Efficient secondary access with intelligent spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks

In cognitive radio networks, cooperative sensing can significantly improve the performance in detection of a primary user via secondary users (SUs) sharing their detection results. However, a large number of cooperative SUs may induce great sensing delay, which degrades the performance of secondary transmissions. In this paper, we jointly consider cooperative sensing and cognitive transmission in cognitive radio networks, aiming to achieve efficient secondary access with low sensing overhead under both the sensing time and reporting power limitations, where primary users are guaranteed to be sufficiently protected. We first propose an adaptive sensing scheme to lower the detection time while not degrading the detection probability. Then, based on the proposed adaptive sensing scheme, an efficient cognitive transmission protocol is well designed, which improves the throughput of secondary transmissions while ensuring the QoS of primary transmissions. We analyze the performance for the proposed secondary access framework in terms of misdetection probability, average detection time and normalized secondary throughput, respectively, and derive their closed‐form expressions over Rayleigh fading channels with considering the reporting errors accordingly. We also study the problems of optimizing the number of cooperative SUs to minimize the misdetection probability and average detection time, and maximize the normalized secondary throughput for proposed framework. Simulation results reveal that the proposed framework outperforms the traditional case significantly. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

认知网络中协作感知吞吐量的优化

为了提高集中式认知网络的吞吐量,提出了基于信任度的吞吐量优化算法.该算法在主用户充分保护的前提下,以认知用户的吞吐量为目标函数,融合中心采用双门限值对本地感知结果进行融合.从理论上证明了吞吐量是全局漏检概率的增函数,当全局漏检概率等于门限值时,吞吐量达到最大值.并利用牛顿迭代法求出单节点概率,然后采用遍历法可得到认知用户吞吐量最大值.仿真结果表明,当信噪比为-14 dB时认知用户融合优化算法相对"AND准则"OR准则"以及"HALF准则"归一化吞吐量分别提高了0.62、0.3和0.09.     

Adaptive dual‐radio spectrum‐sensing scheme in cognitive radio networks

In this paper, a novel spectrum‐sensing scheme, called adaptive dual‐radio spectrum‐sensing scheme (ADRSS), is proposed for cognitive radio networks. In ADRSS, each secondary user (SU) is equipped with a dual radio. During the data transmission, with the received signal‐to‐noise ratio of primary user (PU) signal, the SU transmitter (SUT) and the SU receiver (SUR) are selected adaptively to sense one channel by one radio while communicating with each other by the other one. The sensing results of the SUR are sent to the SUT through feedback channels (e.g., ACK). After that, with the sensing results from the SUT or the SUR, the SUT can decide whether the channel switching should be carried out. The theoretical analysis and simulation results indicate that the normalized channel efficiency, defined as the expected ratio of time duration without interference to PUs in data transmission to the whole frame length, can be improved while satisfying the interference constraint to PUs. After that, an enhanced ADRSS is designed by integrating ADRSS with cooperative spectrum sensing, and the performance of ADRSS under imperfect feedback channel is also discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimization algorithm of periodical cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio

To decrease the interference to the primary user (PU) and improve the detected performance of cognitive radio (CR), a single‐band sensing scheme wherein the CR periodically senses the PU by cooperative spectrum sensing is proposed in this paper. In this scheme, CR first senses and then transmits during each period, and after the presence of the PU is detected, CR has to vacate to search another idle channel. The joint optimization algorithm based on the double optimization is proposed to optimize the periodical cooperative spectrum sensing scheme. The maximal throughput and minimal search time can be respectively obtained through the joint optimization of the local sensing time and the number of the cooperative CRs. We also extend this scheme to the periodical wideband cooperative spectrum sensing, and the joint optimization algorithm of the numbers of the sensing time slots and cooperative CRs is also proposed to obtain the maximal throughput of CR. The simulation shows that the proposed algorithm has lower computational quantity, and compared with the previous algorithms, when SNR = 5 dB, the throughput and search time of the proposed algorithm can respectively improve 0.3 kB and decrease 0.4 s. The simulation also indicates that the wideband cooperative spectrum sensing can achieve higher throughput than the single‐band cooperative spectrum sensing. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

最优线性认知无线电协作频谱感知技术研究

频谱感知是检测频谱空穴,实现动态频谱接入的前提和关键。单认知用户检测存在阴影效应和多径衰落等影响,检测效果较差。多用户协作频谱感知是目前频谱感知的主要手段。文中针对常用的协作频谱感知方法的不足,提出一种基于最优线性加权的协作频谱感知方法,对其检测模型与检测算法进行分析,并进行仿真。仿真结果表明,最优线性加权协作频谱感知在相同的条件下相比常用协作频谱感知具有更大的检测概率,更优良的检测性能。     

随机共振在认知无线电频谱感知中应用的最新研究进展

频谱感知是认知无线电网络的一项关键技术.低信噪比(SNR)环境下频谱检测的性能会大幅降低,而随机共振(SR)能有效提高信号信噪比,所以将其应用到频谱感知中,能增强认知用户对主用户(PU)的检测性能.首先介绍了随机共振在认知无线电频谱感知中应用的最新研究进展,包括随机共振在本地感知中(如能量检测、协方差矩阵频谱感知、循环平稳特征检测)及协作感知中的应用,然后指出了随机共振在认知无线电频谱感知中还有待解决的问题,并提出了下一步的研究方向.     

Non-saturated throughput analysis of IEEE 802.11-based cognitive radio networks

Technology of cognitive radio networks has emerged as an effective method to enhance the utilization of the radio spectrum where the primary users have priority to use the spectrum,and the secondary users try to exploit the spectrum unoccupied by the primary users.In this paper,considering the non-saturated condition,the performance analysis for the IEEE 802.11-based cognitive radio networks is presented with single-channel and multi-channel,respectively.For the single-channel case,an absorbing Markov chain model describing the system transitions is constructed,and one-step transition probability matrix of the Markov chain is given.By using the method of probability generating function,the non-saturated throughput of the secondary users is obtained.For the multi-channel case,taking into account the negotiation-based sensing policy,the mean number of unused channels perceived by the second users is given,and then the non-saturated aggregate throughput of the secondary users is derived.Finally,numerical examples are provided to show the influences of the non-saturated degree,the number of the secondary users and the channel utilization of the primary users on the performance measures for the non-saturated throughput with single-channel and the non-saturated aggregate throughput with multi-channel.     

Smart antenna‐assisted spectrum sensing for robust detection in cognitive radio networks

In this paper, we consider the problem of multiband spectrum sensing by employing smart antenna arrays at the cognitive receiver. Although energy detection is widely used for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks because of its simplicity and accuracy, it is severely deteriorated by the noise uncertainty. This paper introduces robust spectrum sensing techniques to circumvent this difficulty, which operate simultaneously over the total frequency channels rather than a single channel each time. To enhance the detection performance, the proposed schemes jointly utilize the information of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, signal and noise subspace components in conjunction with the likelihood functions and Gerschgorin radii. Neither subjective decision threshold setting nor the estimation of noise power is required in our schemes, making them robust to noise uncertainty. Simulations are presented to validate the performance of the proposed schemes, and the results show that our schemes can outperform other existing spectrum sensing methods. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Location based spectrum sensing performance analysis over fading channels in cognitive radio networks

This paper analyzes the spectrum sensing performance over fading channel,in which a licensee and multiple unlicensed users coexist and operate in the licensed channel in a local area. The overall average probabilities of detection and false alarm by jointly taking the fading and the locations of all secondary users into account are derived,and a statistical model of cumulate interference is constructed. Based on the cumulate interference,a closed-form expression of outage probability at the primary user's receiver according to a specific distribution of the fading is obtained. Finally,the sensing parameters so as to minimize the total spectrum sensing error and maximize the average opportunistic throughput are obtained. It is noted that the overall average performance analysis and results here enable to benchmark the design of specific spectrum sensing algorithms.     

Spectrum sensing scheduling for group spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks

This paper addresses the issues on spectrum sharing in a cognitive radio network consisting of a primary user and a group of cognitive users. Each cognitive user may occupy a non‐overlapped sub‐band of the primary spectrum, but it needs to perform spectrum sensing independently before accessing the sub‐band. To reduce the complexity of spectrum sensing and thus energy consumption, this paper proposes a scheduled spectrum sensing scheme. First, we consider a single spectrum sensing scenario where only one cognitive user is elected to perform spectrum sensing, and then it broadcasts its sensing results to the other cognitive users. The scheduled spectrum sensing scheme works in both network‐centric and user‐centric ways. Next, the scheduled spectrum sensing scheme is further generalized to work in a multiple spectrum sensing scenario. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed schemes compared with the traditional schemes where all cognitive users may perform spectrum sensing at the same time. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

认知无线电系统中最大化吞吐量的多信道检测-传输方案

研究了认知无线电系统中最大化认知用户吞吐量的多信道检测-传输方案,分别设计了信道状态信息不可获取和信道状态信息可获取情况下的最优检测-传输方案设计,并综合分析了各信道频谱检测的虚警,漏检以及检测时长对认知用户吞吐量的影响。在信道状态信息不可获取时,认知用户需要在每一时隙开始时,就决定需要检测的信道集合以及相应的检测时长。而在信道状态信息可获取情况下,提出了自适应检测-传输方案。该方案在每个信道检测完成之后,认知用户可以根据已知的检测结果以及信道状态信息来不断调整检测-传输策略。仿真结果显示,该自适应检测-传输方案能有效的提高认知用户的吞吐量。     

认知网络中的多用户MIMO线性协作频谱感知问题研究

研究了多用户MIMO的线性协作频谱感知问题以提高频谱检测的可靠性,推导了多用户MIMO线性协作感知系统的局部检测和全局检测策略,建立了在给定误警概率的情况下控制中心通过优化给各个用户的信号所分配的权值来最大化全局检测概率的优化模型。进一步,引入了遗传算法来求解上述全局检测优化问题的最优权值,期望能够有效降低算法在频谱感知过程中检测时间。仿真结果表明,多入多出能够明显提高协作频谱感知系统频谱检测可靠性,而遗传算法高效且稳定,相比较其他算法能够有效改善系统的检测性能。     

使次系统容量最大化的协作频谱感知性能分析及优化

针对认知无线电网络中SU数、检测门限、带宽、频谱利用率和次系统容量间关系的分析表明,一方面C-CSS不仅可降低虚警率、提高频谱利用率,还可利用较少的SU实现较高的次系统容量;另一方面在SU数一定且满足目标要求时,C-CSS与T-CSS实现最大次系统容量所要求的检测门限不同.提出协作频谱感知优化算法,利用NP准则通过直接对数学模型求解即可得到使次系统容量最大的SU数和相应检测门限.理论分析和仿真结果均表明,所提算法在保证目标检测率的前提下最大化了次系统容量.     

Improved cooperative spectrum sensing based on the reputation in cognitive radio networks

Cognitive radio (CR) is a promising technology to improve the utilisation of wireless spectrum resources. Spectrum sensing is the core functionality in CR networks (CRN). When there exist malicious users (MUs) in CRN and MUs start to attack the network after accumulating reputation to some extent, the performance is deteriorated. In this paper, a scheme is proposed by employing Orthogonalized Gnanadesikan–Kettenring (OGK) to mitigate the effect of MUs without the assistance of trusted nodes, and it can improve the robustness of CRN. Simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

A novel signal separation algorithm based on compressed sensing for wideband spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks

In cognitive radio networks, since cognitive terminals use a shared wideband frequency spectrum for data transmissions, they are susceptible to malicious denial‐of‐service attacks, where adversaries try to corrupt communication by actively transmitting interference signals. To address this issue, in this paper, we propose a novel signal separation algorithm based on compressed sensing, which can not only recover the entire spectrum but also separate mixed occupying signals. Specifically, the proposed algorithm is executed following three steps: (i) each cognitive terminal attempts to recover all signals over an entire wideband spectrum employing the compressed sensing technique; (ii) all cognitive terminals send their recovered signals to the fusion center where a wavelet edge detection method is adopted to locate the spectrum edges of these signals and then divide the entire spectrum into several sub‐bands; (iii) the fusion center separates its received signals on each spectrum sub‐band into different categories according to their features. Both analytical and simulation results indicate that this novel compressed‐sensing‐based algorithm can effectively separate wideband signals at a low cost and combat interference of the malicious terminals in cognitive radio networks as well. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

认知自组网分布式频谱感知最优协作算法

认知无线电技术使得自组织网络节点能够充分利用空闲频谱资源,提高了传输性能。通过协作频谱感知,可有效解决由于无线信道存在阴影、噪声和衰落等情况导致的单节点感知准确性偏低。为了解决梯度算法随着协作节点数量增大后计算复杂度变高,文中提出部分梯度算法ψ-GBCS,该模型通过基于SNR的动态阈值保证了感知准确性,同时通过最佳协作节点数提高了感知效率。仿真结果表明,该模型下,综合评估系统效率和性能的J函数值提高37%,能耗降低50%,有效保证大规模认知自组网频谱感知的鲁棒性,降低了对主用户的干扰及设备功耗。     

Dynamic control approaches of spectrum sensing in multi-band cognitive radio networks

In this paper,the dynamic control approaches for spectrum sensing are proposed,based on the theory that prediction is synonymous with data compression in computational learning. Firstly,a spectrum sensing sequence prediction scheme is proposed to reduce the spectrum sensing time and improve the throughput of secondary users. We use Ziv-Lempel data compression algorithm to design the prediction scheme,where spectrum band usage history is utilized. In addition,an iterative algorithm to find out the optimal number of spectrum bands allowed to sense is proposed,with the aim of maximizing the expected net reward of each secondary user in each time slot. Finally,extensive simulation results are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed dynamic control approaches of spectrum sensing.     

Interference analysis of cognitive radio networks

In spite of spectrum sensing, aggregate interference from cognitive radios (CRs) remains as a deterring factor to the realization of spectrum sharing. We provide a systematic approach of evaluating the aggregate interference (I _aggr) experienced at a victim primary receiver. In our approach, we model the received power versus propagation distance relations between a primary transmitter, primary receiver, and CRs. Our analytical framework differs from the previous works in that we have formulated the relationship between I _aggr and the sensing inaccuracy of CRs. Energy detector is assumed for the purpose of spectrum sensing. I _aggr is expressed explicitly as a function of the number of energy samples collected (N ) and the threshold signal‐to‐noise ratio level used for comparison (SNR_ε ). The theoretical analysis is then applied to a practical scenario of spectrum sharing between digital TV broadcast and the IEEE 802.22 wireless regional area network systems. The impact on digital TV reception is evaluated in terms of signal‐to‐interference ratio. The proposed method allows us to determine the appropriate wireless regional area network operating conditions that fulfill the signal‐to‐interference ratio requirement imposed by regulator. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Detection efficiency of cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio network

Sensing the spectrum in a reliable and efficient manner is crucial to cognitive radio. To combat the channel fading suffered by the single radio, cooperative spectrum sensing is employed, to associate the detection of multiple radios. In this article, the optimization problem of detection efficiency under the constraint of detection probability is investigated, and an algorithm to evaluate the required radio number and sensing time for maximal detection efficiency is presented. To show the effect of cooperation on the detection efficiency, the proposed algorithm is applied to cooperative sensing using the spectral correlation detector under the Rayleigh flat fading channel.     

认知无线电中基于感知信息量化的合作频谱感知

针对认知无线电频谱感知性能的提高与传输开销的矛盾,本文提出了一种基于感知信息量化的合作频谱感知方案。该方法对各认知用户的本地检测结果采用3个判决门限进行2比特位的量化,在融合中心处对量化信息加权处理后,得到最终主用户是否存在的判决。本文详细研究了采用该方案的检测概率,虚警概率和吞吐量,理论分析和仿真结果表明,该方法在每个认知用户只增加1bit传输开销的前提下能够极大的改善检测性能,实现了检测性能与传输开销的较好权衡。