Optimal Sensing for Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio

• Main Authors: Armi, Nasrullah, M Saad, M Naufal, Yusoff, Mohd Zuki, Arshad, Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Published: CSC Publisher 2010
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/engineering_sciences.php; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3599/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

One of the most difficult things but important problem when designing an OSA (Opportunistic Spectrum Access) MAC protocol is how the unlicensed users decide when and which channel they should sense and access without conflicting the communications among PUs. To solve this problem, the unlicensed use...