Reliability analysis and performance optimization of wireless networks and its applications

• Main Author: Dong, Qiumin
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Wireless communication systems; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electric power::Auxiliaries, applications and electric industries
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/60750
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Nowadays, as unlicensed spectrum becomes a scarce resource, the concept of cognitive radio is proposed as a feasible solution. In a cognitive radio network, the channels that belong to licensees, also named as primary users, can only be accessed by secondary users (i.e., unlicensed users) opportunis...