A survey of spectrum sensing algorithms for cognitive radio applications

T Yucek, H Arslan - IEEE communications surveys & tutorials, 2009‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The spectrum sensing problem has gained new aspects with cognitive radio and
opportunistic spectrum access concepts. It is one of the most challenging issues in cognitive …

Spectrum inference in cognitive radio networks: Algorithms and applications

G Ding, Y Jiao, J Wang, Y Zou, Q Wu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectrum inference, also known as spectrum prediction in the literature, is a promising
technique of inferring the occupied/free state of radio spectrum from already …

Spectrum occupancy measurements: A survey and use of interference maps

M Höyhtyä, A Mämmelä, M Eskola… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to provide meaningful data about spectrum use, occupancy measurements
describing the utilization rate of a specific frequency band should be conducted over a …

A survey of measurement-based spectrum occupancy modeling for cognitive radios

Y Chen, HS Oh - IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectrum occupancy models are very useful in cognitive radio designs. They can be used to
increase spectrum sensing accuracy for more reliable operation, to remove spectrum …

Cognitive radio architecture evolution

J Mitola - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2009‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The radio research community has aggressively embraced cognitive radio for dynamic radio
spectrum management to enhance spectrum usage, eg, in ISM bands and as secondary …

Mining spectrum usage data: A large-scale spectrum measurement study

S Yin, D Chen, Q Zhang, M Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic spectrum access has been a subject of extensive study in recent years. The
increasing volume of literatures calls for a deeper understanding of the characteristics of …

Evaluation of spectrum occupancy in Spain for cognitive radio applications

M Lopez-Benitez, A Umbert… - VTC Spring 2009-IEEE …, 2009‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognitive radio (CR) has been identified as a promising solution to the so-called spectrum
scarcity problem. The basic idea of this paradigm is to allow unlicensed users to access in …

Distributed spectrum sensing and access in cognitive radio networks with energy constraint

Y Chen, Q Zhao, A Swami - IEEE transactions on signal …, 2008‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We design distributed spectrum sensing and access strategies for opportunistic spectrum
access (OSA) under an energy constraint on secondary users. Both the continuous and the …

Mining spectrum usage data: a large-scale spectrum measurement study

D Chen, S Yin, Q Zhang, M Liu, S Li - Proceedings of the 15th annual …, 2009‏ - dl.acm.org
Dynamic spectrum access has been a subject of extensive research activity in recent years.
The increasing volume of literature calls for a deeper understanding of the characteristics of …

A comparative study of spectrum awareness techniques for cognitive radio oriented wireless networks

R Umar, AUH Sheikh - Physical Communication, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Spectrum scarcity is impeding practical implementations of emerging wireless multimedia
applications requiring significantly more frequency spectrum. Cognitive radio (CR) has …