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Multi-parameter cognition in a cognitive radio network (CRN) provides a more thorough understanding of the radio environments, and could potentially lead to far more intelligent and efficient spectrum usage for a secondary user. In this…
In a cognitive radio (CR) network, CR users intend to operate over the same spectrum band licensed to legacy networks. A tradeoff exists between protecting the communications in legacy networks and maximizing the throughput of CR…
An important first step when deploying a wireless ad hoc network is neighbor discovery in which every node attempts to determine the set of nodes it can communicate with in one wireless hop. In the recent years, cognitive radio (CR)…
A recent paper by Yang et al. [1] proposed CRB-RPL as a new RPL-based routing protocol for communications in cognitive radio (CR) enabled smart grid. Essentially, CRB-RPL adopts the operation of CRB-MAC, which is a medium access control…
Cognitive radios have been studied recently as a means to utilize spectrum in a more efficient manner. This paper focuses on the fundamental limits of operation of a MIMO cognitive radio network with a single licensed user and a single…
Cognitive Radio (CR) networks presents a paradigm shift aiming to alleviate the spectrum scarcity problem exasperated by the increasing demand on this limited resource. It promotes dynamic spectrum access, cooperation among heterogeneous…
This paper focuses on the design of medium access control protocols for cognitive radio networks. The scenario in which a single cognitive user wishes to opportunistically exploit the availability of empty frequency bands within parts of…
Cognitive Radio (CR) aims to increase the spectrum utilization by allowing secondary users (SU) to access unused licensed spectrum bands. To maximize the throughput given limited sensing capability, SUs need to strike a balance between…
Cognitive radio (CR) technology addresses the problem of spectrum under-utilization. In underlay CR mode, the secondary users are allowed to communicate provided that their transmission is not detrimental to primary user communication.…
We propose an energy-efficient network architecture that consists of ad hoc (mobile) cognitive radios (CRs) and infrastructure wireless sensor nodes. The sensor nodes within communications range of each CR are grouped into a cluster and the…
In this paper, an underlay cognitive radio (CR) system is considered with multiple cognitive or secondary users contending to transmit their information to the cognitive destination (e.g., eNodeB) using the spectral resource of a primary…
This paper addresses the problem of channel allocation in Cognitive Radio (CR) networks. CR has been considered as a technology which improves spectrum utilization significantly by carrying out Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM). One issue…
The objective of this paper is to extend the idea of Cognitive Relay (CR). CR, as a secondary user, follows an underlay paradigm to endorse secondary usage of the spectrum to the indoor devices. To seek a spatial opportunity, i.e., deciding…
In this correspondence, the comprehensive problem of joint power, rate, and subcarrier allocation have been investigated for enhancing the spectral efficiency of multi-user orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) cognitive…
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…
In fifth generation (5G) wireless cellular networks, millimeter wave spectrum opens room for several potential improvements in throughput, reliability, latency, among other aspects. However, it also brings challenges, such as a higher…
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.…
Will AI/ML-defined radios become a reality in the near future? In this paper, we introduce the concept of an AI/ML-defined radio - a radio architecture specifically designed to support AI/ML-based optimization and decision-making in…
Since its first inception by Joseph Mitola III in 1998 cognitive radio (CR) systems have seen an explosion of papers in the communication community. However, the interaction of CR and control has remained vastly unexplored. In fact, when…
Based on the theory of the Federal Communications Commission, the spectrum available on cognitive radio networks is limit and the non-optimal use of the spectrum necessitates the need for a telecommunications model, so that this pattern can…