The integration of cognitive radio and device-to-device (D2D) communication gives rise to
Cognitive D2D (cD2D) communication, which offers numerous advantages, such as …

Abstract Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) is a low-power wide area (LPWA)
technology developed by the Third-generation Partnership Project (3GPP) with objective to …

For wireless communication networks, cognitive radio (CR) can be used to obtain the
available spectrum, and wideband compressed sensing plays a vital role in cognitive radio …

Compared to conventional electricity grids, Smart Grids have advanced features more as a
result of smart communications. The cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSNs) are being …

It is well known that cognitive radio (CR) techniques have great potential to deal with the
problem of radio spectrum scarcity. Spectrum sensing technique plays a critical role in …

The spectrum allocation in any auctioned wireless service primarily depends upon the
necessity and the usage of licensed primary users (PUs) of a certain band of frequencies …

In this paper, we propose an innovative self‐organizing medium access control mechanism
for a distributed cognitive radio network (CRN) in which utilization is maximized by …

In cognitive radio networks, a group of secondary users, in the absence of primary users,
attempt to utilize the spectrum without causing interference by employing opportunistic …

Numerous wireless technologies have been integrated to provide 5th generation (5G)
communication networks capable of delivering mission‐critical applications and services …

Spectrum handoff is an indispensable management function in cognitive radio networks. Its
main aim is to improve spectrum utilization by redefining the way, limited radio spectrum …