Distributed cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio for ad hoc networks

Cognitive radio refers to an intelligent radio with the capability of sensing the radio environment and dynamically reconfiguring the operating parameters. Recent research has focused on using cognitive radios in ad hoc environments. Spectrum sensing is the most important aspect of successful cognitive radio ad hoc network deployment to overcome spectrum scarcity. Multiple cognitive radio users can cooperate to sense the primary user and improve sensing performance. Cognitive radio ad hoc networks are dynamic in nature and have no central point for data fusion. In this paper, gradient-based fully distributed cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio is proposed for ad hoc networks. The licensed band used for TV transmission is considered the primary user. The gradient field changes with the energy sensed by cognitive radios, and the gradient is calculated based on the components, which include energy sensed by secondary users and received from neighbors. The proposed scheme was evaluated from the perspective of reliable sensing, convergence time, and energy consumption. Simulation results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Detection time analysis for the multiple-user cooperative spectrum sensing scheme in cognitive radio networks

In this paper, a novel multiple-user cooperative spectrum sensing (MCSS) scheme is proposed to achieve the spatial diversity gains for cognitive radio (CR) networks, where only the best relay, selected among all the candidate relays in accordance with the quality of channel conditions, is utilized to cooperatively detect the primary user. Closed-form expressions of detection time for the traditional non-cooperative and the proposed MCSS schemes are derived over Rayleigh fading channels. In addition, numeric...     

一种新型的认知无线电合作频谱感知算法*

为了提高认知无线电频谱感知性能,同时考虑到不同认知用户SU(Secondary User)具有不同的感知贡献和谈判力量,该文利用合作博弈理论提出了一种新的基于认知无线电的合作频谱感知非对称纳什谈判算法ANBS(Asymmetric Nash Bargaining Solution),该算法充分考虑到了每一个认知用户的感知可信度不尽相同的情况。仿真结果表明,与NBS(Nash Bargaining Solution)等算法相比,该算法不仅具有更强的合理性和可靠性,而且使系统整体感知性能得到了较大提高。     

A stackelberg game for spectrum leasing in cooperative cognitive radio networks

According to the property-rights model of cognitive radio, primary users (PUs) who own the spectrum resource have the right to lease part of spectrum to secondary users (SUs) in exchange for appropriate profit. In this paper, we propose a pricing-based spectrum leasing framework between one PU and multiple SUs. In this scenario, the PU attempts to maximize its utility by setting the price of spectrum. Then, the selected SUs have the right to decide their power levels to help PU’s transmission, aiming to obtain corresponding access time. The spectrum leasing problem can be cast into a stackelberg game, where the PU plays the seller-level game and the selected SUs play the buyer-level game. Through analysis based on the backward induction, we prove that there exists a unique equilibrium in the stackelberg game with certain constraints. Numerical results show that the proposed pricing-based spectrum leasing framework is effective, and the performance of both PU and SUs is improved, compared to the traditional mechanism without cooperation.     

Instant overbooking framework for cognitive radio networks

In recent years, new emerging wireless technologies necessitate more spectrum resources compared to before. Related to this fact, cognitive radio and its capabilities provide promising functionalities in efficient management of the spectrum. In this paper, to maximize both spectrum utilization and revenue of network operators, we propose an Instant Overbooking Framework for Cognitive Radio networks (IOFCR) where different overbooking policies can be employed. Besides, the framework includes policies in order to decide which requesting secondary users (SUs) can be denied and which Active SUs can be ejected when a primary user (PU) activity is sensed. The effects of different pricing strategies used in a booking interval are also analyzed. To evaluate IOFCR, we use performance measures such as total net revenue, spectrum utilization, overbooking limit, number of free blocks, average service period, percentage of denied SUs forwarding their booking request and percentage of ejected Active SUs. In addition to being a first overbooking framework for Cognitive Radio Networks that takes several system parameters like PU on-rate, Active SU on-rate and Requesting SU show-rate into the account, to the best of our knowledge, this paper makes key contributions concerning the pricing policies, denial of requesting SUs, ejection and priority levels of active SUs. Finally, we numerically analyze the IOFCR performance by conducting numerous simulations and show the efficiency and validity in accordance with comprehensive measures mentioned above.     

基于高效协作感知算法的认知无线电研究*

针对协作频谱感知中感知开销过高问题,提出了一种联合考虑选择最佳的感知节点数以及感知的信道数来降低协作感知开销的方法。该算法分析了协作感知算法中感知节点数、感知的授权信道数与协作感知精度以及感知开销之间的关系。仿真结果表明,与其他算法相比,该算法能够有效地降低感知开销并提高系统的感知性能,验证了该算法的有效性。     

认知无线电网络中的分布式协作感知算法*

针对认知无线电中频谱感知的问题,讨论了分布式协作感知场景下最优的感知算法。介绍了经典的基于放大前传（AF）、解码前传（DF）和选择中继（SR）的分布式协作方案,包括模型、检测概率和虚警概率。提出了一种新的分布式协作感知算法,该算法将原始统计量和信噪比发送给协作用户,减少信道噪声对最后决策结果的影响。运用似然比准则推导出了最优的加权系数,以及决策函数。对几种协作方案的中断概率进行理论推导,并用数值仿真的方法验证了算法在中断概率上的性能。仿真结果表明,提出的方法在检测概率和中断概率上远优于其他分布式协作方案,但该方法需要协作用户间无损耗的传输,这也给实际的应用提出了很大的挑战。     

利用在线异常感知的无线电网络抗SSDF攻击协作频谱感知方案

该文提出了一种时空频率CSS框架,用于检测和跟踪CR网络中的恶意用户和异常测量。联合频谱感知和恶意用户识别问题构成优化问题,且利用固有稀疏到频谱占用和恶意用户发生。提出的方案利用在线异常感进行实时识别和跟踪,通过节点位置信息获得了改进的性能,可有效处理错过或不正确的位置信息,以及PU功率级噪声SU测量。实验结果表明,提出的方案在协作感知中能够有效克服感知数据错误化(SSDF)攻击。此外,提出的方案优于现有的较为先进的基于PCA方法,具有足够的灵活性来抵御SU网络中的各种攻击。     

Optimal MAC based cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks

This paper considers a cognitive radio (CR) system in non-ideal fading wireless channels and pro-poses cooperative spectrum sensing schemes based on coherent multiple access channels (MAC),serving as an alternative way to improve the cooperative spectrum sensing performance and provide space diversity for spec-trum sensing.Sufficient statistics are transmitted using a common channel from the secondary users (SUs) to a fusion center (FC) where the global decision is obtained.The optimal scaling factors of the proposed schemes are obtained by maximizing the detection probability under a target false alarm probability and a transmit power constraint.Because the proposed optimal MAC scheme has high computational complexity,a sub-optimal solu-tion based on maximization of the deflection coefficient (DC) is also proposed.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms can significantly improve the spectrum sensing performance and approach the detection baseline.     

Cooperative spectrum sensing based on stochastic resonance in cognitive radio networks

A new censoring cooperative spectrum sensing scheme based on stochastic resonance(SR)technique in cognitive radio(CR)network is proposed in this paper.The observations of the cooperative secondary users(SUs)whose statistics fall into the censoring interval are processed by SR system in the proposed scheme.The hard fusion and the soft fusion for the censoring cooperative spectrum sensing scheme are analyzed respectively.Theoretical analyses and simulation results show that the proposed censoring cooperative spectrum sensing scheme has the same detection performance as and lower computational complexity than the method that each cooperative SU performs spectrum sensing using SR-based energy detection,and its detection performance is superior to that of the conventional method that all the cooperative SUs perform spectrum sensing using energy detection in hard fusion.In soft fusion,the proposed censoring cooperative spectrum sensing based on equal gain combination can achieve the optimal sensing performance approximately.     

Robust cooperative spectrum sensing schemes for fading channels in cognitive radio networks

In cognitive radio systems, cooperative spectrum sensing can detect the presence of the primary user accurately. In practice, however, since the sensing observations are forwarded to a data collector through fading channels, the sensing performance is severely degraded. To deal with this problem, in this paper, we first propose a secondary user selection based cooperative spectrum sensing method to improve sensing performance by decreasing the reporting errors introduced by the fading channels. Mo...     

衰落信道下提高协作频谱感知能力的方法

由于协作频谱感知能够更准确地确定主用户的存在与否,因此,它被认为是认知无线电技术中的一个重要研究分支.在协作频谱感知中,各认知用户需要通过报告信道发送其本地判决结果(0或1)到融合中心(FC).然而,在实际中,报告信道通常受衰落的影响,这将降低频谱感知的检测性能.针对这个问题,首先,文中提出一种基于认知用户选择的协作频谱感知算法.该算法通过减小由衰落信道引入的误码概率来提高协作频谱感知的检测性能.其基本思想为:只有具有较好瞬时信道增益报告信道的认知用户才将其本地二进制判决结果发送到FC,否则,该认知用户不发送其本地检测结果到FC.其次,提出一种基于空时编码的协作频谱感知方法.通过在CR网络中,利用空间分集增益来降低由衰落型报告信道引入的误码概率,从而提高检测性能.最后,对提出的这两种协作频谱感知方法的检测性能进行理论分析研究,并对其进行数值仿真.仿真结果表明:相比于传统的协作频谱感知,本文提出的这两种协作频谱感知算法都能提高对主用户的检测性能.     

A cognitive management framework for spectrum selection

To increase cognitive radio (CR) operation efficiency, there has been an interest in enhancing the awareness level of spectrum utilization. In this context, this paper builds a new cognitive management functional architecture for spectrum selection (SS). It relies on a knowledge manager (KM) retaining a set of advanced statistics that track the suitability of spectral resources to support a set of heterogeneous applications under varying interference conditions. Based on this architecture, a novel proactive strategy is proposed for both SS and spectrum mobility (SM) functionalities. The required interactions between the proposed decision-making processes are described, and their capability to exhibit robustness to unexpected changes in the radio environment is highlighted. The results show that the proposed strategy efficiently exploits the KM support for low loads, while the SM functionality introduces significant gains for high loads with respect to other strategies. Finally, to assess the practicality of the proposed approach, the signaling requirements in the radio interface are evaluated.     

认知无线电网络中安全的协作频谱检测算法

在认知无线电网络中,当认知用户存在虚假感知信息SSDF时,协作频谱感知的性能会受到巨大影响。为了确保频谱感知的鲁棒性,提出了一种基于信誉度加权序贯频谱检测算法来识别恶意用户并减轻他们造成的影响。该算法通过使用认知用户的近期感知信息计算本地信誉度函数,再综合考虑其信誉值与感知过程中表现的稳定程度以消除恶意用户对主用户的传输效率带来的影响。仿真结果表明,在恶意攻击环境下,新算法优于现有典型协作频谱感知算法。     

Partial cooperative spectrum sensing schedule in cognitive network

Cognitive radio has emerged as a promising technology for maximizing the utilization efficiency of the limited spectrum resources while accommodating the increasing amount of services and applications in wireless networks. One of the most important and critical components of the cognitive radio is spectrum sensing and accordingly, detection of primary users. Considering the hardware constraints existing in cognitive devices, based on the coarse estimation of channel occupancy, partial cooperative spectrum sensing with adaptive spectrum schedule scheme is proposed to increase the possibility to discover more spectrum opportunities promptly. Simulation results show the gain of sensing performance and the energy-saving feature of partial spectrum sensing. Special security scheme is designed to protect the reliability of sensing result from the false message attack. For the scenarios tested, the proposed scheme is shown to increase opportunities by up to 15 percent.     

Spectrum sensing algorithms for primary detection based on reliability in cognitive radio systems

One of the main requirements of cognitive radio systems is the ability to detect the presence of the primary user with fast speed and high accuracy. To achieve that, in this paper, we propose a spectrum sensing scheme by considering the reliability of spectrum sensing. Only the user with no reliable information will perform spectrum sensing again using one-order feature detection. Otherwise, the user directly transmits its binary decision (0 or 1) to the MAC layer. The performance of the one-order feature detection is studied and numerical results are presented to show that the one-order feature detector can perform better than the energy detector due to its robustness to the noise uncertainty. Since the feature detection is performed in time domain, the real-time operation and low-power consumption can be achieved. Furthermore, the performance of proposed spectrum sensing scheme based on reliability is also deduced and the analysis of the performance results indicate that the sensing performance is greatly improved as opposed to energy detector. However, due to the effects of channel fading/shadowing, individual cognitive radios may be not able to reliably detect the existence of a primary user. To solve this problem, cooperative sensing among secondary users are studied using the methodology proposed in this paper. The performance of cooperative spectrum sensing is investigated when various decision fusion rules are applied. We find that, regardless of the decision fusion rule used, the sensing performance can be significantly improved compared to conventional cooperative methods.     

一种认知无线电的联合频谱检测算法

为了改善信噪比不同的认知无线电(cognitive radio)用户的联合频谱检测性能,提出了一种基于能量检测的两个用户合作频谱检测算法。在联合虚警概率一定的条件下,根据接收信号能量对各个用户的判决门限进行调整,增大高信噪比用户对联合检测的影响,同时减小低信噪比用户的影响,来提高联合检测概率;判决结果只占用少量比特的信息,减少了通信开销。实验结果表明,所提算法很好地逼近了搜索解,提高了联合检测性能。     

一种时域—码域联合的认知无线电频谱感知算法

为了提高认知无线电系统中频谱感知的性能,对多维联合的频谱感知进行了研究,提出一种时域—码域联合的频谱感知算法。该算法主要利用了直接序列扩频主用户信号频谱空间中时域与码域的特性,分别从时域与码域的角度对信道的状态进行检测,其中时域采用能量感知,码域分析扩频主用户信号的二次功率谱,最终共同确认信道状态。仿真结果表明,联合感知算法对应的检测性能优于单纯时域或码域感知,能够直接应用于直接序列扩频主用户的频谱感知。