spectrum sensing among secondary users (SUs) in cognitive networks is shown to yield a significant performance improvement. However, there exists an inherent trade off between the gains in terms of probability of detection of…
In this work, we examine cognitive radio networks, where secondary users may act as relays for messages sent by the primary user, hence offering performance improvement of primary transmissions, while at the same time obtaining more…
This paper describes a radio architecture for distributed spectrum sharing of multiple channels among secondary users (SUs) in a wide band of frequencies and a localized area. A novel Multichannel Immediate Multiple Access (MIMA) physical…
In cognitive radio it is of prime importance that the presence of Primary Users (PU) is detected correctly at each of the time. In order to do so the help from all present Secondary Users (SU) is taken and such a taken is known as…
We employ Permutation Trellis Code (PTC) based multi-level Frequency Shift Keying signaling to mitigate the impact of Primary Users (PUs) on the performance of Secondary Users (SUs) in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs). The PUs are assumed to…
We study the throughput-vs-delay trade-off in an overlay multi-channel single-secondary-user cognitive radio system. Due to the limited sensing capabilities of the cognitive radio user, channels are sensed sequentially. Maximizing the…
In this work, we study spectrum auction problem where each request from secondary users has spatial, temporal, and spectral features. With the requests of secondary users and the reserve price of the primary user, our goal is to design…
In this work, we investigate the problem of mitigating interference between so called antenna domains of a cloud radio access network (C-RAN). In contrast to previous work, we turn to an approach utilizing primarily the optimal assignment…
We consider an opportunistic cognitive radio (CR) system consisting of a primary user (PU), secondary transmitter (SUtx), and secondary receiver (SUrx), where SUtx is equipped with an electrically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR)…
Next generation networks are expected to be ultradense and aim to explore spectrum sharing paradigm that allows users to communicate in licensed, shared as well as unlicensed spectrum. Such ultra-dense networks will incur significant…
Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) are acknowledged for their ability to tackle the issue of spectrum under-utilization. In the realm of CRNs, this paper investigates the energy efficiency issue and addresses the critical challenge of…
This paper analyzes the multiuser diversity gain in a cognitive radio (CR) system where secondary transmitters opportunistically utilize the spectrum licensed to primary users only when it is not occupied by the primary users. To protect…
We study the problem of optimizing the performance of cognitive radio users with opportunistic real-time applications subject to primary users quality-of-service (QoS) constraints. Two constrained optimization problems are formulated; the…
Cognitive beamforming (CB) is a multi-antenna technique for efficient spectrum sharing between primary users (PUs) and secondary users (SUs) in a cognitive radio network. Specifically, a multi-antenna SU transmitter applies CB to suppress…