Transmission range-aware clustering for green cognitive radio ad hoc networks

• Main Authors: Ahmed Osman, Mahassin Mohamed, Syed Yusof, Sharifah Kamilah, Nik Abd. Malik, Nik Noordini, Zubair, Suleiman
• Format: Article
• Published: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2016
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/68524/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11989/JEST.1674-862X.603164
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The absence of network infrastructure and opportunistic spectrum access in cognitive radio ad hoc networks (CRAHNs) results in connectivity and stability problems. Clustering is known as an effective technique to overcome this problem. Clustering impr...